GE Energy

Oil & Gas

Technical
Training

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Sharing Knowledge
and Experience
with our Customer

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Technical Training

Contents

Overview 4
Customized Training 6
Multicustomer Training Programs
- Heavy Duty Gas Turbines 8
- Aeroderivative Industrial Gas Turbines 10
- Small Power Generation Package 12
- Steam Turbines 14
- Centrifugal Compressors 16
- Reciprocating Compressors 18
- SpeedTronic™ Mark V Turbine Control Panel - HMI 20
- SpeedTronic™ Mark VI Turbine Control Panel - HMI 22
- Bently Nevada 3300/3500 24
- Turboexpanders 26
Computer Based Training
- GTF-1 Gas Turbine Fundamentals 28
- CCF Centrifugal Compressor Fundamentals 30
- RCF Reciprocating Compressor Fundamentals 32
Florence Learning Center 34
Localization 35

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Technical Training

Overview

Located in the industrial area of Florence across from the GE Energy’s Oil & Gas
Nuovo Pignone plant, the Florence Learning Center offer courses to all GE Energy
customers. The 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 PLC, Bently Nevada
simulators and laboratories for practice sessions.
All of the rooms are equipped with state-of-the-art presentation equipment for
any type of course, seminar, or meeting.
Our instructors are field-seasoned experts who combine their understanding of
theory with practical experience. The quality training that they provide is a
prerequisite for improving the skills of operation and maintenance personnel to
assure safety and superior equipment availability.
The Florence Learning Center offers formal classroom lectures with the added
advantage of being able to visit the manufacturing plant, where trainees will
become familiar with machining, assembling and testing operations while they
are actually being performed.
Moreover, damaged machine components are used to demonstrate the effects
of failures and explain troubleshooting techniques.
We offer courses to groups from a single company, as well as to personnel from
various companies.

Training Options
1. Customized Training (tailored to specific Customer needs/equipment;
at the Florence Learning Center or On-Site; any language; course
documentation).

2. Multicustomer Training (students from various companies; at the Florence

Learning Center; English language; available for many products;
pre-scheduled).

3. Computer Based Training (Gas Turbine Fundamentals, Centrifugal Compressor

Fundamentals, Reciprocating Compressor Fundamentals).

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Technical Training

Customized Training

The GE Energy’s Oil & Gas Customer

Technical Training provides world-class, site
specific technical training to owners and
operators of GE Energy Oil & Gas equipment.
Courses and programs are offered for
operation and maintenance of:

— GE Aeroderivative Industrial
Gas Turbines
— GE Heavy Duty Gas Turbines
— Electric Generators
— Centrifugal and Axial Compressors
— Reciprocating Compressors
— Steam Turbines
— Centrifugal Pumps
— Small Power Generator Packages
— Rotoflow Turboexpanders
— Speedtronic™ Mark V and Mark VI
Control Systems
— PLC GE Fanuc 90/70
— Bently Nevada Systems

And others upon Customer request

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Customized training is intended to provide
students 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
Customer’s 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 students.
To ensure an optimum learning experience
for the individual, the class size is limited to
15 students.
Courses and related documentation are
available in several languages.
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Technical Training

Multi-Customer Training
Programs
Heavy Duty Gas Turbines
Who should attend
This course is designed for plant personnel
having a basic knowledge of GE Energy Oil &
Gas heavy duty gas turbines who would like
to gain more specific knowledge of the
operation and maintenance features and
auxiliary systems.

Goals
This course is developed to improve a trained
work force by providing it with a more
complete vision of heavy duty gas turbines
and related auxiliaries. Every effort is made
to present course material in terms that
students can readily absorb and apply to
their jobs.

