Mechanical Aspects of Centrifugal Compressors

SUITABLE FOR:

Chemical, mechanical, instrumentation and process engineers, process plant operation and supervisory staff.

OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the course, delegates will:

• Understand some of the criteria for selecting a compressor for a given set of design conditions.
• Be able to set up and tune simple anti- surge control systems.
• Be able to explore the safe and efficient operation of a compression system, using a dynamic simulation model.

SUMMARY:

• Compressor principles and thermodynamics
• Performance curves - fixed and variable speed
• Process condition changesCapacity / performance control
• Surge
• Anti-surge control
• Complex anti-surge control
• Case Study
• Performance testing
• Compressor protection on tripStart-up
• Compressor efficiency
• Load Balancing