Gas Turbine Operation, Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Rational
Why it is important to lean this skill? Gas turbines are a significant prim mover in industrial plant application. For this reason it is important for the technicians to understand the principles of operation and maintenance involving gas turbine.

Course Objective
When you have completed this course you will be able to: Describe the working principles, components, types, applications, systems, Startup & Shutdown procedure Regular Gas turbine maintenance Describe energy transformation in gas turbine engine Describe turbine engine performance and specifications Advanced methods of gas turbine maintenance (bore scope condition monitoring)

Who Show attend?

Mechanical and instrumentation engineers whom are working in gas turbine operation and maintenance up to 10 years experience maximum.

Course Duration:
5 days (30 hrs)

Course Outlines
Chapter one The gas turbine engine Basic cycle Advantages and disadvantages Applications Chapter two Gas turbine engine components Radial and axial air compressor Combustors and it types Turbine and its type

 Chapter three Energy transformation in gas turbine Introduction in thermodynamics Enthalpy and kinetic energy Energy transformation in the air compressor Energy transformation in the combustors Energy transformation in the turbines Examples using thermodynamics equations Chapter four Fluid flow in gas turbine engines Surge and rotating stall Friction and turbulence Chock Flow Chapter five Gas turbine engine performance and specifications Leading particulars Compressor characteristics Turbine characteristics Component losses and matching Calculation of specific fuel consumption and equivalent speed and flow Chapter six

Selected topics on gas turbine component design and Introduction Properties of manufacturing materials Gas turbine cooling Manufacturing of turbine blades and vanes Accessory components

manufacture

Chapter seven Gas turbine maintenance I Air inlet filtration Compressor blades erosion Compressor fouling Compressor Tip clang Chapter eight Gas turbine maintenance II Inspection schedules Safety precautions Bore-scope inspections Cracks testing Bearings

Fuel nozzles Condition monitoring instrumentation description