TURBOMACHINERY TRAINING SEMINAR

® ®

“Compressors and Their Drivers”

Centrifugal Compressors, Gas Turbines and Steam Turbines.

Doha
Flexware® August 25 – 29, 2024
www.flexwareinc.com

Field & Shop Performance Analysis, Case Studies,

Troubleshooting & Problem Resolution
• Optimize Your Condition Based Equipment Reliability Program
• Maximize Plant Production & Reliability
• Confirm OEM Performance Guarantee
• Optimize Equipment Utilization

TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS

EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN
COMPRESSOR & TURBINE THEORY
AND EASY, PRACTICAL METHODS TO
TROUBLESHOOT TURBOMACHINERY.

"Good Seminar. Improves my analytical knowledge. Will save the company money & time." Sheridan Suleiman, Sarawak Shell
People Who Should Attend This Seminar
The people attending the course should be technical personnel interested in better understanding turbomachinery (operators, engineers &
technicians, reliability specialists, project engineers, equipment specialists and planning engineers).
“Difficult subject made easy to understand – Excellent work!” FOR THE SEASONED ENGINEER AS
WELL AS THOSE NEW TO THE
Showkath Ali K. C., Qatar Petrochemical Co. SUBJECT OF TURBOMACHINERY.
Course Objective
Basic turbomachinery operation and maintenance and easy, practical methods to troubleshoot turbomachinery problems. Improving plant
production and reducing maintenance costs.

Course Materials: “Compressor Performance: Aerodynamics for the User”, access to training slides and other printed material.
Also included is a one year license for Flex Live software and one year remote monitoring for one compressor - turbine train.

Time Schedule
Seminar duration: 5 days from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM with lunch break from 12 to 1:00 PM and two 15 minute coffee breaks: one in the
morning and one in the afternoon.
Venue: to be announced
“Notes, book & software are excellent. I still use the notes and text from your course regularly in my work."
Hosam Hassan, Praxair, Toronto

Program
Following subject areas are covered over a four day program. A tentative schedule is shown below.

“…All in all the course is excellent with a lot of valuable information being transmitted.”
Scott Schultz, Chart Energy & Chemicals, The Woodlands, Texas

1) - Compressor Aerodynamics
Introduction to Turbocompressors: Definition of compressor. Types of compressors. Relative comparisons of various compressor types.
Aerodynamic Components: Axial compressors. Centrifugal compressors. Impellers, diaphragms, guide vanes. Interstage seals. Balance piston
seal. Impeller thrust. Internal compressor configuration: Straight thru, double flow, back to back, multi-stage iso-cool, side-load.
Compressor Characteristics: Centrifugal compressors. Slope. Stonewall. Surge. Off-design operation. Influence of the different operating
variables: suction pressure, suction temperature, molecular weight changes, rotational speed, etc.
Compressor Design & Construction: Casing, impellers, diaphragms & rotors.
Compressor Performance: Head & efficiency evaluation
Equipment Selection: Considerations for selecting new equipment and rerating existing.
2) - Steam Turbines
Introduction to Steam Turbines: Blade designs, trip & throttle valves, integral rotor forgings, electronic speed control & trip, Rankine cycle,
reaction & impulse turbines, back pressure and condensing turbines.
Casing & Rotors: Casing, steam chest, inlet valves, diaphragms, extraction valves, nozzle ring solid rotors, built-up rotors.
Auxiliary Systems: Speed control, overspeed trip, gland seal systems, condensers

3) – Flex Live Software & AWM

Performance Monitoring: Using of Flexware for performance evaluation and monitoring
Off Design Evaluation: Using of Flexware for off-design evaluation
Examples: Example of Flexware performance monitoring for selected equipment.

4) Gas Turbines
Introduction to Gas Turbines: .Gas turbines purpose, Thermodynamic cycles: Brayton cycle. Regenerative cycle. Intercooled cycle. Steam
injection cycle. Combined cycle. Relative comparisons, Gas Turbine Types: Industrial Heavy Duty, Aircraft Derivative, Medium and Small
Range, Applications, Competitive Advantages, Limitations and Challenges, Worldwide gas turbine manufacturers,
Gas Turbines Performance Evaluation: Factors that affect the performance of a gas turbine: Ambient conditions; Water or Steam injection;
Inlet and Exhaust pressure losses; Fuel; Heat Rate versus Type of Turbine, Performance evaluation of single shaft engines, Performance
evaluation of dual shaft engines, Gas turbine performance enhancements, Gas turbine performance degradation, Compressor performance
degradation, Combustor degradation, Turbine degradation.
Gas Turbine Condition Monitoring: Methodologies to evaluate the health state of gas turbines

