OBJECTIVE:

Participants will learn about centrifugal compressors and their performance characteristics. Process control and instrumentation for compressors will also be discussed with emphasis on safe and economic operational modes.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

• Mechanical Engineers
• Chemical Engineers

DURATION :

Five days

TOPICS :

• Introduction:

       - Compression methods

       - Compressor selection

       - Compressors types & application ranges

• Performance considerations
• Compressor performance maps
• Quick methods for centrifugal compressor power estimate
• Surge and shock
• Mechanical considerations, accessories, auxiliary system
• Factors affecting compressor heat, power & inlet volume flow
• Construction features (casing, impeller, shaft, & rotor, balance drum, bearings, shaft seal, & diaphragms)
• Compressor control (capacity control, surge control and equipment protection)
• Driver selection