Compressor, Steam Turbine and Pumps Technology Design, Operation, Control, Troubleshooting and Maintenance
This comprehensive course provides participants with the knowledge and skills required to design, operate, control, troubleshoot, and maintain compressors, steam turbines, and pumps. The course is designed for professionals involved in the mechanical, process, and maintenance fields, ensuring they are well-equipped to handle these critical pieces of equipment in various industrial applications.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand Equipment Design: Gain a thorough understanding of the design principles of compressors, steam turbines, and pumps.
- Operation and Control: Learn how to operate and control these machines efficiently and safely.
- Maintenance Practices: Develop skills in maintenance strategies to ensure optimal performance and longevity.
- Troubleshooting: Identify and resolve common issues associated with compressors, steam turbines, and pumps.
Mechanical engineers, Process engineers, Maintenance engineers and technicians, Plant and facility managers, Operations supervisors.
This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of total tuition hours :
- Lectures
- Workshops, work presentations ,
- Group Work in case study & Practical Exercises.
- Videos and general discussions
- Pre-Test and Post Test
Course Outline
Introduction of rotating equipment.
- Compressors (theory of operation, Classifications, applications, selection, codes & standard)
- Steam turbines (theory of operation, Classifications, applications, selection, codes & standard)
- Pumps (Classifications, applications, selection, codes & standard)
- Motors (Classifications, applications, selection, codes & standard).
- Pumps (theory of operation, Classifications, applications, selection, codes & standard)
- Motors (theory of operation, Classifications, applications, selection, codes & standard .
Compressors.
2-1: Centrifugal compressor
- Main compressor parts (Rotating parts, static parts, clearance & tolerances).
- Compressor bearing types for axial & redial loads.
- Dry gas seal system (operation, monitoring, control, maintaining & troubleshooting)
- Lube oil and bearing lubrication system (operation, monitoring, control, maintaining & troubleshooting)
- Surge and ant-surge system control (operation, monitoring, control, maintaining & troubleshooting.
- Online condition monitoring system & the role of condition monitoring in compressor maintenance Diagnostic methods.
Centrifugal compressor continue
- Compressor maintenance activities:
- Preventive maintenance procedures for (daily check, monthly, 3M, 6M, yearly,..).
- Predictive maintenance based on (vibration, operation conditions online monitoring, oil analysis,..)
- Corrective & repairing procedures ( for compressor parts)
- Complete inspection & overhauling procedures.
- Compressor troubleshooting MFR software T/S table
Axial compressor
- Axial flow compressor construction
- Operating principles and major components
- Characterization of axial flow compressor selected material
- Performance, design and dimensional analysis
- Recent developments and applications of axial flow compressors.
- Compressor maintenance activities:
- Preventive maintenance procedures for (daily check, monthly, 3M, 6M, yearly,..).
- Predictive maintenance based on (vibration, operation conditions online monitoring, oil analysis,..)
- Corrective & repairing procedures ( for compressor parts)
- Complete inspection & overhauling procedures.
- Compressor troubleshooting MFR software T/S table.
- Compressor cases study.
Pump Theory & Design
- Introduction & Function of pumps.
- Pump classifications, code and standards.
- Pump operating parameters- Head, Flow, rpm, Power, Efficiency.
- Pump performance curve.
- Pump specific speed and horse power.
- Theory of pressure increase in impeller.
- Pump thrust balance and axial force.
- NPSH and cavitation phenomena.
- Pump affinity lows.
- Mechanical Seals
- Various type & design features
- Mechanical seal maintenance & repair
- Mechanical seal troubleshooting
Pump Maintenance & troubleshooting
- Planned Maintenance Activities
- Predictive and Preventive Maintenance
- Reliability Programs.
- Pump troubleshooting
Steam turbine operation and control
- Steam Turbines overview
- The way a Steam Turbine works
- Steam Turbine basics
- Thermodynamics
- Major Components explained
- Operation overview.
Steam turbine maintenance & troubleshooting
- Maintenance plan.
- Periodic maintenance.
- General maintenance.
- Troubleshooting.
Bearings, Lubrication, Vibration Analysis and advanced Predictive Maintenance For Turbo machinery.
- Bearings ( Types of Bearings, Thrust Bearings, redial bearings & magnetic bearing)
- Bearings lubrication ( pressured oil system, oil bath & greasing)
- Lubrication, Viscosity of Lubricants, Non-Newtonian Fluids, and Greases.
Bearings, Lubrication, Vibration Analysis and advanced Predictive Maintenance For Turbo machinery.
- Coupling types, selection, application & Alignment methodology.
- Alignment as a predictive maintenance program, (cold alignment, hot alignment, thermal grouse techniques).
- Used Oil Analysis for condition monitoring
- Vibration Analysis and Predictive Maintenance
- Vibration Causes, Resonant Frequency, Vibration in Predictive Maintenance, Diagnostics
- Intelligent (Smart Transmitters)
- Advantages of Intelligent Instrumentation