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Boiler and Steam Generation System

 

Program Objectives:

The participants will have an understanding of fundamentals of steam equipment.

 

Program Outline:

• Types of steam boilers and their components.
• Fundamentals of water.
• Water treatment equipment.
• Boiler water treatment.
• Steam purity, steam separation and carryover.
• Corrosion and disposition.
• Methodology for testing steam boilers.

Who Should Attend: Chemical engineers and chemists.

Program Objectives:

This course provides theoretical knowledge and practical fundamentals for testing on both galvanic and impressed current CP systems.

Program Outline:

• Basic electricity.
• Basic chemistry and corrosion fundamentals.
• CP fundamentals.
• Field measurements.
• Stray current identification.
• Installing CP components.
• Monitoring CP systems.
• Recordkeeping.
• Safety specific to CP.
• Troubleshooting.

Who Should Attend:

Inspection and corrosion engineers and technicians.

Remarks Both practical and written exams are required.

Cathodic Protection Level II

Program Objectives:

This course provides both theoretical knowledge and practical techniques for testing and evaluating data to determine the effectiveness of both galvanic and impressed current CP systems and to gather design data.

Program Outline:

• Corrosion theory.
• CP systems.
• Field measurements and instrumentation.
• Stray current and CP interference.
• Safety specific to CP.
• CP recordkeeping.
• Introduction to CP system design and design calculations.
• Code requirements.

Who Should Attend: Inspection and corrosion engineers.

Prerequisite: Cathodic protection - level I

Remarks: Both practical and written exams are required.

Program Objectives:

The participants will gain an intensive overview of the construction, operation, control and maintenance of centrifugal compressors.

Program Outline:

• Types of compressors.
• Principles of centrifugal compressors.
• Centrifugal compressor components.
• Cooling and Lubrication system.
• Couplings and mechanical seals types.
• Operation and control system.
• Compressor failure analysis.
• Maintenance and trouble shooting.

Who Should Attend: Mechanical engineers and supervisors.

Coating Inspector Program Level I

Program Objectives:

This course provides both the technical and practical fundamentals for coating inspection work on structural steel projects.

Program Outline:

• Coating introduction.
• Curing mechanisms.
• Role of the inspector.
• Environmental test instruments.
• Inspection procedures.
• Non destructive test instruments.
• Coating specifications.
• Documentation.
• Surface preparation and standards.
• Application procedures.
• Coating failures.
• Field lab.
• Pre-job conference.
• MSDS and product data sheet review.
• Logbook documentation
• Measurement of ambient conditions
• Surface preparation
• Paint application
• Non destructive testing and inspection
• Team exercises
• Case studies

Who Should Attend: Inspection engineers.

  Coating Inspector Program (CIP) Level I

Program Objectives:

This course provides both the technical and practical fundamentals for coating inspection work on structural steel projects.

Program Outline:

• Curing mechanisms.
• Role of the inspector.
• Environmental test instruments.
• Inspection procedures.
• Non destructive test instruments.
• Coating specifications.
• Documentation.
• Surface preparation and standards.
• Application procedures.
• Coating failures.
• Pre-job conference.
• MSDS and product data sheet review.
• Measurement of ambient conditions.
• Surface preparation.
• Paint application.
• Nondestructive testing and inspection.
• Case studies.

Who Should Attend: Inspection and corrosion engineers.

Program Objectives:

This course focuses on advanced inspection techniques and shop coating process for steel.

Program Outline:

• Dehumidification
• Centrifugal blast cleaning.
• Water jetting and blasting.
• Specialized application equipment.
• Linings and Special Coating.
• Concrete and cementation surfaces.
• Pipeline coatings.
• Maintenance coatings.
• Inspection procedures.
• Destructive and non destructive test instruments.
• Test instruments lab.
• Team exercises.
• Case studies.

Prerequisite: Coating inspector program CCIP) level I

Who Should Attend: Inspection and corrosion Engineers.

Coating Inspector Program (CIP) Exam Level I

Program Objectives:

This course covers the practical content from the Coating Inspector Program I and includes the written and practical exams. This course involves demonstration and hands-on training with inspection instruments and equipments as well as a field lab in a working facility.

Program Outline:

• Surface preparation standard.
• Inspection documentation.
• Case studies and team exercises.
• Field practice lab.
• In-Class instrument practice labs.

Prerequisite: Coating inspector program level I

Who Should Attend: Inspection and corrosion engineers.

Remarks Both practical and written exams are required

Designing for Corrosion Control

Program Objectives:

This course reviews the principles of corrosion control and provides a systematic method for applying the technology of corrosion prevention to the design process.

Program Outline:

• Corrosion control and its importance in the design process.
• Matching materials performance to service environments.
• Materials selection (process, methodologies and factors influencing materials selection).
• Effects of corrosion and design on materials.
• Optimization of design.
• Economic considerations and analysis.

