Maximum efficiency, reliability, and longevity of compressors, pumps, and bearings are of great concern to many industries. These objectives can only be achieved by understanding the characteristics, selection criteria, sizing calculations, sealing arrangements, common problems, repair techniques, as well as their preventive and predictive maintenance. This course is a MUST for those who use this equipment. It covers how compressors and pumps operate and provides the guidelines and rules that must be followed for their successful application. Their basic design, specification and selection criteria, sizing calculations as well as all maintenance issues including vibration analysis, and used oil analysis are discussed in detail. Objectives • To provide an understanding of the various types of compressors, pumps, and bearings so participants can operate, maintain and troubleshoot compressors and pumps for their applications. • To achieve reduced capital, operating and maintenance costs along with increase in efficiency. Upon participating in this course, delegates will be able to: • Carry out troubleshooting of critical components with the knowledge of common failure modes of compressors and pumps by applying advanced fault detection techniques. • Identify bearings and lubrication, pump and compressor sealing arrangements, meet commissioning requirements, conduct vibration measurement and used oil analysis. • Determine the maintenance required to minimize compressor and downtime, pump operating cost and maximize their efficiency, reliability, and useful life. • Gain an understanding of compressor surge and surge prevention systems. • Understand the causes of failures in compressors and pumps. • Determine all the features that improve the efficiency and reliability of compressors and pumps. • Identify different types of compressor and pumping systems. • Gain an understanding of the various types of sealing arrangements used in compressors and pumps.

1. Compressors and Pumps:
Selection, Applications,
Operation, Troubleshooting,
and Maintenance
17 – 21 October 2016, Kuala Lumpur
Course Director: Ronald Frend
Ron is a registered engineer, and has over forty five years of engineering, consulting and management
experience. He rose to a senior management position in Shell International (Middle East) before opening
an engineering consultancy in England.
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2. Compressors and Pumps: Selection, Applications, Operation, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance
17 – 21 October 2016| Kuala Lumpur
Train Your Whole Team At A Convenient Time And Location Through In-House Training.
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Introduction
Maximum efficiency, reliability, and longevity of compressors, pumps, and bearings are of great concern to many industries. These
objectives can only be achieved by understanding the characteristics, selection criteria, sizing calculations, sealing arrangements, common
problems, repair techniques, as well as their preventive and predictive maintenance. This course is a MUST for those who use this
equipment. It covers how compressors and pumps operate and provides the guidelines and rules that must be followed for their successful
application. Their basic design, specification and selection criteria, sizing calculations as well as all maintenance issues including vibration
analysis, and used oil analysis are discussed in detail.
Objectives
 To provide an understanding of the various types of compressors, pumps, and bearings so participants can operate, maintain and
troubleshoot compressors and pumps for their applications.
 To achieve reduced capital, operating and maintenance costs along with increase in efficiency.
Upon participating in this course, delegates will be able to:
 Carry out troubleshooting of critical components with the knowledge of common failure modes of compressors and pumps by
applying advanced fault detection techniques.
 Identify bearings and lubrication, pump and compressor sealing arrangements, meet commissioning requirements, conduct
vibration measurement and used oil analysis.
 Determine the maintenance required to minimize compressor and downtime, pump operating cost and maximize their efficiency,
reliability, and useful life.
 Gain an understanding of compressor surge and surge prevention systems.
 Understand the causes of failures in compressors and pumps.
 Determine all the features that improve the efficiency and reliability of compressors and pumps.
 Identify different types of compressor and pumping systems.
 Gain an understanding of the various types of sealing arrangements used in compressors and pumps.
Who Should Attend?
Process engineers, plant engineers, project managers, maintenance managers, water treatment plant managers, facility managers and
technicians. The course will be of great interest to chemical process industries, oil and gas industries, manufacturing plants, power
generation plants and others industries and organizations that must use compressors and pumps.
Your Expert Course Director: Ronald Frend
Ron is a registered engineer, and has over forty five years of engineering, consulting and management experience. He
rose to a senior management position in Shell International (Middle East) before opening an engineering consultancy in
England. Ron was assigned to Petroleum Development (Oman) as a mechanical engineer in 1983. Ron’s first job was to
initiate a project to evaluate and replace as necessary the floors on all floating and fixed roof storage tanks in North
Oman. The project was then expanded to cover all stationary equipment inspections and repairs so that within two
years all statutory and maintenance inspections on tanks, pressure vessels, relief valves, pig traps and headers and
pipelines were scheduled for inspection and scheduled targets were being achieved. During this time Ron controlled
several contractors and was directly involved in financial and quality control. In 1986 Ron was moved within the section to be in control of
equipment monitoring and analysis support. Ron initiated the installation of computerised analysis systems for the optimal utilisation of
maintenance resources. In 1987 PDO initiated a “Zero Cost” approach to maintenance budgeting in which every aspect of maintenance and
engineering had to be justified instead of (as before) extrapolating previous years costs. The core component of this budgeting exercise was
the condition assessment expertise coupled with maintenance engineers’ direct knowledge of the equipment. This created a 17% reduction
in the overall maintenance budget while production increased by over 15%. In 1988 Ron was promoted to Head of Surface Support. His
responsibilities included the planning and direct control of all above ground maintenance support in the North Oman concession area
(24,000 square kilometers). Ron used his experience and expertise of maintenance, reliability and engineering to formulate a practical
methodology for effective control of maintenance activities.
