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:
1
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:
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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