Compressor Steam Turbine and Pumps Technology Operation Control Troubleshooting & Maintenance
Compressor Steam Turbine and Pumps Technology Operation Control Troubleshooting & Maintenance
OBJECTIVES
- An understanding of the construction and operational constraints of centrifugal compressors, steam turbines and compressors.
- Knowledge of various industrial equipment and turbo machines including pumps, compressors, turbines and motors.
- Implement proper techniques and procedures of turbo machinery maintenance and troubleshooting
- Hints and Tips for practical application of monitoring technologies so as to achieve the best results.
- Implement systematic techniques on selection, sizing, application, operation, testing, troubleshooting and maintenance of various industrial equipment and turbo machines
- Illustrate the operation and characteristics of centrifugal and axial compressors as well as compressor systems calculations
- Illustrate vibration instrumentation and analysis, the cause of vibration and predicitive maintenance.
- Guide the participants to the right steps of pump selection
- List types of bearings and explain statistical nature of bearing life
- Demonstrate viscosity of lubricants and oil analysis
- Describe the characteristics of induction motors including their speed control, maintenance troubleshooting techniques and diagnostic testing for failures in three-phase stator windings.
- To enable the attendees to grasp the advanced information in preventive as well as predictive maintenance of rotating equipment
- To present the advanced condition monitoring technologies stressing on vibration and oil analysis.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
All the technical staff who are involved in Compressor , Steam turbine , Pumps , in the design selection , maintenance & troubleshooting .
COURSE OUTLINE
Gas Laws & Compression Theory
- Compression and Expansion Fundamentals
- Gas Equations
o Ideal gas equation and practical application
o Isentropic, polytropic compression
o Mass and volume capacity
- Practical compression laws
o Effect of process temperature
o Power of compression
- Mollier diagrams
o For gas and steam
- Compression and Expansion Mechanisms
- Compression Basics
Course Outline
Who Should Attend
o Euler’s law, applications for compressors and turbines,
o characteristic curves
o velocities triangle
- Blade types
o Impulse profile and Reaction profile – where each type
are used and why.
- Dynamic Effects
o Mach number: effect on temperature, pressure and
density;
o Subsonic and supersonic machines
- Simple Calculations
o Dimensionless coefficients, specific speeds
Case Study & Videos
Practical Applications
- Compressor and Turbine Performance and Operation
- Affinity Laws for centrifugal impellers
o Calculating effect of speed change
o Calculating effect of impeller changes
- Characteristic curves
o Effect of change on operating and process parameters
- Operational Problems
o Surge
o Stonewall
o Range of working efficiency
- Capacity control methods
o Speed change
o Inlet guide vanes
- Commissioning
o Pre start checks
o Vibration survey
o Runup/rundown analyses
Case Study & Videos
Steam Plant & Turbines
- Steam turbines
- Turbine Characteristics
o Speed
o Specific consumption
o Efficiency
- Steam Conditions
o Influence of inlet steam state
o Effects of exhaust steam
- Control Systems
o Speed governor
o Pressure & temperature control systems
- Safety devices
o Overspeed
o Overpressure
- Associated Equipment
o Condensers
o Pumps
o Boilers
Case Study & Videos
Turbine Construction & Maintenance
- Construction and Systems
- Construction
o Casings
o Diaphragms
o Stator
o Blades
- Bearings & Seals
o Rotor, journal and thrust bearings
o Internal and shaft seals
o Coupling
- Rotor Dynamics
o Balance
o Critical speeds
- Associated Systems
o Lubrication system
o Seal systems
- Typical mechanical incidents
Case Study & Videos
Engineering Aspects
- Engineering
- API specifications
- Information required for bidding
- Factory tests
Pumps Systems
- Important characteristics of pump systems
- Energy and head in pump systems
- Static Head & Total Head
- Pump Characteristic Curve
- Pipe Friction Calculation
Pumps Operation
- Pump Start Up and Shut Down
- Priming of Centrifugal Pumps
- Parallel and Series Operation
- Abnormal Operation
- Capacity Regulation
Case Study & Videos
Pumps & Compressors Maintenance
- Overview of Maintenance Practice
- Pump Maintenance Procedure
- Lubrication
o The role of condition monitoring in pump and
compressor maintenance Diagnostic methods
o Capabilities and limitations of condition monitoring, and
the need for a combined approach
o The importance of plant inspection
o Measurement devices, and what to monitor and where
o Centrifugal Pump: Construction Performance
Maintenance Troubleshooting
o Positive-Displacement Pumps: Types, Performance,
Troubleshooting
o Compressors: Centrifugal Maintenance and
Troubleshooting
o Rotary Maintenance and Troubleshooting
o Turbines: Design and construction of different types of
gas turbines.
o Auxiliary systems: air inlet system, exhaust system,
regenerators, seals.
o Gas turbine Maintenance and common problems.
o Gas turbine troubleshooting
Registration