Length
5 Days

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 — 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

5. Gas Turbine Control System

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

6. Key Parameters during Gas Turbine

Startup and Operation
— Operating parameter monitoring
— Operating parameter evaluation

Course Content 7. Turbine Performance Curves

1. Gas Turbine General Overview 8. Gas Turbine Assembly

— Installation layout
— Influence of external factors on 9. Maintenance Overview
performance — Operating factors affecting
maintenance intervals
2. Operating Principles
— Brayton cycle 10. Scheduled Maintenance
— Key parameters affecting gas turbine — Scheduled inspection
performance — Boroscope inspection
— Special tools required
3. Description of Gas Turbine Components — Disassembling and reassembling
— Air compressor procedures
— HP turbine section — Component acceptability criteria
— LP turbine section
— Combustion chamber and principles of 11. Emergency Maintenance
emission reduction
— Journal and thrust bearings 12. Spare Parts Required for Inspections
— Oil and air sealing systems
— Cooling air system 13. Gas Turbine On-site Alignment

4. Main Gas Turbine Auxiliary Systems 14. Troubleshooting

— Lube oil system
— Control and hydraulic oil system 15. How to use the Unit Service Manuals

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Technical Training

Multi-Customer Training
Programs
Aeroderivative Industrial Gas Turbines
Who should attend
This course is designed for plant personnel
having a basic knowledge of GE Energy
Oil & Gas aeroderivative industrial gas
turbines who would like to gain more specific
knowledge of the operation and
maintenance features and auxiliary systems.

Goals
This course is developed to improve a trained
work force by providing it with a more
complete vision of aeroderivative industrial gas
turbines and related auxiliaries. Every effort is
made to present course material in terms
that students can readily absorb and apply
to their jobs.

Length
5 Days

10
Course Content

1. Gas Turbine General Overiew

— Key features of gas turbines for
Oil & Gas applications
— Installation layout
— Main equipment configuration

2. Operating Principles
— ISO condition
— Operating principle
— Brayton cycle
— External factors affecting gas turbine
performance
— Internal factors affecting gas turbine
performance

3. Aereoderivative Industrial Gas Turbine

Heritage

4. Gas Turbine General Description, Model

Summary and Heritage of LM Aereoderivative
8. Gas Detection & Fire Fighting System
Gas Turbine
— Purpose and scope
9. Gas Turbine Operation
— General description and features
— Operator responsibilities
— Standard equipment and features
— General operating precautions
5. Model Summary — Preparation for start-up
— LM/PGT25
— LM2500 + HSPT 10. Gas Turbine Troubleshooting
— Purposes of troubleshooting
6. Description of Gas Turbine Components — Definition of troubleshooting
— Typical aeroderivative gas turbine — Typical problems with main auxiliary
assembly description systems
— Compressor section
— Combustion section 11. Gas Generator Maintenance Philosophy
— High pressure turbine — On-condition maintenance
— Power turbine — Maintenance levels
— Power turbine flow path
— Accessory drive components 12. Power Turbine Maintenance Philosophy
— External accessory skid — Inspection types
— Inspection intervals
7. Gas Turbine Auxiliary Systems
— Synthetic and mineral lube oil system 13. Spare Parts Required for Inspections
— Fuel gas system
— Hydraulic starting system 14. How to use the Unit Service Manuals
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Technical Training

Multi-Customer Training
Programs
Small Power Generation Package
Who should attend
This course is designed for plant personnel
having a basic knowledge of the GE Energy Oil
& Gas small power generation package who
would like to gain more specific knowledge of
the operation and maintenance features and
auxiliary systems.

Goals
This course is developed to improve a trained
work force by providing it with a more
complete vision of small power generation
packages and related auxiliaries. Every effort
is made to present course material in terms
that students can readily absorb and apply
to their jobs.

Length
5 Days

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Course Content

1. Turbogenerator Package General Description

— Turbogenerator performance and
operating principles
— Base plate
— Acoustic enclosure
— Inlet air filtration system
— Exhaust stack
— Ventilation system
— Fire fighting system
10. Turbogenerator Maintenance
2. Gas Turbine General Description Criteria and Procedures
— Running inspections
3. Visit to Gas Turbine Manufacturing — Stand-by inspections
and Unit Test Facilities — Scheduled inspections & maintenance
procedures
4. Gas Turbine Key Components Description
— Air axial compressor 11. Visit to the Gas Turbine Manufacturing and
— Combustion chamber and NOx reduction Unit Test Facilities
system (DLN)
— Turbine 12. Turbogenerator Operation Troubleshooting

