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Sharing Knowledge
and Experience
with our Customers
A highly trained workforce creates a competitive
advantage in the marketplace.
Employee training is one of the most important
investments a company can make.
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Contents
Overview

Training Worldwide

Customized Training

C.O.R.E.

Multi-Customer Training
Mechanical Programs
Heavy Duty Gas Turbines
Aeroderivative Industrial Gas Turbines
Steam Turbines
Centrifugal Compressors
Reciprocating Compressors
Control System Programs
SpeedTronic Mark V Turbine Control Panel - HMI
SpeedTronic Mark VI Turbine Control Panel - HMI
SpeedTronic Mark VIe Turbine Control Panel - HMI

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Computer-Based Training
CCF Centrifugal Compressor Fundamentals

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Overview
GE Oil & Gas provides a comprehensive portfolio of training courses on a wide
range of products. These courses can be conducted at the customer's site or in
Florence at our Florence Learning Center facility.
Located next to GE Oil & Gas headquarters in Florence, Italy , the Technical
Training Department offers courses to all customers. Our 5,600 square meter
facility has more than 20 training rooms, a conference center, multimedia rooms,
classrooms equipped with Speedtronic Mark V and Mark VI control panels, GE
Fanuc 90/70 PLCs, Bently Nevada simulators and laboratories for hands-on
sessions. All the rooms are equipped with state-of-the-art presentation equipment
suitable for any type of course, seminar, or meeting.
Our instructors are field-seasoned experts who combine an understanding of
theory with practical experience. The high quality training that they provide is a
prerequisite for improving the skills of operation and maintenance personnel to
assure safety and superior equipment availability.
Training courses delivered at the Florence Learning Center offer formal classroom
lectures with the added advantage of being able to visit the manufacturing plant,
where trainees have the opportunity to become familiar with machining,
assembly and testing operations while they are actually being performed.
In addition, the Florence Learning Center features numerous scale models and
cut-outs of current machines that help students visualize concepts during
learning activities.
We offer courses both on a single company basis, as well as to groups from
multiple companies.
Our training programs include:
1. Customized Training - tailored to customer needs and equipment; at
either the Florence Learning Center or the customers site; in multiple
languages.
2. C.O.R.E. - "Certified Operator for Rotating Equipment"; a certification
program for control room operators.
3. Multi-Customer Training - trainees from various
companies; at the Florence Learning Center; in English;
available for many products; pre-scheduled.
4. Computer-Based Training - Centrifugal Compressor
Fundamentals.

Training Worldwide
Closer to you
With the aim of better satisfying customer needs, GE Oil & Gas has
created Training Centers worldwide based on the model of the
Florence Learning Center.
The first was the Sonatrach Training Center in Hassi RMel,
Algeria (opened in June 2000) followed by the Petrobras
Training Center in Maca, Brazil (opened in July
2002) and Atlantic LNG in Trinidad & Tobago
(opened in May 2007).
In September 2004 the first GE Regional
Training Center was inaugurated in
Port Harcourt Nigeria.
In this Training Center, we
provide technical information,
training and assistance for customers in
Nigeria and the surrounding region. It is the
first GE facility of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Construction has recently been completed on a new, fourstory building located in the industrial zone of Port Harcourt City,
Rivers State, Nigeria.
The Center includes two fully equipped classrooms for mechanical training
sessions, a gas turbine control panel simulator, Bently Nevada vibration training
equipment and other instructional materials such as machined cut-outs showing
component parts and displays designed to instruct trainees on the operational
features of GE equipment for oil and gas applications.
The Center offers customized training as well as standard training packages for
GE equipment for operation and maintenance personnel, and leadership and
management courses.
Through the new Centers, we are developing learning environments that provide
information on technologies of interest to our customers.
One of the key objectives is to increase GEs impact and the value that it adds by
creating local resources to deliver technical information and assistance to our
customers.
Development of other GE Oil & Gas Training Centers in strategic regions is
underway.

Customized Training
GEs Oil & Gas Technical Training provides worldclass, site specific technical training to owners and
operators of our equipment. Courses and programs
are offered for the operation and maintenance of:

GE Heavy Duty Gas Turbines

GE Aeroderivative Industrial Gas Turbines
Steam Turbines
Centrifugal Compressors
Axial Compressors
Reciprocating Compressors
Centrifugal Pumps
Turboexpanders
Electric Generators
Electric Motors
Speedtronic Mark V, Mark VI
and Mark VIe Control Systems
PLC GE Fanuc
Bently Nevada Systems

And others upon customer request.

