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Compressors, Steam & Gas Turbines – Design, Operations & Maintenance

The "Compressors, Steam & Gas Turbines - Design, Operations & Maintenance" course offers in-depth knowledge on the principles, design, and operational strategies for compressors, steam turbines, and gas turbines. It emphasizes performance optimization, troubleshooting, and maintenance best practices, ensuring participants are equipped to maximize equipment reliability and efficiency.

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Who Should Attend?​

This course is suitable for engineers, maintenance professionals, plant operators, and technical personnel involved in the design, operation, or maintenance of compressors, steam turbines, and gas turbines. It is ideal for individuals in industries such as oil and gas, power generation, and manufacturing.

Benefits of Attending​

By attending this course, participants will acquire the expertise to enhance the performance and efficiency of compressors, steam turbines, and gas turbines. By mastering maintenance practices and troubleshooting techniques, they can minimize downtime, reduce operational costs, and ensure long-term reliability of critical equipment in various industrial settings.

Learning Objectives

Participants will learn to design and operate compressors and turbines effectively, optimize system efficiency, and perform advanced diagnostics and maintenance. They will also understand thermodynamic principles and apply troubleshooting methods to resolve operational challenges, ensuring maximum equipment reliability and productivity.

By the end of the course, participants will:

  • Familiarize with basic gas laws governing plant operation
  • Familiarize with the performance and operational aspects of gas and steam turbines and different types of compressor as used in petro-chemical plants.
  • Be presented with an understanding of the control and protection systems.
  • Be presented with the understanding of auxiliary equipment and systems necessary for continual operation of plant machinery.
  • Be able to calculate the effects of changes upon machine performance.

DAY 1

  • Introduction to course
  • Overview of a typical systems covering generation, transmission and distribution
  • Determination of flow of real (P) and reactive power (Q)
  • Determination and control of fault level
  • Control of reactive power & voltage
  • Control of active power & system frequency
  • The requirements for reactive compensation – voltage profiles
    Quality of supply

DAY 2

  • Current Operational Problems
  • Coping with rising demand for power – transmission and distribution
  • The costs associated with increasing fault level
  • Catering for increasing load on the existing system – ratings of plant
  • Monitoring of plant condition – e.g. temperature
  • A review of analytical methods & demonstration of software for optimising system operation
  • Increasing problems of heavily loaded systems. – stability, voltage dips
  • Active Power and Frequency Control – automated
  • Voltage Control and Reactive Power Requirements – automated
  • Generation, including combined cycle and small embedded generators
  • Transmission voltage levels – line and cable design, power loading and de-rating for temperature effects

DAY 3

  • Emerging technologies
  • Energy and the Environment – solar power, geothermal power, etc. CO2 and its impact on the world
  • ‘Green’ generation? Is it possible on a large scale or are there stability problems?
  • Demand Side Management – remote load control – minimising demand –optimising transmission – coping with dips and swells
  • Optical Current Transducers for Protection
  • Optical Current Sensors Eliminate CT Saturation – accuracy
  • High Voltage Applications – Surge protection, current limiters network switching, etc
    Nonlinear loads – harmonics at PCC – filtering – G5/4 requirements

DAY 4

  • Advances in control and monitoring
  • Power Electronics Applied to Power Systems
  • Flexibility in AC Systems
  • Static Var Compensation
  • Series Controlled Capacitors
  • Changing maintenance schedules, remote surveillance of plant and the introduction of unmanned substations
  • Data logging
  • HC-DC Links for stability improvement
  • Power Dynamics Management – the low frequency oscillation
  • Advanced protection and Control Techniques
  • Is – Fault Current Limiter – how to apply
  • GIS diagnostics – partial discharge techniques
  • Optical cable temperature monitoring
  • SCADA and artificial intelligence systems for fault diagnostics

DAY 5

  • System protection
  • Digital and Micro Processor Protection
  • Electrical Insulation – Air and SF6 – the problems
  • Condition Monitoring of Plant
  • Appendix – Characteristics of a Power Network – Review for the Future
  • Case studies and simulation

Upcoming Courses

2025

- August

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august 03 - august 07Doha, qatar£4,685.00 Book Now

2026

- April

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- August

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august 02 - august 06Doha, qatar£4,685.00 Book Now

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Business Case

Effective management of compressors, steam turbines, and gas turbines is essential for ensuring energy efficiency, reliability, and cost control. This course enables professionals to improve operational excellence, reduce unplanned downtime, and enhance machinery performance, driving significant value and productivity for their organizations.
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Technical Consultancy Limited

Technical Consultancy Limited is a member of MTCTCL Consulting Group Limited. TCL Ltd provides technical consultancy and training services to companies in the oil, gas, engineering & petrochemical industry.
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