Course Description
Pumps and compressors are widely used nowadays in different oil and petrochemical facilities, fluid distribution systems, thermal power stations and different industrial applications. Proper operation should be based on performance curves. This course reviews the basics and performance parameters and curves of pumps and compressors. Relevant codes and standards of different types of pumps and compressors will be presented. Proper required operational tests, maintenance, troubleshooting of pumps and compressors will be covered.
Course Objectives
- Demonstrating an understanding of relevant codes and standards related to operation and maintenance of pumps and compressors
- Demonstrating an understanding of performance parameters and curves of pumps and compressors, pumps and compressors performance monitoring and optimization
- Analyzing the application of planned maintenance programs of predictive and preventive maintenance and troubleshooting
- Reviewing the best biases of pump or compressor selection
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone who needs to enhance their knowledge in the field of pump and compressor technology
- Operators and commissioning engineers and Sr. technicians
- Operation or maintenance of pump and compressor systems
- Engineering personnel responsible for the selection and installation
Course Details/Schedule
- Introduction – course objectives
- Principle of work
- Pumps & compressors power drivers
- Classification and types of pumps & compressors
- Definitions of main components of P & C
- Performance parameters
- Positive displacement pumps and compressors
- Mechanical construction
- P & C supporting operating systems (lubricating ,sealing, cooling , and control systems)
- Performance control and enhancing
- Main Maintenance activities
- Codes and standards
- Fault diagnosis and troubleshooting
- Turbo-pumps; axial, mixed & centrifugal flow pumps
- Theoretical and principle of centrifugal pumps operation
- Centrifugal pumps NPSH and the cavitations phenomena
- Mechanical construction of turbo-pumps
- Maintenance of turbo-pump
- Fault diagnosis (condition Monitoring) troubleshooting
- Turbo-compressors; axial and centrifugal types
- Turbo-compressors construction, performance, and operating charts
- Maintenance programs of turbo-compressors ( PM & PdM)
- Fault diagnosis and troubleshooting (Condition Monitoring | Vibration)
- Definitions and description of terms
- Guiding principles
- Instruments and methods of measurements and control
- Computation of results ( CMMS System)
- Operation daily logs, operation daily report, operation deviation repots, vendor specifications and commissioning punch lists