Customized training is intended to provide trainees

with practical experience that they will be able to
apply when they return to their jobs. The courses are
designed to meet the specific needs of the customer
and are developed using the actual designs and
documentation prepared for the relevant customer
units.
Instruction is available either at the customers site or
at the Florence Learning Center and may be
scheduled for the convenience of the customer. The
course duration is tailored to the course material and
the background of the trainees.
To ensure the best possible learning experience for
the individual, the class size is limited to 15 trainees.
Courses and related documentation are available in
several languages

C.O.R.E.
Certified Operator for Rotating Equipment
The Certified Operator for Rotating Equipment
program was launched in 2008 and certifies the
customers ability to manage a specific installation
containing GE rotating equipment.
Unlike routine activities with courses oriented to
single machines, this new C.O.R.E. training approach
certifies the ability of the customers operators from
a comprehensive plant operation point of view. The
training program includes exercises, simulations and
finally an individual exam administered by a GE
senior examiner.
This site-specific certification gives operators the
highest level of preparation and proficiency on the
plant they have to operate daily.

Multi-Customer Training
Mechanical Programs
Who should attend
These courses are designed for plant
personnel that have a basic knowledge of GE
products and who would like to gain more
specific knowledge of operation and
maintenance features and auxiliary systems.

Goals
These courses aim to improve a trained work
force by providing a more complete vision of
GE products and related auxiliaries. Every
effort is made to present course material in
terms that trainees can readily absorb and
apply to their jobs.

Length
5 Days

Heavy Duty
Gas Turbines
Operation and Maintenance
Gas Turbine General Overview
Installation layout
Influence of external factors on performance
Operating Principles
Brayton cycle
Key parameters affecting gas turbine
performance
Description of Gas Turbine Components
Air compressor
Combustion chamber and principles of
emission reduction
Journal and thrust bearings
Oil and air sealing systems
Cooling and sealing air systems
Main Gas Turbine Auxiliary Systems
Lube oil system
Control and hydraulic oil system
Starting system
Gas fuel system (if applicable)
Liquid fuel system (if applicable)
Atomizing air system (if applicable)
Gas detection system
Fire fighting system
Ventilation system
Turbine inlet and exhaust air system

Key Parameters during Gas Turbine

Startup and Operation
Operating parameter monitoring
Operating parameter evaluation
Turbine Performance Curves
Gas Turbine Assembly
Maintenance Overview
Operating factors affecting maintenance
intervals
Scheduled Maintenance
Scheduled inspection
Boroscopic inspection
Disassembling and reassembling procedures
Component acceptability criteria
Emergency Maintenance
Spare Parts Required for Inspections
Gas Turbine On-site Alignment
Troubleshooting
How to use the Unit Service Manuals
NOTE: The course is focused on GE10/2, MS5002D
and MS7001EA machines

Gas Turbine Control System

Control and protection systems
Description of gas turbine startup
and shut-down sequences

Aeroderivative
Gas Turbines
Operation and maintenance
Gas Turbine General Overview
GE Oil & Gas gas turbine key features
Installation layout
Main equipment configuration
Operating Principles
ISO condition
Operating principle
Brayton cycle
External factors affecting gas turbine
performance
Internal factors affecting gas turbine
performance
Aereoderivative Industrial Gas Turbine Heritage
Gas Turbine General Description, Model Summary
and Heritage of LM Aereoderivative Gas Turbine
Purpose and scope
General description and features
Standard equipment and features
Model Summary
LM2500/PGT25
PGT25+
Description of Gas Turbine Components
Typical aeroderivative gas turbine
assembly description
Compressor section
Combustion section
High pressure turbine
Power turbine

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Power turbine flow path

Accessory drive components
External accessory skid
Gas Turbine Auxiliary Systems
Synthetic and mineral lube oil system
Fuel gas system
Hydraulic starting system
Gas Detection & Fire Fighting System
Gas Turbine Operation
Operator responsibilities
General operating precautions
Preparation for start-up
Gas Turbine Troubleshooting
Purposes of troubleshooting
Definition of troubleshooting
Typical problems with main auxiliary systems
Gas Generator Maintenance Philosophy
On-condition maintenance
Maintenance levels
Power Turbine Maintenance Philosophy
Inspection types
Inspection intervals
Spare Parts Required for Inspections
How to use the Unit Service Manuals
NOTE: The course is focused on PGT25+
SAC machines

Steam Turbines
Operation and maintenance
GE Oil & Gas Steam Turbines:
General Description and Key Features
Field Applications
Fundamentals of Steam Turbine Cycles
Design considerations
Efficiency considerations
Turbine fundamentals (impulse and reaction)
Major Components and Equipment Arrangements
Rotors
Turbine buckets
Journal and thrust bearings
Nozzle boxes
Crossovers
Diaphragms
Casings and shells
Major steam valves
Couplings
Miscellaneous devices
Turning gears

