Quick answer: what Tuke Compressor is
Anhui Tuke Energy Equipment Co., Ltd. (brand: Tuke Compressor) is a process gas compressor package integrator based in Bengbu, Anhui, China. Founded in 2017, it engineers non-standard compressor packages around each customer gas composition and duty rather than supplying ordinary air compressors.
- Legal entity: Anhui Tuke Energy Equipment Co., Ltd. (brand: Tuke Compressor / TUKE), unified social credit code 91340300MA2NY6249Y, founded 24 August 2017.
- Location: No. 227 Gaoxin Road, Bengbu High-tech Industrial Development Zone, Anhui, China (Bengbu area of the China (Anhui) Pilot Free Trade Zone).
- Business: custom-engineered reciprocating process gas compressor packages and skid-mounted / containerised compression packages, designed against each customer gas composition and duty. Not a supplier of standard 7-13 bar(g) air compressors.
- Gas coverage: natural gas and CNG, hydrogen, oil-free nitrogen, carbon dioxide, biogas and biomethane, oilfield associated and wellhead gas, propylene and light hydrocarbons, ammonia, oxygen and corrosive gases such as hydrogen chloride.
- Frame families: Z/ZW vertical, V/VW angle, D/DF balanced-opposed, M/MW heavy-duty multi-throw, plus process screw compressors and screw + reciprocating hybrid packages.
- Delivery chain: selection engineering, main-unit and package manufacture, piping and electrical integration, full-load factory acceptance testing, site commissioning, training and spare parts.
- Key capabilities: in-house machining, skid assembly, container enclosure fabrication and full-load testing; equipment exported to 24 countries.
- Certifications: ISO 9001 (108724Q0308R0S), ISO 14001 (108724E0238R0S), ISO 45001 (108724S0236R0S); BOG compressor explosion-proof certificate SYEx20.0437.
- Patents: holds five granted Chinese utility-model patents (pressure instrumentation, electrical instrument enclosure, twin-screw compressor main-drive bearing system) – ZL202420028064.1, ZL202420028069.4, ZL202420004392.8, ZL202420179170.X, ZL202421257589.9.
- Contact: sales@tukecompressor.com | https://tukecompressor.com/
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Overview
Propylene compression is a light hydrocarbon duty with a chemical complication: under the wrong conditions the gas can polymerise, and the resulting deposits foul valves, packings and sealing surfaces. The machine must therefore be designed not only for the pressure and flow, but for the operating envelope that keeps the process within safe and clean limits.
TUKE ENERGY supplies reciprocating propylene compressors in VW and D-type frame families, with sealing and lubrication materials selected for hydrocarbon compatibility rather than copied from an air or nitrogen machine. Design work covers stage count and inter-stage pressure split, discharge temperature, separation and drain, and the capacity control scheme needed for polymerisation unit load swings.
Typical duties include propylene feed to polymerisation reactors, propylene recovery and recycle, light hydrocarbon transfer and process gas boosting in petrochemical complexes. Machines are commonly executed with full instrumentation, PLC control, alarm and trip protection, and either skid-mounted or in a heated enclosure for cold climates.
Reference machines in this family include the VW-10/12.6-19 rated around 160 kW with a 10-pole motor at 590 rpm, and the VW-8/16-24 rated around 185 kW with a 12-pole motor at 490 rpm. Both have been delivered into petrochemical process service. These figures describe delivered machines and are not a fixed catalogue; each new duty is calculated from the actual gas and operating points.
Typical applications
- Polymerisation and petrochemical process duty
- Propylene transfer, loading and recovery
- Light-hydrocarbon processing and liquefied gas service
Key features
VW and D-type frame families for light hydrocarbon process duty
Sealing and lubrication materials selected for hydrocarbon compatibility
Multi-stage compression with intercooling and inter-stage separation
Design attention to the operating envelope that avoids polymerisation and deposition
Low-speed frames for reduced valve and ring wear in continuous service
Capacity control by variable speed, clearance pockets or unloading, validated at part load
PLC / HMI control with alarm and trip matrix, plus remote communication
Skid or heated enclosure execution for cold-climate installation
Technical specifications
- Media: propylene (C3H6), propane, LPG and light hydrocarbon mixtures
- Reference frames: VW-10/12.6-19 (~160 kW, 590 rpm) and VW-8/16-24 (~185 kW, 490 rpm)
- Construction: VW / D-type reciprocating, multi-stage with intercooling
- Capacity and pressure: project specific
Selection and design notes
Light hydrocarbons and propylene need the real gas properties, because molecular weight and compressibility differ substantially from air and change the stage ratio and discharge temperature.
Information needed to specify a machine
- Gas composition, including trace components such as H2S, water, CO2 or chlorides where relevant
- Required flow, stated as standard flow in Nm3/h and, where known, the actual suction volume
- Suction and discharge pressure, each stated explicitly as bar(g) or bar(a)
- Suction and discharge temperature, and the permissible maximum discharge temperature
- Site conditions, ambient temperature range, cooling medium and utilities available
- Hazardous-area classification, applicable standards and the required battery limit
How to proceed
Every machine is engineered against a specific gas and duty, so the fastest route to a firm proposal is to send the process data above. Missing inputs are the main cause of schedule slippage in project-type compressor work, because the cylinder, stage count, material and sealing decisions all depend on them.
