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The Preferred Supplier of Hydro-carbon Turboexpanders to the World Market
An Introduction to TURBOEXPANDERS:
Operation & Maintenance
Prepared for The Ras Laffan Olefins
Company, Ltd. The State of Qatar
August 2008
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The Standard of Excellence in Turboexpanders
3037 Industrial Parkway, Santa Maria, California 93455 USAPhone: +1-805-928-5757; Fax: +1-805-925-3861
Student Training Manual
Covering Four Mafi-Trench ECM-4.0 Turboexpanders
Expanders: 16C-401, 402, 403, & 404
Compressors: 16C-401, 402, 403 & 404
Ras Laffan Olefins Company Ltd.
For reference and training purposes only
All material is Copyright 2008 by the Mafi-Trench Company
This manual contains a combination of original and previously published material from a variety of commercial, academic, and industry-related sources. A
representative bibliography is included. Duplication is authorized with the prior written permission of the Mafi-Trench Company
J. Peranteaux, Author, Compiler
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An Introduction to
Turboexpanders
Their Operation
&
Maintenance
Ras Laffan Olefins August 2008
Student Training Manual
This Manual Belongs To:
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This Student Training Manual, and all accompanying operational data, engineering drawings, and prints,
is to be used for reference and training purposes only.
For actual operation and maintenance of your Mafi-Trench
Turboexpander systems, please refer to the MTC-published
TURBOEXPANDER-COMPRESSOR OPERATIONS MANUAL, delivered with the
equipment.
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Training Manual Contents:
Section I: Introduction to Turboexpander Course
Section II: Turboexpanders in Gas Processing
Section III: Turboexpander Components
Section IIIa: Magnetic Bearings & Control Systems
Section IV: Turboexpander support systems
Section V: Turboexpander operations
Section VI: Turboexpander maintenance
Section VII: Turboexpander Engineering Prints
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A Partial Bibliography:
Mafi-Trench Operations and Maintenance Manuals, Vols. I, II, III, and IV
Various Turboexpander Application Notes, MTC
The MTC Turboexpander Handbook
John Campbell:
Gas Conditioning and Processing
William R. Parrish:
Fundamentals of Natural Gas Processing
Various other sources, including but not limited to books, papers, personal experience, and other documents in the private and public domain
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MAFI-TRENCH CORPORATIONTurboexpander Fundamentals
&
Operational TechniquesAugust 2008
Class Schedule: Operations/Maintenance
Day 1:
0800 - 0815 Course Introduction
0815 - 0900 Turboexpanders in Gas Processing
0900 0915 Class Break
0915 1015 Turboexpander engineering documentation and components
1015 - 1030 Coffee break
1030 - 1130 Turboexpander components
1130 1230 Lunch break
1230 - 1330 Turboexpander components
1330 - 1345 Afternoon tea break
1345 - 1445 Complete components
1445-1500 Class Break
1500 1600 Introduce Turboexpander support systems
Day 2:
0800 0900 Turboexpander support systems
0900 - 0915 Morning coffee
0915 1015 Complete support systems
1015 1030 Class Break
1030 1130 Introduction to Magnetic Bearings
1130 1230 Lunch Break
1230 1330 Complete Magnetic Bearings
1330 1345 Afternoon tea break
1345 1445 Turboexpander start up and operations
1445 1500 Class Break
1500 1600 Complete turboexpander operations; course critique
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MAFI-TRENCH CORPORATIONTurboexpander Fundamentals
&
Maintenance TechniquesAugust 2008
Class Schedule:
Day 3: Maintenance and Supervisory Personnel
0800 0900 Turboexpander instrumentation and control systems
0900 0915 Class Break
0915 1015 Magnetic Bearings and their stack-up for calibration
1015 1030 Morning coffee
1030 1130 Problem resolution
1130 1230 Lunch break
1230 1330 Assembly and disassembly of a turboexpander
1330 1345 Afternoon tea break
1345 - 1445 Complete assembly of a turboexpander
1445 1500 Class Break
1500 - 1600 Problem resolution and troubleshooting; course critique