5. Load/Auxiliary Gear Box 13. Introduction to Speedtronic Mark VI Control

Panel
6. Power Generator General Description
— Rotating parts 14. Control Systems
— Stator parts
— Excitation 15. Sequential System (Description of the Main
Sequences)
7. Auxiliary Systems — Start
— Starting system — Stop
— Lube oil system — Ready
— Hydraulic oil system
— Fuel system 16. Toolbox and Cimplicity Software

8. Turbogenerator Startup and Shut-down 17. HMI (Human - Machine Interface)

Sequences — Monitoring system
— Keyboard navigation of graphic pages

9. Evaluation of Key Parameters During 18. Troubleshooting (Control System

Turbogenerator Startup and Operation Diagnostics)
— Operating factors affecting maintenance
intervals 19. How to use the Unit Service Manuals

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Technical Training

Multi-Customer
Training Programs
Steam Turbines
Who should attend
This course is designed for plant personnel
having a basic knowledge of GE Energy
steam turbines who would like to gain more
specific knowledge of the operation and
maintenance features and auxiliary systems.

Goals
This course is developed to improve a trained
work force by providing it with a more
complete vision of oil and gas steam turbines
and related auxiliaries. Every effort is made to
present course material in terms that students
can readily absorb and apply to their jobs.

Length
5 Days

14
 — Major steam valves
— Couplings
— Miscellaneous devices
— Turning gears

5. Condenser
— Operating principles
— Components

6. Steam Consumption Diagrams

7. Auxiliary and Protection Systems

— Lube oil system
— Control oil system
— Steam sealing
— Vents and drain
— Extraction
— Exhaust hood

8. Description of Condensate and Drain Circuits

9. Control System
— Basic control functions
Course Content — Basic protection functions
— Protective devices
1. GE Energy Steam Turbines General — Supervisory instrumentation
Description and Key Features
10. Preliminary Procedures for Steam Turbine
2. Field Applications Startup

3. Fundamentals of Steam Turbine Cycle 11. Startup and Shut-down Sequences

— Design considerations
— Efficiency considerations 12. Loading
— Turbine fundamentals (impulse and
reaction) 13. Key Parameters for Steam Turbine Startup
and Operation
4. Major Components and Equipment
Arrangements 14. Maintenance Philosophy Overview
— Rotors — Planning
— Turbine buckets — Inspection types
— Journal and thrust bearings — Routine maintenance
— Nozzle boxes
— Crossovers 15. Troubleshooting
— Diaphragms
— Casings and shells 16. How to use the Unit Service Manuals
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Technical Training

Multi-Customer Training
Programs
Centrifugal Compressors
Who should attend
This course is designed for plant personnel
having a basic knowledge of GE Energy
centrifugal compressors who would like to
gain more specific knowledge of the operation
and maintenance features and auxiliary
systemsl.

Goals
This course is developed to improve a trained
work force by providing it with a more
complete vision of centrifugal compressors
and related auxiliaries. Every effort is made to
present course material in terms that students
can readily absorb and apply to their jobs.

Length
5 Days

16
 5. Compressor Performance Curves
— Design considerations
— Efficiency considerations
— Operating planes

6. Compressor Regulation
— Basic principle of compressor operation
— System resistance curve modification
— Speed variation

7. Off Design Operation

— Effect of molecular weight variation
— Suction temperature variation
— Suction pressure variation
— Compressor internal leakage
— Fouling effect

8. Anti-surge Protection System

— Protection system philosophy overview

9. Lube Oil System

— Description of components
— Electrical instruments-typical loops
Course Content — Jacking oil system (if applicable)
— Alarm and shut-down
1. GE Energy Centrifugal Compressors — Routine check during normal operation
— Identifying malfunctions & faults
2. Compressors - General Description and Key
Features 10. Sealing System
— Shaft — Scope of the system
— Impellers/Blades — Description of components
— Balance drum and thrust collar — Electrical instruments-typical loops
— Casing and diaphragm bundle/stator vanes — Alarm and shut-down
— Journal & thrust bearings — Seal operation
— Sealing System — Routine check during normal operation
— Instrumentation — Identifying malfunctions & faults