Loading
Key Parameters for Steam Turbine Startup and Operation
Maintenance Philosophy Overview
Planning
Inspection types
Routine maintenance
Troubleshooting
How to use the Unit Service Manuals
NOTE: The course is focused on SAC/SC
and SNC/SANC machines

Condenser
Operating principles
Components
Steam Consumption Diagrams
Auxiliary and Protection Systems
Lube oil system
Control oil system
Steam sealing
Vents and drain
Extraction
Exhaust hood
Description of Condensate and Drain Circuits
Control System
Basic control functions
Basic protection functions
Protective devices
Supervisory instrumentation
Preliminary Procedures for Steam Turbine Startup
Startup and Shut-down Sequences
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Centrifugal Compressors
Operation and maintenance
GE Oil & Gas Centrifugal Compressors:
Introduction & Overview
Compressors - General Description and Key Features
Shaft
Impellers/Blades
Balance drum and thrust collar
Casing and diaphragm bundle/stator vanes
Journal & thrust bearings
Oil seals
Instrumentation
Gas Path
Fluid Flow in a Centrifugal Compressor
Axial thrust
Abnormal Operating Conditions - Overview
Centrifugal Compressor unsteady flows
Rotating stall
Surge
Choking (or stonewall)
Compressor Performance Curves
Design considerations
Efficiency considerations
Operating planes
Compressor Regulation
Basic principle of compressor operation
System resistance curve modification
Off Design Operations
Effect of molecular weight variation
Suction temperature variation
Suction pressure variation
Compressor internal leakage
Fouling effect
Antisurge Protection System
Protection system philosophy overview
Lube Oil System
Description of components
Electrical instruments-typical loops

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Jacking oil system (if applicable)

Alarm and shut-down
Routine check during normal operation
Identifying malfunctions & faults

Sealing System
Scope of the system
Description of components
Electrical instruments-typical loops
Alarm and shut-down
Seal operation
Routine check during normal operation
Identifying malfunctions & faults
Assembly and Disassembly Operations
Special tools
Clearance measurements
Maintenance Philosophy
Minor and major maintenance
Preventive maintenance
How to use the Unit Service Manuals
NOTE: The course is focused on BCL, MCL
and SRL machines

Reciprocating Compressors
Operation and maintenance
Reciprocating Process Compressors:
General Description
How the compressor operates
and how it is integrated in a plant
Components of a reciprocating
compressor
Basic Principles of Operation -Thermodynamics
Ideal and real compression cycle
Capacity and Power
Multistage compression
Review of Compressor Components -Cylinders:
Single acting/double acting cylinders
Main components/operating principle
Frame:
Frame arrangements
Key components/operating principles
Lube Oil and Cooling Systems Frame Oil System
Operating principles
Description/features of components
Instrumentation
Cylinder Oil System:
Operating principles
Review of possible arrangements
Control/instrumentation
Compressor Cooling:
Cooling solutions
System components
Control/instrumentation
Startup/Stop Sequences
Minimum requirements to safely start and stop
the unit
Special sequences to meet process
requirements
Main Parameters during Compressor Operation
Data acquisition systems and analysis
Run-out and rod-drop

Pulsation and Vibration

Wave propagation
Pressure pulsation
Gas capacity pulsation
Vibrations
Maintenance Overview
Corrective maintenance
Preventive maintenance
Diagnostics and Maintenance
List of parameters for optimum diagnostics
Troubleshooting
Maintenance planning from diagnostic results
Routine maintenance and inspection
Compressor Modifications
Up-dating and up-rating (capacity control; valve
losses and pocket factors
How to use the Unit Service Manuals
NOTE: The course is focused on 2HE/1-1
and 6HG/3 machines

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Multi-Customer Training
Control System Programs
Who should attend
Engineers and experienced instrument and
control technicians.

Goals
These two-week courses enable engineers to
calibrate the controls and diagnose problems
in GE control panels. The courses provide a
solid background in turbine governing
systems. Participants increase their skills
in machine operation requirements.
Class size is limited to maintain an effective
learning environment and to allow for
adequate hands-on experience.

