Who Should Attend?
Mechanical and control engineers, supervisors, foremen and technicians of control, maintenance and safety.
Objective
This course is designed to give the
basic concept of theory in design and performance of the centrifugal compressors.
Assembly, Disassembly, installation and applications of centrifugal compressors.
Troubleshooting and their solution
Maintenance, control and safety.
Organisation Responsibility
1. To Design Syllabus for the course,
to meet all the requirements described.
2. To prepare a manual [hard & soft copy]
3. To Nominate an Instructor who has the expertise & high qualifications
in the field.
4. To apply sophisticated training techniques to enable the participants to
develop the required skill.
5. To schedule the period of the course & the daily time table
6. To Determine the venue & the date of the course [In-house courses will
be negotiable]
Course program
Day 1:
0730 – 0800 |
Registration and welcome |
0800 – 1000 |
• Basic concept and theory of compressor: Definition of compressor, Fluid mechanics and thermodynamics principles, & Relative comparisons of various compressor types.
|
1000 – 1020 |
Break |
1020 – 1220 |
Compressors selection parameters, & Degree of reaction and pressure ratio.
|
1220 – 1320 |
Lunch Break |
1320 – 1500 |
• Compressor characteristics: Slope and stone wall, Surge and off design operation, Adjustable vanes, & Specific speed and guide vane angle.
|
1500 – 1520 |
Break |
1520 – 1630 |
• Compressor operation and performance testing: Starting up and mechanical field, Performance curves, & Avoiding surge and liquids.
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Day 2:
0730-0800 |
Coffee & Social Meeting |
0800-1000 |
Parallel operation and inlet piping, Instrumentation, & Calculation procedure and sample calculation. |
1000-1020 |
Break |
1020-1220 |
• Compressor installation: Motors, Operating pressure reduction, & Conventional control of a compressor.
|
1220-1320 |
Lunch break |
1320-1500 |
Cooling of compressors and compressed air, & Control and instrumentation.
|
1500-1520 |
Break |
1520-1630 |
• Design features and applications: Design features of stationary vane and sliding vane, Design aspects of rotor and shaft, & Mechanical seals and compressor housing.
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Day 3:
0730-0800 |
Coffee & Social Meeting |
0800-1000 |
Coupling and cylinder gasket, Impeller and diffuser design, & Industrial application of centrifugal compressor.
|
1000-1020 |
Break. |
1020-1220 |
• Compressor accessories: Lubrication oil system, Bearing and labyrinth gland, & cooling system.
|
1220-1320 |
Lunch Break |
1320-1500 |
Balancing system, Control system, & Instrumentation and measurements.
|
1500-1520 |
Break. |
1520-1630 |
• Troubleshooting in centrifugal compressor: Introduction to the troubleshooting, Loss of capacity, & Noise and vibration.
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Day 4:
0730-0800 |
Coffee & Social meeting |
0800-1000 |
Cylinder knocks and running gear knocks, Failure to run, & No air or not enough air delivered.
|
1000-1020 |
Break |
1020-1220 |
Insufficient pressure and machine runs too hot, Troubleshooting lubrication systems, Significance of inter cooler pressures, & Belt driver and motor control problems. |
1220-1320 |
Lunch Break |
1320-1500 |
• Maintenance: Maintenance plan design, & Failure characteristics and the nature of failure.
|
1500-1520 |
Break. |
1520-1630 |
A stepwise approach to design maintenance plan and determining the consequence of each failure mode, & Repair and maintenance of mechanical seals and rotating equipment components.
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Day 5:
0730-0800 |
Coffee & social meeting |
0800-1000 |
Compressor rotor repair, & Clean up and inspection of rotor.
|
1000-1020 |
Break |
1020-1220 |
Disassembly of rotor for shaft repair, & Ball bearing maintenance and replacement.
|
1220-1320 |
Lunch break |
1320-1500 |
Preventive maintenance, & Overhaul maintenance.
|
1500-1520 |
Break |
1520-1600 |
Ending the course ceremony, certificates & evaluation of the course |