COURSE OVERVIEW

 This hands-on, highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of rotating equipment operation and troubleshooting. It covers the fundamentals of rotating equipment, pump types and terminology; the simple centrifugal pumps; the elements of minimum continuous safe flow (MCSF); the complex centrifugal pumps; the compression packing, molded (automatic) packing and the basic principles of mechanical seals; the face materials, secondary seal materials, single mechanical seals, single mechanical seal flushing plans and dual sealing systems and flushing plans; and the API 682 reference guide. 

 

Further, the course will also discuss the mechanical seal selection strategies, failure analysis, mechanical seal troubleshooting, determining leakage rates, ascertaining seal stability and troubleshooting hydraulic instability; the bellows seal repair, cartridge seal installation and management; the steam turbines theory, turbine sections, component descriptions and basic steam cycle; the lubricating oil systems, gland steam and water seal systems and hydraulic power unit; and the eccentricity, speed detection, valve positioning, shell expansion, differential expansion, vibration and metal temperatures. 

 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the function and assembly of the major components of a steam turbine and the fundamentals of steam turbine controls; the speed control, load control, limiters and flow control; the extraction turbines, overspeed and reset system, overspeed trip and controls section; the purpose and function of the controls system, including protective functions of the turbine; the reciprocating pump and NPSH requirement including rotary the pump theory and operation, PD pumps in the operating system and selection of progressing cavity pumps; and the fluid metering system design and options.