3. Gas Path 11. Assembly and Disassembly Operations

— Fluid Flow in a Centrifugal Compressor — Special tools
— Axial thrust — Clearance measurements
— Centering of compressor rotor
4. Abnormal Operating Conditions - Overview
— Centrifugal Compressor unsteady 12. Maintenance Philosophy
flows — Minor and major maintenance
— Rotating stall — Preventive maintenance
— Surge
— Choking (or stonewall) 13 . How to use the Unit Service Manuals
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Technical Training

Multi-Customer
Training Programs
Reciprocating Compressors
Who should attend
This course is designed for plant personnel
having a basic knowledge of GE Energy
reciprocating compressors who would like to
gain more specific knowledge of the operation
and maintenance features and auxiliary
systems.

Goals
This course is developed to improve a trained
work force by providing it with a more
complete vision of reciprocating compressors
and related auxiliaries. Every effort is made
to present course material in terms that
students can readily absorb and apply to
their jobs.

Length
5 Days

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Course Content
1. Reciprocating Process Compressors
General Description
— How the compressor operates and how
it is integrated in a plant
— Components of a reciprocating
compressor
2. Basic Principles of Operation
Thermodynamics
— Ideal and real compression cycle
— Capacity and Power
— Multistage compression
3. Review of Compressor Components
Cylinders:
— Single acting/double acting cylinders
— Main components/operating principle
Frame:
— Frame arrangements
— Key components/operating principles
4. 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
5. Startup/Stop Sequences
— Minimum requirements to safely start
and stop the unit
— Special sequences to meet process
requirements
6. Main Parameters During Compressor
Operation
— Data acquisition systems and analysis
— Run-out and rod-drop
7. Pulsation and Vibration
— Wave propagation
— Pressure pulsation
— Gas capacity pulsation
— Vibrations
8. Maintenance Overview
— Corrective maintenance
— Preventive maintenance
— Predictive maintenance
9. Diagnostics and Maintenance
— List of parameters for optimum
diagnostics
— Troubleshooting
— Maintenance planning from diagnostic
results
— Routine maintenance and inspection
10. Compressor modifications
— Up-dating and up-rating (capacity
control; valve losses and pocket factors)
11. How to use the Unit Service Manuals
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Technical Training

Multi-Customer Training
Programs
SpeedTronic™ Mark V
Turbine Control Panel - HMI
Who should attend
Engineers and experienced instrument and
control technicians.

Goals
This two-week course enables engineers to
calibrate the controls and diagnose problems
in GE Energy Mark V control systems. The
course provides a solid background in
turbine governing systems. Participants
increase their skills in relating machine
operating requirements to the control.
Class size is limited to maintain en effective
learning environment and to allow for
adequate hands-on application.

Length
10 Days

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Course Content

1. Gas Turbine Control Fundamentals — Control constants and assignment

— General description and operating files
principles — Compiling configuration program
— Main components (MK5MAKE)
— Auxiliary systems — Download configuration files

2. Introduction to Speedtronic™ Mark V 7. Main Menu Display

— Control system overview — Main menu display and functions
— Control panel configuration — Common display fields
— Backup operator interface panel — User-defined displays
<BOI> / Backup systems (if any) — Alarm display
— Abbreviations and conventions — Trip log display
— Prevote data
3. Hardware Description — Dynamic rung display
— Control panel — Control constant adjustment
— TMR / Simplex — Logic forcing
— Operator interface <I> / <HMI> — Diagnostic display
(if any) — Printing functions
— Mark V data communication network
— Data exchange network 8. Permissive to Start
— I/O net — Ready to Start
— Arcnet interface board — Start Check
— Signal flow descriptions — Auxiliary Signals

4. Protection Systems 9. General View of Input-Output of Mark V

— Emergency overspeed
— Primary Protection
— Vibration
— Loss of flame
— Stall protection / (if any)
5. Software Description
— Panel documentation
— <I> DOS / HMI operating interface
— General software structure
— Installation and startup <I> / HMI
— Control lockout
— Signal input and output investigation
10. Fuel Control System
— Startup
— Acceleration
— Speed control
— Temperature control
— Shutdown
11. Calibration and Autocalibration
12. Main control algorithms

6. Configuration 13. Software configuration Backup and

— I/O configuration Restore Procedure
— Sequencing
14. MKV Troubleshooting Techniques

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Technical Training

Multi-Customer Training
Programs
SpeedTronic™ Mark VI
Turbine Control Panel - HMI
Who should attend
Engineers and experienced instrument and
control technicians.

