SOLAR TURBINE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE TRAINING 22nd – 27th April, 2025

Introduction:

This five-day course will provide a turbo-machinery package operator and maintenance technician with the knowledge and skills necessary to operate and maintain the package safely and efficiently. This requires a degree of background knowledge of the package systems and system components, the working relationship between the components, and their operating sequences.  

This course is designed for personnel who may have limited experience of operating Solar turbomachinery packages, but who have a sound general technical background and some industry related experience as an operator, instrument technician, or mechanical technician. As such, the students should already be able to recognize and understand general technical and industry terms; be able to interpret simple system schematic diagrams; and be proficient in the use of basic instrumentation, electrical, and mechanical tools and techniques.

Training Objectives

On completion of this course the student will be able to: 

1. Describe Pre-Start Checks; Start Procedures; Stop Procedures; and Normal Operation, including operational configuration and parameter changes 

2. Differentiate between common operational-based and maintenance-based abnormal conditions 

3. Make operational parameter changes in response to abnormal operational-based conditions or alarms/shutdowns 

4. Take appropriate first response action and accurately communicate relevant data to investigative personnel in relation to abnormal maintenance-based conditions 

5. Plan and execute predictive, preventative, and corrective maintenance in accordance with Solar recommendations 

6. Perform basic performance verification in support of predictive maintenance activities

Course Outline:

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   1. General Package Description

   2. Gas Turbine Engine 

   3. Start System 

   4. Lube Oil System 

   5. Fuel System 

   6. Driven Equipment (Compressor or Generator) 

   7. Seal System (Compressor Packages Only) 

   8. Control System 

   9. Display System 

   10. Operating Procedures 

   11. Routine Maintenance Theory and Practices 

   12. Package System Maintenance Requirements 

   13. Engine Performance Verification 

   14. Compressor Performance Verification (Compressor Packages Only)