Steam Turbines and Centrifugal Compressors : Operations, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
Start Date : 17 Aug,2025
End Date : 21 Aug,2025
Duration : 5 Days
Overview:
The course is devoted to design features, efficiencies, operating characteristics, reliability and maintenance implications of centrifugal compressors and steam turbine drivers. This training course is intended to familiarize engineers, technicians and operators with the guidelines and best practices employed in utilizing this equipment, including design, operation, maintenance and repair. The emphasis in the training course will be on the physical understanding of the problems in operation and the best way of troubleshooting them.
Course Objectives:
Understand the technical features of centrifugal compressors and steam turbines
Select the optimal type and size of equipment for a given industrial application
Use methods of estimating the degree of deterioration and inefficiency of equipment
Apply best practices and techniques of pinpointing the root cause of problems
Choose the most efficient remedies and troubleshooting techniques in operation
Course Content:
1- Gas Thermodynamics
Gas Properties and Laws
Centrifugal Compressor Aerodynamics - Thermodynamics
Changes in Gas Velocity and Pressure in a Centrifugal Compressor
Mass and Volume Flow Rate as a Function of Pressure, Temperature and Gas Composition
Molecular Weight of Gas and its Effect on Performance
Discharge Temperature, Power Absorbed as a Function of the Gas Composition and the Operating Conditions
Investigating and Controlling Surge and Choke
2- Centrifugal Compressors – Design – Operation
Overview of the Main Features of Various Types of Compressors
Classification of Compressors based on Design and Application
World Standards and Codes related to Compressor Design
Main Elements of Centrifugal Compressor Construction
Analysis of Centrifugal Compressor Efficiency
3- Steam Thermodynamics
Steam Properties and the Mollier Charts
The Rankine Cycle
Steam Requirement per KWH Production
Ultra-supercritical Conditions
4- Steam Turbines – Design -Operation
Main Elements and Technical Characteristics of Steam Turbine Design
The Rotating and Stationary Blades
The Internal and External Seals
Radial and Thrust Journal Bearings
Stop – Control – Non-Return Turbine Valves
Turbine Controls and Interlocks
5- Maintenance of Rotating Machines
Machines Piping and Ground Regulations
Alignment of Thermal Machines
Balancing of Rotating Machines
Surface Treatments of Sealing Interfaces
Online Washing
Troubleshooting through Vibration Analysis, Oil Analysis and Thermography
- Guidelines for Trouble-free Centrifugal Compressor Operation
Targeted Audience:
The course is designed for those who have an electrical background (for example maintenance electricians). Candidates who subsequently attend more advanced manufacturer-specific programming courses will find that their progress is enhanced by this foundation in PLC and SCADA programming.