Goals
This two-week course enables engineers to
calibrate the controls and diagnose problems
in GE Energy Mark VI control systems. The
course provides a solid background in
turbine governing systems. Participants
increase their skills in relating machine
operating requirements to the control.
Class size is limited to maintain en effective
learning environment and to allow for
adequate hands-on application.

Length
10 Days

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Course Content

1. Control Panel Overview

— System architecture
— Hardware identification
and description

2. Introduction to HMI
— Windows NT basic information
— Cimplicity program description
— Toolbox program description
— Typical ports

3. Mark VI Controller
— Hardware configuration
— Controllers
— Protection module
— I/O cards
— Terminal boards
— Practice

4. Toolbox
— General description and features
— Software structure description 7. Fuel Demand Philosophy
— Modifying sequence — Startup
— Adding I/O signal — Acceleration
— Downloading new configuration — Speed/load
— Ethernet global data — Temperature
— Trend recorder — Shutdown
— HMI configuration
— Practice 8. Protection
— Overtemperature
5. Cimplicity Project — Overspeed
— Cimplicity project configuration — Vibration
— Standard screen description — Loss of flame
— Modifying the screen
— Practice 9. Panel Calibration

6. Troubleshooting 10. Startup and Shutdown Procedures

— Troubleshooting tools description
— Practice 11. How to use the Unit Service Manuals

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Technical Training

Multi-Customer Training
Programs
Bently Nevada 3300/3500
Who should attend
Anyone who is involved with the operation and
maintenance of a 3300 and 3500 Monitoring
System or who is anticipating the purchase of
a 3300 and 3500 system and wishes to
examine the functionality of the system and its
interface capabilities. Students will receive
maximum benefit in that they leave the class
with a software disk of their own rack
configurations and, Operator Display drawings
of their own machine trains.
Those attending this course should already
possess an understanding of file management
structure, use of MS Windows, and use of a
"mouse" as an interface device.
A familiarity with Windows for Workgroups,
Windows 95, or Windows NT is a definite
benefit. Knowledge of vibration transducer
operation and typical vibration measurements
is a minimum requirement.

Goals
Upon completing this course the participants
will have installed, configured and navigated
a 3300 and 3500 Monitoring System.

Length
5 Days

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Course Content
1. Measurement Parameters and Concepts
2. Vibration Measurements
3. Position Measurements
4. Non-Vibration and Other Position
Measurements
5. Proximity Transducer Operation
6. Accelerometer and Velomonitor
Transducer System Operation
7. 3300 Monitoring System Introduction
8. 3500 Monitoring System Introduction
9. 3500 Software Overview
10. Host to Rack Communications
11. 3500 Rack Configuration
12. Communications Gateway
13. Data Acquisition/DDE Server Software
14. Operator Display Software
15. Software Configuration Utility
16. Overview of Machinery Management
17. Using the Data Manager 2000 System
18. Correlating Process Data with Machinery
Operation
19. Configurating Data Manager 2000 for
Startup/Shut-down Conditions
20. Overview of Asset Condition
Management
21. Using the System 1 Platform
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Technical Training

Multi-Customer Training
Programs
Turboexpanders
Who should attend
This course is designed for plant personnel
having a basic knowledge of GE Energy
turboexpanders who would like to gain more
specific knowledge of the operation and
maintenance features and on auxiliary
systems.

Goals
This course is developed to improve a trained
work force by providing it with a more
complete vision of the turboexpanders and
related auxiliaries. Every effort is made to
present course material in terms that
students can readily absorb and apply to
their jobs.