Ron’s training approach is respected and appreciated throughout the petrochemical, manufacturing and services industries. Ron has
pioneered the use of Potential Failure Analysis (PFA) – a technique in which all possible modes of failure are examined before a failure
occurs. This allows the engineers to put in place monitoring mechanisms to give advance warning of impending failures. PFA is
complementary to FMEA & FMECA and ultimately RBI and RCM to enable the effective application of reliability and maintenance
engineering.

3. Compressors and Pumps: Selection, Applications, Operation, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance
17 – 21 October 2016| Kuala Lumpur
Train Your Whole Team At A Convenient Time And Location Through In-House Training.
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5 Day Program Outline
Day 1
Pumps
 Pump types & categories: dynamic and displacement
(reciprocating & rotary).
Centrifugal Pumps
 Centrifugal pumps: basic theory of operation, casings and
diffusers, radial thrust, hydrostatic pressure tests.
 Impeller, axial thrust, axial thrust in multistage pumps,
hydraulic balancing devices, balancing drums, balancing disks.
 Mechanical seals, bearings, couplings, bedplates, minimum flow
requirement.
 Centrifugal pumps general performance characteristics,
cavitation, net positive suction head.
Centrifugal Pump Mechanical Seals
 Seal types and arrangements API 682
 Basic components, temperature control, seal
lubrication/leakage
 API standard flush plans – selection & operation
Positive Displacement Pumps
 Reciprocating pumps, piston pumps, plunger pumps, rotary
pumps, screw pumps, two-and three-lobe pumps.
 Cam pumps, vane pumps, bellows-type metering pumps.
 Applications & selection
Troubleshooting of Pumps
 Pump maintenance, daily observations of pump operation,
diagnosis of pump troubles.
 Troubleshooting of centrifugal pumps
 Troubleshooting of rotary pumps
 Troubleshooting of reciprocating pumps
 Troubleshooting of steam pumps
 Vibration diagnostics, analysis symptoms, impeller unbalance,
hydraulic unbalance.
Water Hammer
 Introduction, nomenclature, basic assumptions, effects of water
hammer in high and low-head pumping systems.
 Magnitude of the pulse, possible causes of water hammer
 Mitigating measures to water hammer, applications of water
hammer
Day 2
Pump Identification
 Identification of system requirements, fluid type, piping,
alternate modes of operation, margins, wear, future system
changes.
 Selection of pump and driver, pump characteristics, fluid
characteristics, pump materials, driver type.
Troubleshooting Pumping Systems
 Identify performance of pumps installed in series and in
parallel, selection of pump driver speed, affinity laws for
centrifugal pumps.
 Explanation of pump specific speed and suction specific speed.
 Determine total head, friction losses in the piping system,
power requirement of the pump.
 Pump selection procedure, select category and type of pump,
evaluate the selected pump.
Day 3
Basics of Gas Laws and Compression Principles
 Introduction, symbols, compressor operation, compressor
thermodynamics.
 Ideal or perfect gas laws
 Enthalpy & Entropy
 Compressor power requirement, compressibility correction,
multiple staging.
 Compressor volumetric flow rate, cylinder clearance and
volumetric efficiency, cylinder clearance and compression
efficiency
Compressor Types and Applications
 Introduction, positive displacement compressors.
 Rotary compressors, rotary lobe compressors, rotary vane
compressors, rotary screw compressors, rotary liquid ring
compressors.
 Reciprocating compressors.
 Dynamic compressors, centrifugal compressors, principle of
operation of centrifugal compressors, centrifugal single-stage
(low ratio) compressors, centrifugal single stage integral gear
compressors, centrifugal multi-stage horizontally split
compressors, centrifugal multi-stage with side loads
compressors, centrifugal multi-stage (barrel) compressors,
centrifugal multi-stage integral gear compressors.
 Axial flow compressors, axial horizontally-split compressors.
Compressors
 Compressor types: positive displacement (reciprocating and
rotary), and dynamic (centrifugal and rotary), compressor
operation.
