Description
SUITABLE:
Engineers involved in operation, inspection and maintenance of reciprocating compressors.
OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the course, delegates will:
- Have the understanding of reciprocating compressors technology, performances, operation and breakdowns;
- Know how the machines operate;
- Have improved their knowledge of operation practices;
- Understand the most common modes of failures, etc.
SUMMARY:
- Technology: construction and design philosophies, components of reciprocating compressors, auxiliaries, etc
- Performances: ideal gas compression, axial compression, multistage compressor, cause of air compression, etc.
- Compressor operating on processes:
- Maintenance: forces created by the pressure, etc
- Troubleshooting.