5) -General
Shaft Ends Seals: Different type of seals: Labyrinth, restrictive (carbon), mechanical contact, sleeve (restrictive bushing) and dry gas seals and
buffer systems.
Journal and Thrust Bearings: Different type of journal bearings: plain, pressure dam and tilting pad. Tilting pad thrust bearings. Bearing
installation. Bearing instrumentation. Bearing damage.
Vibration: Vibration limits for turbomachinery & case studies.
Rotordynamics & Rotor Stability: Terms definitions, Unbalance critical speed map. Unbalance response analysis. Modal analysis. Rotor
Stability
Balance: Low speed balance, High speed balance.
Driver Selection: Motors, steam turbines & gas turbines. The best driver for the application.
Compressor & Turbine Performance – Evaluation & Troubleshooting: Performance analysis techniques, Head & efficiency evaluation,
performance problems, solutions and troubleshooting techniques. Motors, backpressure turbine analysis, condensing turbine analysis, gas turbine
analysis.
Troubleshooting & Case Studies: Aerodynamic problems, iso-cooled compressors, refrigeration compressors, shop & field problems.
Compressor and Turbine Operation: Commissioning. Start-up procedure of compressors for different types of drivers: steam turbines, gas
turbines and electric motors. Operational cares. Avoiding liquid ingestion. Possible problems when operating outside the OEM performance
curve.
Ethylene Plants: Process schematic, Refrigeration system, cracked gas train.
Refinery: Process schematic, FCC air compressors, wet gas, hydrogen recycle.
Propane Dehydrogenation: Process schematic, Compressor & driver types used for this service. How compressor operation affects plant
operation.

Q & A: Review in detail questions about aerodynamic issues and go over specific questions and problems brought to the training seminar.
“I learned a lot!” Jasmin Tremblay, Ultramar (Valero), St. Romuald, Quebec
“..overall good job.” Damien Parson, Occidental Chemical, Geismar, Louisiana
“Nice lecture & content. Helpful to my future work.” Frank Yuan, Chart Energy & Chemicals, The Woodlands, Texas

Instructor: Ron Stewart

Ronald Stewart is currently Director, Technology Flexware, Inc., Grapeville, PA, USA where he assists with
software development, does application engineering for rerates, and assists with sales, service calls &
marketing. Mr. Stewart developed the original GasFlex ® gas properties software which is the calculation
engine for Flex Live® software.
Extensive worldwide sales and service career to global engineering firms and energy companies. Strong
knowledge of complex turbomachinery systems (centrifugal gas compressors, axial air compressors, mechanical
drive steam turbines, steam turbine generators & hot gas expanders) and how they integrate into end user’s
systems.

Ronald Stewart received a Bachelor of Science - Marine Engineering at The University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI, USA in 1964.

“Thank you for the heat balance methodology for condensing turbines. I can save some money for Shell with that.” Clay Crook, Sarawak Shell
Berhad

Client Listing: AdvanSix, Aramco, British Petroleum, Chart Energy & Chemicals, ConocoPhillips, Consumer Coop Refineries, Canadian
Natural Resources, Dakota Gasification, Dibran Gmbh, ExxonMobil, Foster Wheeler, Full System Engineering, GE Oil & Gas, John Crane, Hess
Oil, Irving Oil, Kop-Flex, Linde Engineering, LyondellBasell, Meco, Motiva, Nalco, Occidental Chemical, Orinoco Iron, Petro-Canada, PDVSA,
Praxair, PTT Exploration & Production Co., Qatar Petrochemical Co., RasGas, Sadara Chemical, Shell Chemical, Sherritt Metals, Sinclair Oil,
Sincor, Sunoco, Syncrude Canada, Tata Chemicals, Valero
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Flexware, Inc., P.O. Box 110, Grapeville, PA 15634-0110, U. S. A.
Ph (1) 724-493-7906, [email protected], www.flexwareinc.com

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# Item & Description Price Each Quantity Total Price

“Compressors and Their Drivers” $4,495 USD

August 25 through 29, 2024
Flex Live XK, one year License No Charge

One year remote monitoring, one compressor No Charge

Compressor Performance book No Charge

subtotal

6% Sales Tax (Pennsylvania Locations only)

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