Length
2 Days

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Course Content

1. Main Construction Features

— Inlet Guide Vanes (Nozzles) if applicable
— Compressor Wheels
— Gearbox / Coupling
— Labyrinth Seals
— Sealing system
— Bearings
— Shaft

2. Auxiliary Systems
— Sealing
— Lubrication oil
— Instrumentation
— Alarms and shutdowns

3. Performance
— Performance data
— Design operating conditions
— Off-design operating conditions

4. Operation
— Startup operations
— Shutdown operations
— Troubleshooting

5. Maintenance
— Scheduled maintenance activities
— Disassembly of core unit & parts
inspection
— Reassembly of core unit
— Check of seal clearances and
shaft end-play
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Technical Training

Computer–Based Training
GTF-1 Gas Turbine
Fundamentals
Since 1993, GE Energy has been using computer-based
training to take advantage of its capabilities to:
— Shorten training time
— Improve retention rates
— Bring just-in-time training to our service engineers

Today one of our most universal CD-ROM training programs,

Gas Turbine Fundamentals, is being made available to our
customers.
Based on the latest technology, this course utilizes state-of-
the-art 3D animations, graphics, audio, and text to provide
an introduction to GE Energy single-shaft gas turbines.

Benefits
Using traditional classroom training methods to present this
material could take up to 16 hours.
With the GE Energy 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%

Advance at your own speed Choose amount of detail desired

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Our new course presents the following content:
— Theory of Operation – includes principles
of operation, gas turbine cycle, major com-
ponents, and factors that affect single-shaft
gas turbine performance
— Components and Assembly – includes the
identification, function, and assembly of all
major single-shaft gas turbine components
— Basic Controls – includes a brief history of
control types used, fuel limits, startup
control, speed/load control, temperature
control, auxiliary control loops, gas fuel
operation, liquid fuel operation, and the
master protection system.
Flexibility
Now your employees can:
— Train during work or off hours, anytime and
anywhere
— Use it as a quick-start training program
— Use it as a periodic refresher course
Organization
The integrated, automatic record keeping
system maintains complete records on:
— Each user’s progress
— Each user’s test scores
Return to previous sections for quick review
Minimun system requirements
— IBM® compatible computer 586 Intel®
Pentium® 90 MHz or higher
— 16 MB of RAM
— Hard drive w/min. 15 MB free
— MS-DOS 6.2 or higher
— Microsoft® Windows® 95 or Windows®
NT® v4.0 (with service pack three)
— VGA monitor or active matrix display
Note: Passive matrix monitors may experience
display problems.
— VGA adapter configured for 640 x480
resolution with 16-Bit High Color
— Mouse
— Sound Blaster® compatible audio
— Quad speed or higher CD player
Note: When you install GE Custom Courseware
on a Windows NT® system, you must be
logged in as a Windows NT®
Administrator. This will ensure that the
course(s) install properly.
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Technical Training

Computer–Based Training
CCF Centrifugal Compressor
Fundamentals

Since 1993, GE Energy has been using computer-based

training to take advantage of its capabilities to:
— Shorten training time
— Improve retention rates
— Bring just-in-time training to our service engineers

Today 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 utilizes state-of-
the-art 3D animations, graphics, audio, and text to provide
an introduction to GE Energy centrifugal compressors.

Benefits
Using traditional classroom training methods to present this
material could take up to 16 hours.
With the GE Energy 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%

AStudy charts and graphs of Simulations reinforce procedural

operating parameters knowledge
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Our new course presents the following content:
— Theory of Operation – includes principles
of operation, basic thermodynamic and
rotordynamic theory, major components,
and factors that affect centrifugal
compressor performance
— 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
Flexibility
Now your employees can:
— Train during work or off hours, anytime
and anywhere
— Use it as a quick-start training program
— Use it as a periodic refresher course
Organization
The integrated, automatic record keeping
system maintains complete records on:
— Each user’s progress
— Each user’s test scores
Graphic menus organiz information
Minimun system requirements
— IBM® compatible computer 586
Intel® Pentium® 90 MHz or higher
— 16 MB of RAM
— Hard drive w/min. 15 MB free
— MS-DOS 6.2 or higher
— Microsoft® Windows® 95 or Windows®
NT® v4.0 (with service pack three)
— VGA monitor or active matrix display
Note: Passive matrix monitors may
experience display problems.
— VGA adapter configured for 640 x480
resolution with 16-Bit High Color
— Mouse
— Sound Blaster® compatible audio
— Quad speed or higher CD player
Note: When you install GE Custom
Courseware on a Windows NT®
system, you must be logged in as a
Windows NT® Administrator. This will
ensure that the course(s) install
properly.
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Technical Training

