Centrifugal Compressors: Surge, Dry Gas Seals & API 617 https://WebToolTip.com Published 8/2026
Created by ProjectEngPro Engineering and Project Management
MP4 | Video: h264, 1920x1080 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz, 2 Ch
Level: Intermediate | Genre: eLearning | Language: English | Duration: 20 Lectures ( 3h 56m ) | Size: 2.3 GB
Performance maps, surge and anti-surge control, dry gas seals, bearings, rotordynamics, testing and troubleshooting
What you'll learn
⚡ Read a compressor performance map — speed curves, efficiency islands, and the envelope between surge and stonewall
⚡ Explain surge as a physical event, recognise its precursors, and assess whether the anti-surge protection is adequate
⚡ Understand dry gas seals, their supply and conditioning requirements, and the consequences of losing them
⚡ Diagnose compressor problems systematically, from performance deterioration to vibration to failed components
⚡ Calculate compression duty and power, and explain how molecular weight changes the machine's behaviour
⚡ Select between capacity control methods — speed, suction throttling, inlet guide vanes and recycle — on efficiency and turndown
⚡ Specify and tune anti-surge control including recycle valve sizing and open-loop response
⚡ Apply machinery protection principles — vibration and axial position monitoring, alarm and trip settings, voting and testing
⚡ Interpret rotordynamic analysis at a practical level, including critical speeds, separation margin and stability
⚡ Plan and witness testing — mechanical running, performance, full load full pressure and string tests — and judge acceptance
Requirements
❗ No prior turbomachinery experience is required — compression principles are built up from the start
❗ Any engineering or technical background is enough to follow the course
❗ Comfortable with basic algebra — every relationship is explained before it is used
❗ Helpful but not essential: some familiarity with reading a P&ID or an equipment datasheet
❗ No software or purchases needed — this is an applied machinery course