Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Mechanical, Process, and Maintenance Engineers
• Rotating Equipment Engineers & Technicians
• Operation and Production Engineers
• Maintenance Planners, Supervisors, and Inspectors
• Reliability and Asset Integrity Engineers
• Engineering Consultants and Technical Support Teams
• Anyone involved in the selection, operation, or maintenance of pumps and compressors

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Pumps

• Understand pump classifications, working principles, and performance characteristics.
• Interpret centrifugal pump curves and performance parameters.
• Diagnose operational issues and identify symptoms of pump performance deterioration.
• Apply troubleshooting, inspection, and overhaul procedures for centrifugal pumps.
• Understand mechanical seal design, installation, failure mechanisms, and repair procedures.
• Improve pump performance, efficiency, and reliability through best maintenance practices.
• Select appropriate pump types for specific applications.

Compressors

• Understand compressor types, classifications, and working principles.
• Interpret performance curves of reciprocating and centrifugal compressors.
• Diagnose compressor operational problems and implement troubleshooting solutions.
• Understand multi-stage compressors, surge control, piping systems, and monitoring systems.
• Apply principles of compressor inspection, maintenance, and overhaul.
• Enhance compressor efficiency and reliability using predictive and preventive techniques.
• Select appropriate compressors for specific operating requirements.

DAY 1

Pump Fundamentals & Centrifugal Pump Operation

• Welcome and Introduction
• Pre-test
• Overview of pumps in industrial plants & classifications
• Pump terminology & technical definitions
• Centrifugal pumps: working principle, components, and types
• Centrifugal pump performance curves & characteristics
• Pump installation, piping systems, and system components
• Operation & maintenance problems: causes and troubleshooting
• Overview of sealing methods for rotating equipment
• Fundamentals of mechanical seals: principle, components & functions

DAY 2

Pump Troubleshooting, Overhauling & Performance Improvement

• Symptoms indicating centrifugal pump problems
• When to stop the pump for inspection & overhaul criteria
• Step-by-step pump strip-down procedures
• Inspection of key components & assessments during overhaul
• Re-assembly best practices & mechanical seal installation
• Post-assembly checks, testing, & commissioning
• Mechanical seal failure causes & damage analysis
• Positive displacement pumps: common operational problems
• Inspection and overhaul of positive displacement pumps
• Predictive & preventive maintenance strategies
• Improving pump efficiency and reliability

DAY 3

Compressor Fundamentals & Reciprocating Compressors

• Function & role of compressors in industrial plants
• Compressor terminology & classifications
• Positive displacement compressors
• Reciprocating compressors: working principle, components & performance curves
• Piping systems & system components
• Multistaging of reciprocating compressors
• Monitoring systems & operational problems
• Troubleshooting & symptoms of performance deterioration
• Techniques for improving efficiency & reliability
• Selecting a reciprocating compressor for application needs

DAY 4

Dynamic Compressors & Multi-Stage Centrifugal Compressors

• Dynamic compressors: centrifugal & axial compressors—principles & components
• Centrifugal compressors: working principle & performance curves
• Mechanical design aspects:

• Rotors, balancing, rotor dynamics
• Impellers, casings, bearings, seals, couplings, controls

• Multi-staging of centrifugal compressors
• Dry mechanical seals in centrifugal compressors
• Compressor piping & system components
• Monitoring systems & major operational problems
• Surge and surge prevention systems

DAY 5

Compressor Troubleshooting, Maintenance & Reliability

• Operational problems and troubleshooting for centrifugal compressors
• Maintenance and overhaul of centrifugal compressor trains
• Predictive & preventive maintenance methods
• Root cause failure analysis (RCFA) examples & case studies
• Strategies to improve efficiency & reliability
• Selecting centrifugal compressors for industrial applications
• Integrated pumps & compressors reliability management
• Final Q&A
• Workshop
• Post-test
• Certificates ceremony