Course Objective.

• To know the different types of rotating machinery and their main applications.
• To know the working principles and key performances of this equipment.
• To know the technology of the rotating machinery and their main operating constraint

Who Can Benefit?

• Graduate engineers, supervisory
• technical staff involved in
• rotating machinery operation,
• Maintenance or Engineering.

Course content

• Introduction – First Exam
• What is Rotary Machines
  • Classification of Rotary Machines
  • Centrifugal Pumps
  • Different types of pumps, applications in the oil and gas field.
  • Performance curves of a centrifugal pump: head, efficiency, absorbed power, NPSH.
  • Technology of centrifugal pumps, different architectures.
  • Mechanical seals: different arrangements, related ancillary systems.
  • Operating limits: cavitation, hammer shock, priming issues, case of 2 pumps running
  • Together.
  • Start-up and operation monitoring: specific case of hot pumps, LPG pumps, vacuum
  • Pumps.
  • Troubleshooting common failures
• Reciprocating Compressors
  • Reciprocating compressor architecture: number of stages, cylinders, overall layout,
  • Typical applications.
  • Technology of main components and ancillaries.
  • Influence of process conditions on compressor performance: suction or discharge
  • Pressure, suction temperature, gas composition. Case of multi-stage compressor.
  • Flow control, specific safety devices. Start-up philosophy.
• Centrifugal Compressors
  • Technology of main components and ancillaries.
  • Pressure increase process for a compressor stage. Performance curves, influence of
  • Suction conditions and gas composition.
  • Operating window: low and high speed limits, stonewall, surge, typical anti surge
  • Protection systems.
  • Flow regulation: control valve, speed variation, inlet guide vanes. Specific precautions
  • For start-up.
• Steam Turbines
  • .
  • Working principle, classification and technology: number of stages, exhaust conditions,
  • Expansion process through the machine.
  • Operation: start-up and performance monitoring. Speed control, safety devices.
• Gas Turbines
  • Gas turbine design and performance, main types, industrial and aero derivative engines,
  •   Pressure and temperature profiles through the machine.
  •   Influence of environmental conditions: temperature, elevation. Impact of suction and
  • Exhaust friction losses on turbine performance. De-rating from ISO conditions.
• Efficiency improvement techniques; regenerative cycle, combined cycle, cogeneration,
  • Nox reduction equipment.
• Maintenance Strategies
  • Preventive and Predictive Maintenance
  • Shaft Alignment
  • Lube Oil – Bearing
  • Cavitation
  • Computer Program for Troubleshooting (Diagno)
  • Work Shop DiagnoPump
  • Safety Consideration
• Theory of Operation of Rotary Machines
• Rotary Parameters of Operation
• Compound Plants
• Maintenance Strategies
• Preventive and Predictive Maintenance
• Shaft Alignment
• Lube Oil – Bearing
• Cavitation
• Computer Program for Troubleshooting (Diagno)
• Work Shop DiagnoPump
• Safety Consideration

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