 Compressor performance measurement, inlet conditions,
compressor performance, energy available for recovery.
 Positive displacement compressors, reciprocating compressors,
diaphragm compressors, bellows compressors.
 Rotary compressors, rotary screw compressor, lobe type air
compressor, sliding vane compressors, liquid ring compressors.
 Dynamic compressors, centrifugal compressors, axial
compressors
 Air receivers, compressor control, compressor unloading
system.
 Intercoolers and aftercoolers, filters and air intake screens
 Preventive maintenance and housekeeping
Performance of Positive Displacement Compressors
 Compressor performance, positive displacement compressors.
 Reciprocating compressor rating, reciprocating compressor
sizing.
 Capacity control, clearance pockets, compressor performance.
 Reciprocating compressors, compressor valves.
 Reciprocating compressor leakage, screw compressor leakage.
Reciprocating Compressors
 Introduction, crankshaft design, bearings and lubrication
systems.
 Connecting rods, crossheads, frames and cylinders, compressor
cooling.
 Pistons, piston and rider rings, valves, piston rods, packings.
 Cylinder lubrication, distance pieces

4. Compressors and Pumps: Selection, Applications, Operation, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance
17 – 21 October 2016| Kuala Lumpur
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Reciprocating Air Compressors Troubleshooting and Maintenance
 Introduction, location, foundation, air filters and suction lines.
 Air-receiver location and capacity, starting a new compressor.
 Lubrication, non-lubricated cylinders, valves, piston rings.
 Intercoolers and aftercoolers, cleaning, packing.
 API 688 for dynamic pulsation damping using acoustic analysis
Day 4
Rotary Screw Compressors and Filter Separators
 Twin-screw machines, compressor operation, applications of
rotary screw
 compressors.
 Dry and liquid injected compressors, operating principles.
 Power calculation, temperature rise, capacity control,
mechanical construction.
 Industry experience, maintenance history, performance
summary.
 Oil-flooded single-screw compressors.
 Selection of modern reverse-flow filter separators, conventional
filter-separators and self cleaning coalescers, removal
efficiencies, filter quality.
 Selection of the most suitable gas filtration equipment,
evaluation of the proposed filtration configuration, life-cycle-
cost calculations, conclusions.
 Coke fuel, Introduction, Properties and Usage, Other coking
processes.
Liquid/Gas Separation Technology
 Introduction
 Removal mechanisms
 Liquid/gas separation
o Gravity separators
o Centrifugal separators
o Mist eliminators
o Filter vane separators
o Liquid/gas coalescers.
o Selection of liquid/gas separation equipment
 Formation of fine aerosols.
 Troubleshoot liquid carryover into compressors
Centrifugal Compressors – Components, Performance Characteristics,
Balancing, Surge Prevention Systems and Testing
 Introduction
 Casing Configuration
 Construction features
o Diaphragms
o Interstage seals
o Balance piston seals
o Impeller Thrust
 Performance Characteristics
o Slope of the centrifugal compressor head curve
o Stonewall
o Surge
o Off-design Operation
 Rotor Dynamics
 Rotor Balancing
 Surge Prevention Systems
 Surge Identification
 Liquid Entrainment
 Instrumentation
 Cleaning Centrifugal Compressors
Day 5
Compressor Auxiliaries, Off-Design Performance, Stall, and Surge
 Introduction
 Compressor auxiliaries
 Compressor off-design performance, low rotational speeds, high
rotational speeds.
 Performance degradation.
Compressor Seal Systems
 Introduction, the supply systems, the seal housing system, the
atmospheric draining system, the seal leakage system, the
drainer, the vent system, the degassing tank, the supply system,
the seal housing system.
 Gas seals, liquid seals, liquid bushing seals, contacts seals,
restricted bushing seals, seal supply systems, flow through the
gas side contact seal, flow through the atmospheric side
bushing seal, flow through the seal chamber, seal liquid leakage
system.
Dry Seals, Advanced Sealing Mechanisms and Magnetic Bearings
 Introduction, background, dry seals, operating principles,
operating experience, problems and solutions, upgrade
developments of dry seals, prevention of dry gas seal failures by
gas conditioning, need for training, minimizing the risk of
sealing problems.
 Magnetic bearings, operating principles, operating experience
and benefits, problems and solutions, development efforts,
thrust-reducing seals, integrated designs.
Develop maintenance plan for pumps & compressors
 Identify maintenance tasks for pumps & compressors
 Determine maintenance interval for pumps & compressors
 Discuss a typical centrifugal compressor overhaul
 Identify condition monitoring locations
 Take vibration readings
 Understand typical vibration symptoms.

5. Compressors and Pumps: Selection, Applications, Operation, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance
17 – 21 October 2016| Kuala Lumpur
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