Computer–Based Training
RCF Reciprocating Compressor
Fundamentals

Since 1993, GE Energy has been using computer-based

training to take advantage of its capabilities to:
— Shorten training time
— Improve retention rates
— Bring just-in-time training to our service engineers

Today one of our most universal CD-ROM training programs,

Reciprocating Compressor Fundamentals, is being made
available to our customers.
Based on the latest technology, this course utilizes state-of-
the-art 3D animations, graphics, audio, and text to provide
an introduction to GE Energy reciprocating compressors.

Benefits
Using traditional classroom training methods to present this
material could take up to 20 hours.
With GE Energy 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%

Study charts and graphs of operating View construction details of

parameters reciprocating compressors

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Our new course presents the following
content:
— Compressor Basics – includes
compressor thermodynamics
(ideal/real cycle, volumetric efficiency,
capacity), compressor structure (basic
structure and mechanics, compressor
assembly, plants and auxiliary
equipment), and compressor mechanics.
— Design and Construction – includes
compressor components, compressor
systems (lubrication, cooling, gas loop),
special considerations (special
compressors, valves, pulsations,
vibrations, noise), and compressor drive.
— Compressor Operations – includes
variable conditions (pressure,
temperature, speed), capacity control,
and compressor operation (startup,
management, diagnostics,
maintenance).
Flexibility
Now your employees can:
— Train during work or off hours, anytime
and anywhere
— Use it as a quick-start training program
— Use it as a periodic refresher course
Examine recommended maintenance procedures
Organization
The integrated, automatic record keeping
system maintains complete records on:
— Each user’s progress
— Each user’s test scores
Minimun system requirements
— IBM® compatible computer 586
Intel® Pentium® 90 MHz or higher
— 16 MB of RAM
— Hard drive w/min. 15 MB free
— MS-DOS 6.2 or higher
— Microsoft® Windows® 95 or Windows®
NT® v4.0 (with service pack three)
— VGA monitor or active matrix display
Note: Passive matrix monitors may
experience display problems.
— VGA adapter configured for 640 x480
resolution with 16-Bit High Color
— Mouse
— Sound Blaster® compatible audio
— Quad speed or higher CD playerr
Note: When you install GE Custom
Courseware on a Windows NT®
system, you must be logged in as a
Windows NT® Administrator. This will
ensure that the course(s) install
properly.
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Florence Learning
Center
Facilities
– 5600 m 2 of Space
– More than 20 Training Rooms
– Speedtronic Mark V & Mark VI
– PLC GE Fanuc 90/70
– Bently Nevada Equipment
– Laboratories
– Multimedia Rooms
– Conference Center
– Auditorium seating for 230

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Localization
Training Worldwide
Hassi R ’Mel Algeria
With the aim of better satisfy Customer needs, GE Energy has Sonatrach Training Center
created Training Centers worldwide based on the model of the
Florence Learning Center.

The first was the Sonatrach Training Center in Hassi R’Mel,

Algeria (opened in June 2000) followed by the Petrobras Training
Center in Macaè, Brazil (opened in July 2002).

In September 2004 the first GE Energy Regional Training Center

was inaugurated in Port Harcourt Nigeria.
Macaè Brazil
In this Training Center, GE Energy will provide technical Petrobras Training Center
information, training and assistance for Customers in Nigeria and
the surrounding regions. It is the first GE facility of its kind in Sub-
Saharan Africa. Construction has been completed on a new, four-
story 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
Port Harcourt Nigeria
materials such machined cut-outs of component parts and GE Energy Training Center
displays designed to instruct visitors 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 Energy 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 GE’s impact and the
value that it adds by creating local resources to deliver technical
information and assistance to our customers.

Development of other Training Centers located in strategic

regions for GE Energy’s Oil and Gas Business is underway.

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