Who should Attend: Inspection and corrosion engineers and design engineers.

Distributed Control System

Program Objectives:

The participants will be able to understand the basic concepts in design, selection, engineering configuration and software development for distributed control system

Program Outline:

• System overview.
• System capability.
• Building of blocks and basic programming.
• Modification and building of logics.
• Configuration and programming.
• Uploading and downloading.
• Troubleshooting and maintenance.

Who Should Attend: Instrument engineers and under development engineers.

ETAP Power Station Software

Program Objectives:

The participants will be familiarized with features of ETAP software.

Program Outline:

• Overview of software.
• Project data file creation.
• OLD (One Line Drawing) creations.
• Dialog boxes and inputting data.
• Sample network creation.
• Fundamentals of load flow.
• Modelling of systems components on ETAP.
• Text output & graphical output.
• Steady state voltage drops.
• Tap changing & voltage control.
• Short circuit analysis.
• Fundamentals of balanced & unbalanced faults.
• Project on a test system.

Who Should Attend: Electrical engineers.

Maintenance Best Practice

Program Objectives:

The participants will be able to manage spares more effectively, emphasis on the benefits of improved ideas, reduce the impact of plant downtime, increase forecasting and budgeting effectiveness and unlock the true potential of all of their personnel.

Program Outline:

• Maintenance strategy development. - Techniques.
• Management.
• Information systems.
• Case Study.

Who Should Attend: Engineers and supervisors.

Marine Coating Inspection

Program Objectives:

This course covers the fundamental issues that are specific t6 coatings in the marine environment such as types of coatings that are effective, surface preparation, application and inspection techniques, international regulations and standards, and environmental concerns.

Program Outline:

• Special consideration for the marine environment.
• Marine coating types - properties and consideration.
• Marine coating application and spray techniques.
• Marine coating inspection standards, procedures, techniques and instrumentation.
• Coating surveys on hulls and in ballast tanks.
• Shipyard regulations (international perspective).

Who Should Attend: Inspection Engineers.

Piping Stress Analysis Using Caesar II

Program Objectives:

The participants will be fully familiar with the piping system modeling guidelines and methods static dynamic analysis of piping system by using caesar II software.

Program Outline:

• Introduction to pipe stress analysis.
• Theory and development of pipe stress requirements.
• Fatigue failure.
• Stress intensification factors.
• Code compliance.

Who Should Attend: Mechanical engineers.

Principles of Metal Cutting and Machining

Program Objectives:

The participants will be able to understand the correct tool selection for each work nature in the shop and the maintenance of such tools.

Program Outline:

• Machining safety and technical info resources.
• Basic hand tools.
• Twist drills.
• Reamers, counter bores and counter sinks.
• Threads and taps in shops.
• Holding work in T-Slotted tables.
• Lathe work holding device.
• Lathe cutting tools.
• Milling cutters.
• Grinding wheels.
• 50 % Practical.

Who Should Attend: Maintenance supervisors, foremen and technicians.

Project Management / Primavera ­Basic

Program Objectives:

The participants will be able to gain a background in the concepts of planning, scheduling, creating and tracking an entire project to completion using the basic elements of project management: .

Program Outline:

• Define project elements.
• Develop the project and coding structures.
• Add and organize activity data.
• Develop a project network with precedence relationships.
• Perform schedule calculations.
• Apply constraints to a schedule.
• Customize the project layout.
• Assign resources and costs to a project.
• Create a target schedule.
• Enter status data to update: a schedule.
• Produce project output.

Who Should Attend: Project engineers.

Project Management / Primavera ­Advanced

Program Objectives:

The participants will be able to take full advantage of different resources. In addition, the participants will develop updated and tracked resources and cost using a series of hands-on workshops.

Program Outline:

• Assign hierarchical resources.
• Define driving resources.
• Create resource / cost curves.
• Run resource/ cost reports.
• Apply resource calendars to a schedule.
• Level resources.

Prerequisite: Project management / Primavera - basic.

Who Should Attend: Project engineers.

Programmable Logic Controllers

Program Objectives:

The participants will be able to learn how to use and program programmable logic controllers (PLC)

Program Outline:

• History of PLC.
• PLC programming languages.
• Basic ladder logic on PLC.
• Basic program example.
• Timer and counter instructions.
• Discrete digital logic.
• Shift register and sequencer instructions.
• File - Date: manipulation.
• Hands on experience using basic programs.
• Structured programming on a programmable logic controller.

Who Should Attend: Instrument engineers and supervisors.

Protective Coatings and linings I

Program Objectives:

This course provides training on the fundamentals of protective coatings and linings, the application of basic coating systems, general information in the use of these systems, and when, how and where alternatives such as metallurgy should be considered.

