Advance Course in Frame 5 Gas turbine

 

Who Should Attend?

Mechanical & Electrical Engineers, control technicians, supervisors, Maintenance & safety technicians & foremen.

Objective

To provide advance knowledge mechanical, electrical and control engineering running & maintenance to enable supervisor foremen & technicians to understand the main principles & methods used to carry out operational, running, troubleshooting, control & maintenance.

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

•  Fundamental principles: Reaction principle, Rockets, Ram jets and pulse jets, Turbojets, Turbofans, Turbo probes and turbo shafts, Propulsive efficiency, Convergent and divergent ducts, & Energy conversions.

 

1000 – 1020

Break

1020 – 1220

2. General constructional and operating features: Main constructional features, Types of compressors, Multi spool compressors, Turbine configurations, Combustion chamber layout, Engine classification, Designation of engine stations, Hot sections, cold sections and gas generator, Gas turbine working cycle, & Pressure, temperature, density and velocity change.

 

1220 – 1320

Lunch Break

1320 – 1500

3. Performance parameters: Power, Effect of forward speed on thrust, Static thrust, Net thrust and gross thrust, Thrust horsepower, & Specific fuel consumption.

 

1500 – 1520

Break

1520 – 1630

4. Compressors: Compressors efficiency, Centrifugal compressors, Axial flow compressors, & Axial centrifugal compressors.

Day 2:

0730-0800

Coffee & Social Meeting

0800-1000

Compressor stall and surge, Stall and surge control, & Adjusting, testing and troubleshooting of bleed control and variable vane systems.

1000-1020

Break

1020-1220

5. Combustion chamber: Combustion system Requirement, Air distribution and flow, & Combustion liners.

1220-1320

Lunch break

1320-1500

Combustion chamber construction, Fuel injection nozzles, High energy igniters and glow plugs, & Fuel drain valves.

1500-1520

Break

1520-1630

6. Turbines: Introduction to turbines, Nozzle guide vanes, Turbine blades, & Turbine rotor and blade construction.

 


Day 3:

0730-0800

Coffee & Social Meeting

0800-1000

Turbine discs, Turbine housing, Turbine cooling, & Turbine temperature measurement.

1000-1020

Break.

1020-1220

7. Starting features of gas turbine: The fundamental starting process, Start processes for major engine types and applications, Engine start requirements, & The impact of ambient temperature and pressure.

1220-1320

Lunch Break

1320-1500

Operability issues, Starting and parameter groups, Control strategies during start maneuvers, & Starter system variants and selection.

1500-1520

Break.

1520-1630

8. Industrial applications: Introduction, Some future possibilities, & Gas turbine design procedure.



Day 4:

0730-0800

Coffee & Social meeting

0800-1000

9. Some practical problems: Flame-tube cooling, Fuel injection, Ignition, Use of cheap fuels, & Pollution.

1000-1020

Break

1020-1220

10. Troubleshooting and trend monitoring: Introduction,

& Trend monitoring.

1220-1320

Lunch Break

1320-1500

11. Gas turbine maintenance philosophy and objectives: Introduction, Spare parts and special tools, Condition monitoring, & Inspection.

1500-1520

Break.

1520-1630

Overhaul and repair, Magnetic particle inspection, Erosion, corrosion and fouling, Fuel system and combustion, & Turbine and exhaust.

 

Day 5:

0730-0800

Coffee & social meeting

0800-1000

12. Power plant removal and installation: Introduction, & Power plant removal.

1000-1020

Break

1020-1220

13. Shaft-power gas turbine: Ideal cycles, Methods of accounting for component losses, & Design point performance calculations.

1220-1320

Lunch break

1320-1500

Comparative performance of practical cycles, Co gas cycles and cogeneration schemes, & Closed-cycle gas turbines.

1500-1520

Break

1520-1600

Ending the course ceremony, certificates & evaluation of the course