RedVector AOCOC00CEN

Compressors: Operation of Centrifugal and Axial Types

Compressors: Operation of Centrifugal and Axial Types

2 hrs. Online Course

Level: Advanced

Item#: AOCOC00CEN

SME: RedVector Industrial

This course has been discontinued.

 
 
This course is designed to familiarize participants with basic concepts associated with the startup, operation, and shutdown of centrifugal and axial compressors. After completing this course, participants should be able to describe the general functions of instrumentation and control devices used with centrifugal and axial compressors. They should be able to describe operator responsibilities associated with starting up, operating, and shutting down centrifugal and axial compressors.
Course Objectives
  • State the general features of instrumentation and control devices used with centrifugal and axial compressors.
  • Describe how instrumentation and control devices can maintain the values of a compressor's process variables.
  • Describe how instrumentation and control devices can keep a compressor operating within a stable operating range.
  • Describe the general steps involved in preparing a compressor for startup.
  • Describe the general steps involved in warming up a compressor.
  • Describe the general steps in starting gas flow to a compressor and bringing a compressor up to operating speed.
  • Describe typical compressor operating checks.
  • Describe some of the general steps involved in a compressor shutdown.
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