Course Description

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of reciprocating compressors for petroleum, petrochemical and gas industries in accordance with the API 618 standards. It covers the types of compressors including the fundamentals and basic design of reciprocating compressors; the bolting and flanges; calculating cold runout; the allowable speeds, discharge temperature, rod and gas loads and critical speeds; the compressor cylinders, valves and unloaders; and the pistons, piston rods and piston rings. During this interactive course, participants will learn the crankcases, crankshafts, connecting rods, bearings and crossheads; the distance pieces, packing cases and pressure packing; the lubrication, materials, nameplates and rotation arrows; the compressor drivers, couplings and guards; the reduction gears, belt drives, mounting plates and controls and instrumentation; the piping and appurtenances, intercoolers, aftercoolers and separators; the pulsation, vibration control and air intake filters; and the special tools and inspection and testing of reciprocating compressor

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours

30 % Lectures
20 % Workshops & Work Presentations
20 % Case Studies & Practical Exercises
30 % Videos, Software & Simulators

In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.

VIRTUAL TRAINING (IF APPLICABLE)

If this course is delivered online as a Virtual Training, the following limitations will be applicable

Certificates	:	Only soft copy certificates will be issued to participants through Haward’s Portal. This includes Wallet Card Certificates if applicable
Training Materials	:	Only soft copy Training Materials (PDF format) will be issued to participant through the Virtual Training Platform
Training Methodology	:	80% of the program will be theory and 20% will be practical sessions, exercises, case studies, simulators or videos
Training Program	:	The training will be for 4 hours per day starting at 09:30 and ending at 13:30
H-STK Smart Training Kit	:	Not Applicable
Hands-on Practical Workshops	:	Not Applicable
Site Visit	:	Not Applicable
Simulators	:	Only software simulators will be used in the virtual courses. Hardware simulators are not applicable and will not be used in Virtual Training