3500 Reciprocating Compressors Monitoring and Protection

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This 1-day course equips your instrumentation and control (I&C) personnel with the skills they need to maintain machine monitoring instrumentation on your reciprocating compressors. As a result, you will have more reliable asset monitoring and increase machine availability for optimal safe production.

Duration:

7 hours

Schedule:

day

Delivery:

Audience:

3500 monitoring system users
Engineers involved in maintenance and troubleshooting of the 3500 monitoring system
Instrument technicians

Objectives:

List the basic components of an API-618 reciprocating compressor
Explain the value of monitoring reciprocating compressors and describe a typical monitoring strategy in line with API-618 and API-670 guidelines
Explain the importance of crank angle reference measurement in recip monitoring and diagnostics
Configure RECIP-specific 3500 monitoring modules
Identify rod drop and rod position measurements
Calibrate, set up, and maintain rod drop and rod position measurements

Required Prerequisites:

None

Recommended Prerequisites:

3500 Operation and Maintenance

Additional Requirements:

No additional requirements

Program:

Basic elements of a reciprocating compressors
Monitoring and protection of reciprocating compressors
Crankshaft timing
3500/25 configuration
3500/70M configuration
Rod drop and rod position
3500/72M configuration
Probe calibration workshop
3500/77M configuration

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