• Understand how the system controls the pump
• Learn how to read a pump curve and how pumps really operate
• Learn how the flowrate impacts on pump reliability – what is the reliable operating range
• Design better systems and select better pumps, leading to improved reliability
• Avoid operational problems that lead to pump failures
• Understand what cavitation is, why it occurs and how to avoid it
• Know how pumps should be installed and commissioned – avoid those common commissioning failures
• Learn why pumps vibrate and why seals and bearings fail

This course is very relevant for technical engineers and professionals who handle and are responsible for their organizations’ pumps and systems; as well as the overall smooth operations and processes of their organizations’ plants and machineries.

• Maintenance & Operation Engineers
• Pump Application Engineers
• Pump Sales Engineers
• Project & Construction Engineers
• Plant Engineers
• Process Engineers & Designers
• Engineering Consultants

The expert will suggest ideas and theories to the delegates and then encourage them to test out the ideas by the use of:
• Discussion
• exercises
• Case studies & DVDs
• group exercisess
• examples

Day 1

• Introduction to pumps
• Classification of pumps
• Principles of centrifugal pump
• Types and applications of Centrifugal pumps
• Centrifugal pump design
• Basic components of pumps and their function
• Auxiliary systems – lube oil, seal flush, and monitoring instruments
• Importance of compliance with safety and operational guidelines

Day 2

• Controlling the Flowrate of the pumps
• Calculating Pump Performance against Speed and Impeller Diameter Changes
• Mechanical Seals and Packing of Shaft Seals
• Mechanical seal flush system procedures
• Advanced diagnostic tools and techniques
• Vibration analysis and condition monitoring
• Balancing drum / disc and effected to axial forces
• Multi stage pumps arrangement and connection serials / parallel methods

Day 3

• Net Positive Suction Head and Cavitation problem
• Fundamentals of predictive maintenance
• Implementation of predictive maintenance programs
• Data acquisition and analysis for predictive maintenance
• Preventive maintenance best practices and procedures
• Maintenance planning and scheduling
• Case study on conducting Major overhaul of dynamic pump
• Centrifugal Pump Characteristic Curves
• Centrifugal Pump protection and control system.
• Priming Centrifugal Pumps

Day 4

• Overview of relevant standards and regulations (API, ASME, ISO).
• Root cause analysis for pump failures
• Pump selection and system design for optimal performance
• Reliability engineering principles and practices
• Reliability-centered maintenance (RCM) for pumps
• Centrifugal pumps starting operation procedures
• Preventing cavitation
• Reliability and Availability Concept: MTBF & MTTR
• Reliability Improvement through Reduction of Downtime
• Case studies on reliability improvement and technology application

Day 5

• Installation and Commissioning
• maintenance (RCM) for pumps
• Fundamentals of predictive maintenance
• Implementation of predictive maintenance programs
• Data acquisition and analysis for predictive maintenance
• Preventive maintenance best practices and procedures
• Maintenance planning and scheduling
• Case study to calculate Net Positive Suction Head NPSH
• Availability and
• Centrifugal pump Troubleshooting

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.