Length
10 Days

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SpeedTronic Mark V
Turbine Control Panel - HMI
Operation and maintenance
Gas Turbine Control Fundamentals
General description and operating principles
Main components
Auxiliary systems
Introduction To Speedtronic Mark V
General overview of control system
TMR Control Philosophy
Hardware Description
Control Panel
Operator Interface
Panel Documentation
P&ID \ Interconnection drawings \ Device
summary
Practice
General Software Description
Operating System & Software Structure
TCI and Cimplicity services for <HMI>
HMI & Software Tools
HMI Documentation
Practice

Control Software Philosophy

Startup control system overview
Speed control system overview
Acceleration control system overview
Temperature control system overview
Protection Philosophy
Protections: Over Temperature & Over Speed
Vibrations & Loss of Flame / stall (if any)
Alarms: Trip and Events
Control specification reference
Operating Procedures
Permissive to Start/ Crank/ Fire
Startup and Shutdown Sequence
Troubleshooting
Practice
Introduction to the Speedtronic Mark V Features
Control panel hardware configuration
Backup operator interface panel
<BOI> / Backup systems (if any)
Abbreviations and conventions
I/O & Global Variable scaling
Mark V data communication network
Software Configuration
I/O Configuration
Sequencing
Control constants and assignment files
Compiling Configuration Program (MK5MAKE)
Download Configuration Files
Cimplycity
Navigation through screens
Applications
Alarm display
Screen Edit
Configuration of points

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SpeedTronic Mark VI
Turbine Control Panel - HMI

Operation and maintenance

Control Panel Overview
System architecture
Hardware identification
and description
Introduction to HMI
Windows NT/2000/XP basic information
Cimplicity program description
Toolbox ST program description
Common communication port
Mark VI Controller
Hardware structure
Controllers
I/O Packs
Terminal boards
Practice
Toolbox
General description and features
Software structure description
Hardware configuration
Modify sequence
Adding I/O signal
Downloading new configuration
Data exchange configuration
Trend recorder
HMI configuration
Finder analysis
Practice
Cimplicity Project
Cimplicity project configuration
Standard screen description
Cymplicity screen editing
Practice
Trends
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting tools description
Watch Windows
Practice
Trip history
Replacement of cards

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Fuel Demand Philosophy

Startup
Acceleration
Speed/load
Temperature
Shutdown
Protection
Overtemperature
Overspeed
Vibration
Loss of flame
Panel Calibration
Servo actuator calibration
Startup and Shut-down Procedures
Permissives
How to use the Unit Service Manuals

SpeedTronic Mark VIe

Turbine Control Panel - HMI
Operation and maintenance
Control Panel Overview
System architecture
Hardware identification
and description
Introduction to HMI
Windows XP basic information
Cimplicity program description
Toolbox ST program description
Common communication port
Mark VIe Controller
Hardware structure
Controllers
I/O Packs
Terminal boards
Practice
ToolboxST
General description and features
Software structure description
Hardware configuration
Modify sequence
Adding I/O signal
Downloading new configuration
Data exchange configuration
Trend recorder
HMI configuration
Finder analysis
Practice

Cimplicity Project
Cimplicity project configuration
Standard screen description
Cymplicity screen editing
Practice
Trends
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting tools description
Watch Windows
Practice
Capture Block & DDR
Trip history
Replacement of cards
Fuel Demand Philosophy
Startup
Acceleration
Speed/load
Temperature
Shut-down
Protection
Overtemperature
Overspeed
Vibration
Loss of flame
Panel Calibration
Servo actuator calibration
Startup and Shut-down Procedures
Permissives
How to use the Unit Service Manuals

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ComputerBased Training
CCF Centrifugal
Compressor Fundamentals
Since 1993, GE Oil & Gas has been using computerbased training to benefit from its capabilities to:
Shorten training time
Improve retention rates
Bring just-in-time training to our service engineers

Our new course presents the following material:

Theory of Operation includes principles of
operation, basic thermodynamic and rotordynamic
theory, major components, and factors that affect
centrifugal compressor performance

Now, one of our most universal CD-ROM training

programs, Centrifugal Compressor Fundamentals, is
being made available to our customers.
Based on the latest technology, this course uses
state-of-the-art 3D animations, graphics, audio, and
text to provide an introduction to GE centrifugal
compressors.
Using this multimedia training course, customers can
gain knowledge in the convenience of their own site
or achieve the necessary preparation before
attending formal classroom training.

Design and Construction includes the

identification, function, and assembly of all major
centrifugal compressor components
Auxiliary Systems and Instrumentation describes
the lube oil system and the sealing system, as well as
compressor instrumentation and monitoring systems
Operation and Maintenance describes basic
startup and operating procedures, safety precautions,
maintenance philosophy, maintenance intervals and
requirements, and troubleshooting advice

Benefits
Using traditional
classroom training
methods to present
this material can take
up to 16 hours.
With our interactive
multimedia training
course you can:
Reduce training
time by an
average of 30%
to 70%
Increase long-term
retention by an
average of 50%

Flexibility
Trainees can use it:
During work or off hours, anytime and anywhere
As a quick start training program
As a periodic refresher course

Organization
The integrated, automatic record keeping system
maintains complete records on:
Each users progress
Each users test scores

Graphic menus organiz information

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