Program Outline:

• Corrosion basic overview.
• Relation of protective coatings to other corrosion control methods.
• Protective coating materials.
• Basic mechanisms of protection.
• Types of protective coating for steel substrates.
• Application of protective coating systems.
• Common coating defects and failure mechanisms.

Who Should Attend: Inspection and corrosion engineers.

Protective Coatings and linings II

Program Objectives:

This course provides training on the different types of specialized protective coatings and linings, the application of these coating systems and general information in the use of these systems in relation to corrosion.

Program Outline:

•  Review of corrosion theory and coating fundamentals.

•  Maintenance planning and execution including coating project management.

•  Special applications (electroplating, cladding, thermal spray vitreous coatings, rubber lining, hot dip galvanizing).

•  Substrates other than concrete and carbon steel (FRP, aluminum, stainless steel, fire protecting coatings).

•  NACE standard RP0198 - corrosion under insulation.

•  Pipeline coatings.

Prerequisite: Protective coatings and linings 1.

Who Should Attend: Inspection and corrosion engineers.

Pump Technology

Program Objectives:

The participants will able to understand the principles of classification, specification, construction and failure analysis of pumps.

Program Outline:

• Types of pumps.
• Pump components.
• Characteristics of pumps.
• Changes in characteristics vs. rotation, viscosity, impeller shape and cavitations.
• Stability, friction face heating.
• Vibration and noises.
• Causes of damages.
• Operating conditions.
• Failure analysis
• API and ISO specifications.
• Mechanical seals selection.
• Priming, start-up and shout down.
• Performance and testing.

Who Should Attend: Under development engineers, supervisors and technicians.

Reading Schematics and Symbols

Program Objectives:

The participants will be provided with the knowledge on the area of reading schematics and symbols.

Program Outline:

• Introduction to symbols in schematics.
• Piping symbols.
• Piping drawings.
• Hydraulic and pneumatic symbols.
• Air condition and refrigeration systems.
• Electrical symbols.
• Welding and joining symbols.

Who Should Attend: Under development engineers and technicians.

Reciprocating Compressors

Program Objectives:

The participants will be able to gain the knowledge on operation and maintenance of reciprocating compressors.

Program Outline:

• Principles of reciprocating compressors.
• Components and functions of reciprocating compressors.
• Sealing, cooling and lubrication systems.
• Capacity control.
• Operation and maintenance.

Who Should Attend:

Under development engineers and technicians.

Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger (Maintenance and Troubleshooting)

Program Objectives:

The participants will have knowledge of maintaining shell and tube heat exchanger.

Program Outline:

• Types of heat exchanger.
• Geometry of shell and tube heat exchanger. - Heat transfer coefficient.
• Selection of materials.
• Pressure drop STHE
• Temperature difference STHE.
• Vibration.
• Troubleshooting.
• Maintenance.
• Testing.

Who Should Attend: Maintenance engineers, and process engineers

Steam Turbines/Maintenance and Troubleshooting

Program Objectives:

The participants will understand steam turbines mechanism, control systems, and maintenance.

Program Outline:

• Steam turbine components.
• Materials and their properties.
• Steam turbine failures analysis.
• Control and auxiliaries systems.
• Steam chemistry and corrosion control. - Troubleshooting and maintenance.

Who Should Attend.; Mechanical engineers and supervisors.

Value Engineering

Program Objectives:

The participants will be acquainted with the methodology of value management (VM) and its decision making process. Also, they will be familiar with federal statutes and procedures, which provide standards for VM and VE applications.

Program Outline:

• VM approach to projects.
• VM concept and principles.
• Information.
• Function phase.
• Creative phase.
• Evaluation and development phase.
• Recommendation Phase.

Who Should Attend: Project managers and project engineers.

Valve Technology

  Program Objectives:

The participants will be able to understand the principles, types, classification, and specification of valves.

Program Outline:

• Introduction.
• Valve components.
• Check valves.
• Controls valves.
• Pressure relief valves.
• Safety valves.
• Actuators.
• Valve materials.
• Standard specifications.
• Construction details.
• Valve testing and inspection.
• Maintenance and repair.

Who Should Attend:Under development engineers and technicians.

Welding Technology

Program Objectives:

The participants will learn the awareness of welding codes, welding techniques of various types of metals.

Program Outline:

Welding codes and standards.

• Various welding processes and selection of electrodes.
• Welding of ferrous and non-ferrous materials (copper, cast brass, aluminum, cast iron, alloy steels, special alloys).
• Welding metallurgy.
• Destructive testing and non-destructive testing of welds.
• Welding defects and inspection.

Who Should Attend:

Inspection and corrosion engineers mechanical engineers, supervisors and welders.