You will have an opportunity to discuss pump and compressor construction, design and applications, operations, maintenance, and management issues and be provided with the most up-to-date information and best practices in dealing with the subject.
The Pumps and Compressor workshop is a comprehensive course focussing on the fundamentals of centrifugal pumps and compressors. You will have an opportunity to discuss Pump/Compressor construction, design- applications, operations, maintenance, and management issues and be provided with the most up-to-date information and best practice in dealing with the subject. Towards the end of the workshop, you will have developed the skills and ability to recognise and solve simple pump/compressor problems in a structured and confident manner. This is not an advanced course but one that focuses on the fundamentals and therefore will not be suitable for you if you are a pump or compressor “guru”!
Introduction
- What constitutes a good pump/compressor or compressor
- Safety
- Reliability
- Efficiency
- Risk consideration
- Life cycle cost consideration
- Overview of Statutory requirements
CENTRIFUGAL PUMP DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION
- Casings
- Impellers
- Axial/Radial forces
- Pump/compressor Shafts
- Shaft seals – Balanced/Unbalances, Seal Wear Patterns
- Drives and Couplings
- Supports and Pipe connections
- Auxiliaries
CENTRIFUGAL PUMP CHARACTERISTICS AND OPERATION
- Hydraulic Properties of pumps • QH Curves
- PQ curves
- Speed changes on curves
PUMP SPECIFICATION AND SELECTION
- System Analysis
- Data Sheets
- Bid Requests/reviews/analyses
PUMP TESTING AND INSPECTION
- Material Inspection requirements
- Shop Tests
- Performance Test Procedures
- Site Locations
- Pump Foundations
- Associated Piping and fittings
- Pre-operational checks
- Operation of Pump
PUMP MAINTENANCE
- Pump Breakdown and removal
- Single Stage Pump dismantling and repair
- Preparation for re-assembly
- Pump Assembly
- Vertical and multistage pump repairs
INTRODUCTION TO COMPRESSORS
- What is a compressor?
- Basic criteria for compressor selection • Compressor definitions
RECIPROCATING COMPRESSORS
- Principles and mechanics
- Definitions
- Parts of a reciprocating compressor
- Maintenance of reciprocating compressors
- Performance of reciprocating compressors
- Mechanical forces
CENTRIFUGAL COMPRESSORS
- Introduction
- Principle of operation
- Operation
- Parts of Centrifugal compressors
- Casing configurations
- Types of compressors
- Performance of centrifugal compressor
- Polytrophic compressor
- Characteristic curves
- Compressor Controls