Process Technology

Compressor Control Course

Jan van Opstal 4 Days
In-House / On-Site
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This Petrogenium. course can be adapted for a variety of professionals, including:

  • Process Engineers, Mechanical Engineers
  • Operations Personnel (Operators, Supervisors, Technicians)
  • Instrumentation & Control (I&C) Engineers/Technicians
  • Reliability Engineers and Safety Engineers
  • Project Engineers
  • Compressor Capacity Control Methods
  • Compressor Anti-Surge Control Systems
  • Project execution of Compressor Control systems
  • Commissioning and Start-up of Compressor Control Systems
  • Surge testing of Axial- and Centrifugal compressors
  • Steam Turbine Control system focused on Woodward® 509

DAY 1
Compressor Capacity Control

  • General introduction to Centrifugal- and Axial Compressors
  • Types of Compressor Capacity Controls
  • Types of Compressor drives: GT, Steam Turbine and Electrical drives
  • Compressor Performance Curves
  • UNISIM® Dynamics demonstration

Compressor Anti-Surge Controls

  • Components in Anti-Surge Control
  • From Compressor Performance curves to Anti-Surge Control strategy
  • Anti-Surge Control Instrumentation
  • UNISIM® Dynamics demonstration

DAY 2

  • General Control Theory
  • General PID controller tuning
  • Parallel Compressor Control strategies
  • Compressor Surge testing
  • Compressor Control designs all phases of projects

DAY 3
Compressor Control extension

  • Anti-surge control valves
  • Coast Down Surge
  • Compressor Control Troubleshooting
  • Compressor Control Monitoring
  • Compressor with IGVs
  • Steam Turbine control Woodward® 5009

DAY 4
Compressor Control and Process Safety

  • Compressors and Overpressure Scenarios
  • Compressor and HAZOP studies
  • Compressor and LOPA Studies
  • Compressor and IEC-61511 Process Safety compliances

Onsite Training can be customized for Clients
* Unisim ® is a registered trademark of Honeywell Inc. This course is not affiliated with or endorsed by Honeywell Inc.
Woodward® is a registered trademark of Woodward, Inc. This course is not affiliated with or endorsed by Woodward, Inc.

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In-House / On-Site Training

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This course can be tailored and delivered at your own facility — adapted to your specific units, equipment, and team experience level. We come to you, wherever you are in the world.

All content can be customised for awareness, intermediate, or experienced staff. Post-course consultancy and help-desk support is also available.

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