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STEAM TURBINES MAINTENANCE

Next edition: Location: Madrid Date: October 20 - October 21, 2011 Course fee: 495 € + 18% VAT Courses in company: This course can be done anytime at the customer premises. Check prices and conditions by calling 91 126 37 66 or sending an email to info@renovetec.com Distance learning course: This course can be done any time from a distance. Check prices and conditions by calling 91 126 37 66 or sending an email to info@renovetec.com Special condition for unemployed people and recent graduates

COURSE DETAILS

Type of Course: On site classes, based on a presentation developed with the help of programs like
Power Point. Also available on  classroom distance training and distance training.

Duration: 16 hours

Course Level:  Medium. It is not a basic or  introductory course, although previous knowledge it is not required. It is advisable that the participants have a university technical degree, but it is not indispensable.

Material: Colour Book 17 x 24 Paperback. Numerous videos and high quality graphic material

Practices: IAre not performed, except in-company courses that have steam turbine

Course Director: Santiago García Garrido, Bachelor in Chemistry and Technical Director RENOVETEC.

COURSE CONTENT

• Types of steam turbines
• Characteristic parameters
• Typical applications

• Concepts of Basic thermodynamics
• Carnot cycle, Rankine cycle and Hirn cycle
• Turbine efficiency and parameters it depends

• Rotor
• Casing
• Blades
• Bearings
• Intake valves
• Sealing system: labyrinth seals and seals steam
• Lubrication system
• Turbine control system
• Power regulation

• Condenser
• Vacuum systems
• Cooling Systems

• Start-ups and breakdowns
• Monitoring of operation parameters
• Usual work regime

• The concept of equivalent operation hours (EOH)
• Daily maintenance
• Minor revision
• Major revision (overhaul)

• High vibration level
• Excessive axial displacement
• Different instrumentation failures
• Steam leak
• Malfunction of the control valve
• Difficulty or impossibility of synchronization
• Rotor locking by shaft curvature
• Rotor seizure

• Boroscope Inspections
• Evolution and analysis of physical variables
• Vibration analysis
• Oil analysis
• Thermography

• Features testing
• Mass balance and energy balance
• Historical data analysis
• Operation data analysis
• Diagnostic test

• Mechanical tools
• Electrical tools
• Instrumentation tools
• Diagnostic tools