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CHM 184 - Petrochemical Plants Rotating machinery Design, Operation Control and Protection Systems
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHM 184 | 13 January 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 184 | 10 March 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 184 | 05 May 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 184 | 30 June 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 184 | 25 August 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 184 | 20 October 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 184 | 15 December 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
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Course Description
Rotating machinery plays a very essential role in Process Plants and petrochemical plants. Centrifugal compressors in general run at very high speeds and are exposed to high temperature. The compressor operation is confined between the Surge and Stonewall limits. The compressor performance also is affected by the variation in operating conditions. Elevated temperature and large centrifugal stresses make the compressor operating under very critical conditions requires very complicated monitoring and protection systems. Accurate instrumentation, monitoring, troubleshooting and maintenance programs are essential for maintaining and increasing the available time of the machines.
This course will address the design, performance, operation limits, control system and the troubleshooting techniques of centrifugal compressors and the parameters affecting the above.
Course Objectives
- Recognizing different compressors and Rotating machinery’s designs and operations
- Realizing how different design parameter affects the machines performance and operation
- Reading and calculating the performance curves of centrifugal compressors
- Realizing the control and protection systems of centrifugal compressor and Steam Turbine systems
- Performing the start and shut down of the compressor and Steam Turbine properly
- Recognizing the latest techniques to Rotating machinery condition monitoring
- Evaluating Rotating machinery performance during start-ups and operations
- Identifying Rotating machinery system components
Who Should Attend?
- 1st Line Operation and Maintenance personnel.
- Process and Operation Engineers and Team Leaders.
- Mechanical and Maintenance Engineers and Supervisors
- Reliability Engineers and Supervisors
- Inspection Engineers and Supervisors
- Instrumentation and Process Control Engineers and Supervisors
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Major components of Rotating machinery
- Auxiliary systems: lube oil, seal oil, start-up, etc
- Steam Turbines, Types and Applications
- Operating principles of Steam turbines
- Types of Turbine’s Governing Systems
- Hydraulic & Mechanical Governors
- Limitations of Hydraulic & Mechanical Governors
- Electronic Governors – Architecture
- Functions and Advantages of Electronic Governors
- Woodward 505/ 505E Governor and main features
- Woodward CPC-II Electro Hydraulic Converter
- Woodward ProTech-SX Safety System- IEC61508 SIL-2 Certified
- API 684/API 611/API-612 /670, ISO 10436 & ISO 10437 Compliance
Day 2
- Steam Turbine key performance variables and means to monitor
- Evaluation of turbine performance parameters during start-up and normal operation
- Troubleshooting control systems for Steam turbines: start-up, speed and temperature controls, vibration
- Multi-stage Turbine Control
- Steam Mapping (Induction / Extraction Turbine)
- Over Speed Protection – Mechanical
- Electronic Over Speed Protection (OSP)
- Woodward ProTech-GII with Voted Inputs
- Trip Block (TMR) – Solenoid (TMR-SOV) with a 2oo3 voting design, (ESD)
- API-612 / 670 Compliance
- Process Safety Logics
Day 3
- Centrifugal Compressor (Types and Configurations)
- Compressor Governing System (Performance)
- Centrifugal Compressor Performance & Control
- The Performance Curves
- Compressor map
- Limits of Flow rates
- Limits of operating speed
- Compressor Surging Phenomena and Consequences
- Anti-surge Controls (Recycle or Blow-off)
- Surge Limit Line (SLL) on OEM Maps
- Surge Mapping on Anti-Surge Controller
- Proximity to Surge Calculations
- Functioning of Anti-Surge Controller
- Loop Decoupling of Multiple Controllers
- Anti-Surge Valve Sizing
Day 4
- Principles of operation and general components of compressors: rotors, seals, diaphragms, etc
- Operating characteristics curves
- Choking phenomenon
- Compressor instrumentation: various control loops; anti-surge control loops
- Compressor safety interlock and trip systems
- The compressor permissive to start
- Typical compressor valve arrangement
- The anti-surge control valve position
- Prestart valve positions
- Purge cycle
- Normal start up
- Normal shut down
- Emergency shut down
- Steam turbine and compressor systems start-up and shutdown procedures
Day 5
- Principles of troubleshooting
- Lubrication systems
- Seals System (Seal Gas and Seal Oil)
- Condition monitoring systems
- Pressure and temperature measurements
- Effective Diagnoses systems
- Vibration Analysis
- Auxiliary System monitoring……
- Normal operation - monitoring of parameters
- Logging of monitoring checks
- Vibration monitoring
- Generator Governing System (ISO / Droop)
