Pumps Technology and Application
LIVE Interactive Virtual Workshop,
21st - 23rd November 2022
Introduction
In this three-day course, subject matter expert, Professor Taha Aldoss will focus on advanced technologies and special specifications which allow pumps to successfully deal with various types of applications. This course will offer you the opportunity to learn more about pumps, their construction, operation, performance curves, control, trouble shooting and maintenance.
Capitalize On the Expert Knowledge to Gain Maximum Value On These Vital Issues:
- Achieve deeper and stronger understanding of machine construction and tolerance and more effective controlling methods
- Optimize pumping system performance for difficult applications
- Garner knowledge about new, advanced technologies and relevant special specifications
- Determine special industrial application pumps with different designs
- Learn how to effectively troubleshoot and maintain pumping system
- Apply various international standards and specification
- Identify critical factors affecting pumping system operations
Course Methodology: Besides from presentation and facilitated discussion, you will learn through Case Studies and Mock Project: Heating Circulation Pumping System.
During the course, you are strongly encouraged to comment and bring up your own issues. Facilitated discussion and mock project will allow you to share your opinions and learnings. After this course, you will depart with a set of right tools to manage your pumping system and thus achieve high efficiency and significant cost savings for your organization.
We will utilize full features of Zoom etc to make the virtual workshop experience engaging, interactive and effective. The entire workshop will be live to facilitate Presentations, Case Studies, Exercises and Discussions.
Ably facilitated by
Prof. Taha Aldoss
- An authority in the field of thermal-fluids and applied fluid mechanics and turbomachinery
- Awarded prestigious Shoman Prize and Fulbright Fellowship
Pre-Course Questionnaire
The class size will be kept small to ensure interaction and learning results. A pre-course questionnaire will be sent to you through which you can raise your specific areas of interest. The Expert Trainer will review in advance and analyse them during the course, seeking to satisfy your learning needs.
Tests & E-Certificate
A pre-test as well as a post-test will be carried out, and all participants are encouraged to take. E-Certificate will be awarded to all participants, provided attending all sessions and fulfilling the course duties.
This Certificate of Attendance, bearing the signatures from the Expert Trainer and the Organizer, will testify your endeavour and serve towards your professional advancement.
Testimonial on Neoedge’s Online Training
“In an era where everyone is now drawn to complete their training events virtually, not knowing whether their expectations will be met when compared to face-to-face training workshops, Neoedge exemplified that all training are achievable whether face-to-face or virtual. I would highly recommend Neoedge for all your training needs.”
- Attendee from Barbados Public Workers’ Co-operative Credit Union Limited
For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com
Or please call us at Tel: +65 6282 7082
Daily Schedule
- 8.30am – 2.30pm for GMT-5 time zone
- 9.30am – 3.30pm for GMT-4 time zone
Besides from presentation and facilitated discussion, you will learn through Case Studies and Mock Project: Heating Circulation Pumping System:
- Collect data of the application, maximum heating load and load variation
- Decide on the piping system size and layout
- Calculate the system H-Q curve
- Decide on the control system
- Select the appropriate pump, using the manufacturers’ charts
- Check the maximum pressure, NPSHa and materials
- Estimate the life-cycle cost
Course Outline
SESSION 1
Pumping System Design
Advanced Recent Development
Pumping System Components
Centrifugal Pumps and Reciprocation Pumps
Pumps Performance Curves
- Shapes of the Pumps H-Q curve
Specific Speed and Suction Specific Speed
“System Approach” Performance, and Efficiency
- Efficiency and Energy Cost
Packing and Mechanical Seals
- Sealless Pumps
Clearances and Volumetric Efficiency
- Wearing Rings Clearance
Materials Technology:
- Corrosion/Erosion Resistant Materials
- Mon-Metallic Pumps
Multi-Stage Pumps: Balancing System
SESSION 2
Pumping System Control, Operation and Maintenance
Cost-effective Operation and Maintenance
Conventional Control Systems
Adjustable Speed Drives
- Variable Frequency Motors
Automated Control Systems
Performance-Based Monitoring System: Vibration Sensors and Data Analysis
Multiple Pump Operation: Parallel and Series Operation
NPSH and Cavitation
- Extreme Operating Conditions: Hot Liquid and Cryogenic Applications
- Erosion-Corrosion Material Resistant: Slurry Pumps and Waste/Sewage Pumps
Inefficient Operation
- Off-Design Operating Range: Low-Flow Operation and Multiphase Pumping
Failure Analysis and Failure Modes: Mechanical Seals; Shaft Alignment; Cavitation Impact
Reliability-Based Maintenance
- Condition-Based Monitoring System
SESSION 3
Pumping System Selection
Life-Cycle Effective Cost
System Operating Conditions
- Fluid Properties, Pressures, and Temperatures
System Type, Closed-loop, and Open-loop System
System Layout, Available NPSH
System Characteristics, H-Q Curve
Types of Pumps
- Positive Displacement and Centrifugal Pump
Mechanical Seal, Coupling, and Materials
Manufacturers’ Pump Performance Curves
- Selection Charts and Manufacturers’ Software
Oversizing Pumps
Selection Process
System Assessment
- Maximum Pressure, Available vs. Required NPSH, Control System, Monitoring System
Pump Specifications and Standards
- ANSI, API, and ISO
For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com
Or please call us at Tel: +65 6282 7082
About Your Expert Trainer
Prof. Taha Aldoss
- An authority in the field of thermal-fluids and applied fluid mechanics and turbomachinery
- Awarded prestigious Shoman Prize and Fulbright Fellowship
Taha Aldoss is a Senior Associate Consultant with a number of Training and Consultation companies, specializing in Turbo Machines, Heat Exchangers, Boilers, Pyrolysis Furnaces, Piping Systems and Valves, Maintenance Technology, Measurements and Control Systems. His training and consulting career spans over 30 years delivering advanced engineering and technical programs worldwide. Professor Aldoss is an authority in the field of thermal-fluids and applied fluid mechanics and turbomachinery. His industry and academics experience spans over four decades.
