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1. The document provides a procedure for manually starting refrigerant compressors, which involves warming the oil, starting pumps, checking valves and generator capacity, and slowly opening refrigerant inlet and outlet valves while monitoring temperatures and pressures. 2. When suction temperature reaches -20°C and discharge reaches 60°C, compressor capacity is increased to 30-40% and remaining valves are opened. The cargo compressor is then started at 50% load. 3. Settings are adjusted to avoid tripping, with some cargo bypassing condensers initially. Load is increased to 100% along with refrigeration compressor capacity ramp up. Superheat levels are checked and adjusted as needed.

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Ref Comp Manual Start

1. The document provides a procedure for manually starting refrigerant compressors, which involves warming the oil, starting pumps, checking valves and generator capacity, and slowly opening refrigerant inlet and outlet valves while monitoring temperatures and pressures. 2. When suction temperature reaches -20°C and discharge reaches 60°C, compressor capacity is increased to 30-40% and remaining valves are opened. The cargo compressor is then started at 50% load. 3. Settings are adjusted to avoid tripping, with some cargo bypassing condensers initially. Load is increased to 100% along with refrigeration compressor capacity ramp up. Superheat levels are checked and adjusted as needed.

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REFRIGERENT COMPRESSOR STARTING PROCEDURE

(MANUAL START)
1 Prior to starting the compressors:
1.1 Let the heating element in oil separator on for about 2 hours. Seawater flow through
the lube oil coolers must be shut off.
1.2 Start the Oil Circulation Pump and let them run for 15 minutes to 1 hour until the oil
temperatures are about 5◦C above the sea-water temperature, but at least 20◦C in cold
waters. Reduce refrigeration compressor capacity to minimum (10%).
1.3 Check that all valves, refrigeration and cargo sides, are in the correct open/closed
position, but keep Ethane Condenser refrigerant inlet & outlet valves closed. Check also
the seawater flow through the refrigeration condenser. Keep the seawater flow through
the oil cooler shut off.
1.4 Check with the engine room personnel that sufficient generator capacity is available.
2 Start the refrigerant compressor motor:
2.1 Open slightly one of the three manual globe valves at Ethane/Ethylene Condenser
refrigerant outlets and then open the automatic valve (40-TV-5X40/5X43/5X46) at the
corresponding Ethane/Ethylene Condenser refrigerant inlet.
2.2 Watch the instrument readings closely.
2.3 When the suction temperature comes down to -20◦C (at about 2 barg), open the
manual valve at Ethane/Ethylene Condenser refrigerant outlet (open slowly for the two
first turns). Let the compressor run on minimum capacity until the discharge
temperature rises to 60◦C. Then increase the compressor capacity to 30–40%.
2.4 Open the remaining valves at Ethane/Ethylene Condenser refrigerant inlets &
outlets in the same way. Don’t forget to watch closely suction temperature/pressure.
2.5 Open slightly the manual globe valve on intermediate stage recycle and then open
the automatic valve (40-TV-5X29) at the Refrigerant Intercooler cold side inlet. Check
the instrument readings and open fully the manual valve (open slowly for the two first
turns).
2.6 When the suction temperature is down to about -30◦C with the Ethane Condenser
refrigerant outlet manual valves fully-open, start the cargo compressor.
3 When starting up cargo compressor:
3.1 The cargo compressor should be started on 50% load.
3.2 The Ethane/ethylene Condenser blow-off valve (23-PV-5156/5256/5356) set point
should be set lower than normal operation (approx. 24 barg for C-Ethane) to avoid
tripping of compressor at start-up. 3.3 Make sure to by-pass some cargo over the
Ethane/Ethylene condenser (only short period during start up) and back to tank in order
to avoid flashing and liquid carryover on refrigerant evaporation side.
3.4 After some time increase cargo compressor load to 100%.
3.5 Start the ramp up function of refrigeration compressor to increase the capacity to
100%. When capacity control is in auto mode the set point should be approx. 0.1 barg.
3.6 Check (and adjust, if necessary) the control expansion valves. The superheat of the
refrigerant main suction vapour should normally be 0-5 K warmer than evaporator
outlet, but always above the L and LL limit for 1st stage superheat temperature. The
superheat of the evaporator outlet should normally be between 8-13◦C. The opening of
the automatic valve (40-TV-5X29) for Refrigerant Intercooler should be set to approx.
60%.
4 Adjust:
4.1 The refrigerant condensing temperature to approximatively 7◦C above the seawater
temperature, but not lower than 20◦C, as problems with the oil return may occur.
4.2 The oil circulation temperature between 40 and 50◦C.
5 Before leaving the compressor room:
5.1 Check that all pneumatic valves are working properly.
5.2 Check that the cargo receiver is not filling up due to ice in the expansion valves.

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