Professor Aldoss earned his doctorate in Mechanical engineering from prestigious Case Western Reserve University, USA. He worked in Refineries for several years. As a consultant, he has worked on many industrial projects involving piping systems, valves, heat exchangers, furnaces, and turbomachinery.
Professor Aldoss was teaching Mechanical Engineering courses in a number of universities in the Middle East and USA. He delivered tens of specialized technical courses for engineers and technicians in industry, especially for the petrochemical companies in the Gulf region.
Throughout his intensive career in engineering, Professor Aldoss conducted and supervised advanced research programs that resulted in numerous graduate thesis research in the areas of thermal-fluids and applied fluid mechanics. He supervised and advised tens of graduate students who are serving in the field of Mechanical Engineering all over the world. As an educator, Professor Aldoss is the leading faculty of boundary layer theory and applications in the Middle East and had taught advanced Fluid Mechanics and Viscous Fluid Flow for decades. His academic career is highlighted by hundreds of applied and experimental Mechanical Engineering research and development projects. Professor Aldoss is considered an expert of the advanced Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer applications. He is credited for pioneering and establishing the highly regarded thermal-fluid graduate program at Jordan University of Science and Technology over the past 4 decades.
Professor Aldoss has been awarded several prizes for his distinguished publications and research work. His awards include the Shoman Prize and the Fulbright Fellowship. He has an impressive portfolio of publications in international journals and an outstanding record of presentations in international conferences. Professor Aldoss also holds several patents.
For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com
Or please call us at Tel: +65 6282 7082
This training program is uniquely designed to provide valuable insight for the following personnel and their Directors or Vice Presidents:
- Head of Maintenance
- Operations Managers
- Rotating Equipment Engineers
- Reliability Engineers
- Mechanical and Chemical Engineers
- Process Engineers
- Production Engineers
- Instrumentation and Control Engineers
- Vibration Monitoring Engineers
- Plant Engineers
- Lubrication Managers
- Equipment Specialists
- Technical Managers/Engineers
- Facilities Managers
- Planning and Scheduling
For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com
Or please call us at Tel: +65 6282 7082
Capitalize On the Expert Knowledge to Gain Maximum Value On These Vital Issues:
- Achieve deeper and stronger understanding of machine construction and tolerance and more effective controlling methods
- Optimize pumping system performance for difficult applications
- Garner knowledge about new, advanced technologies and relevant special specifications
- Determine special industrial application pumps with different designs
- Learn how to effectively troubleshoot and maintain pumping system
- Apply various international standards and specification
- Identify critical factors affecting pumping system operations
Course Methodology
Besides from presentation and facilitated discussion, you will learn through Case Studies and Mock Project: Heating Circulation Pumping System:
- Collect data of the application, maximum heating load and load variation
- Decide on the piping system size and layout
- Calculate the system H-Q curve
- Decide on the control system
- Select the appropriate pump, using the manufacturers’ charts
- Check the maximum pressure, NPSHa and materials
- Estimate the life-cycle cost
Ably facilitated by
Prof. Taha Aldoss
- An authority in the field of thermal-fluids and applied fluid mechanics and turbomachinery
- Awarded prestigious Shoman Prize and Fulbright Fellowship
You will gain insights into:
- The latest technology of different types of pumping system
- How to deal with the pumping process as a system consists of pumps, prime movers, piping, system and equipment
- The differences between centrifugal and positive displacement pumps characteristics and performance and their application
- How to determines the right specifications of the selected pumping system that meet application best
- How to read and use the manufacturers’ performance curves
- The parameters that characterize the performance of the pumping system for most efficient operation
- How to calculate the life-cycle cost of pumping system
- The importance of monitoring system for efficient operation and maintenance
- The most common causes of pump failures, and how to apply preventive and predictive maintenance techniques
Pre-Course Questionnaire
The class size will be kept small to ensure interaction and learning results. A pre-course questionnaire will be sent to you through which you can raise your specific areas of interest. The Expert Trainer will review in advance and analyse them during the course, seeking to satisfy your learning needs.
Tests & E-Certificate
A pre-test as well as a post-test will be carried out, and all participants are encouraged to take. E-Certificate will be awarded to all participants, provided attending all sessions and fulfilling the course duties.
This Certificate of Attendance, bearing the signatures from the Expert Trainer and the Organizer, will testify your endeavour and serve towards your professional advancement.
Testimonial on Neoedge’s Online Training
“In an era where everyone is now drawn to complete their training events virtually, not knowing whether their expectations will be met when compared to face-to-face training workshops, Neoedge exemplified that all training are achievable whether face-to-face or virtual. I would highly recommend Neoedge for all your training needs.”
- Attendee from Barbados Public Workers’ Co-operative Credit Union Limited
For a copy of the FULL AGENDA, please send email to: hayat@neo-edge.com
Or please call us at Tel: +65 6282 7082
Venue: Online Virtual Workshop, Your Computer
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