What MGT Inc. Training Courses Cover
Tubular Exchanger Inspection, Maintenance,
and Repair
Instructors - Carl F. Andreone, P.E., Fellow of the ASME and Stanley Yokell, P.E., Fellow of the ASME
Tubular Exchanger Inspection Maintenance and Repair provides information on inspecting, maintaining and repairing; and extending the life of tubular heat exchangers in the process and power generating industries.
We refer to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code; and make available for examination recent editions of the TEMA Standards, Heat Exchange Institute (HEI) Standards for Power Plant Heat Exchangers, and HEI Closed Feedwater Heater Standards, the National Board Inspection Code (NBIC) and API 510, the American Petroleum Institute Pressure Vessel Inspection Code and Recommended Practice API 572, Inspection of Pressure Vessels.
We discuss Purchaser's, User's and Maintainer's Inspection (but not the inspection performed for ASME Code compliance). We summarize Inspectors Qualifications, teach how to write Inspection Briefs, and discuss pre-inspection conferences between responsible engineers and inspectors. We survey Inspection-During-Construction. We describe how the NBIC and API 510 apply the ASME Code's rules.
We cover Inspecting Shop and Field Repairs and Alterations, and Inspecting During Outages and Shut-downs. We begin with Record Keeping and Documentation, and go on to Determining the Character and Causes of Failures.
We discuss On and Off-Line Exchanger Cleaning, Non-Destructive Examining, Repair and Maintenance Procedures and Practices.
We discuss Scheduling, Cleaning and Safety Precautions. We examine How to Extend Usability of existing units beyond their design lifetimes and Using Exchangers for Services for which they were Not Designed. We suggest how to Mothball Surplus Units and Rehabilitate ones that have been out of service.
We show videos of Tube Hydroxpanding, Bolt Torquing and Borescoping
Feedwater Heaters. We make available for examination tube expanding tools,
tube-joint and tube hydraulic testers, spring washers, tube plugs and
tube anti-vibration stakes. In our public presentations, we devote the
last half day to Presentations by Suppliers of Maintenance and Inspection
Equipment
and Services.
2.2 CEUs (Public Offerings)
Closed Feedwater Heaters - Mechanical Aspects
Instructors - Carl F. Andreone, P.E., Fellow of the ASME and Stanley Yokell, P.E., Fellow of the ASME
Closed Feedwater Heaters-Mechanical Aspects
covers specifications; construction; inspection, maintenance and repairs;
applicable codes and standards; effects of operating practices and modes.
It does not cover thermal and mechanical design or Balance of Plant.
We refer to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code; the National Board Inspection Code (NBIC); the Heat Exchange Institute Closed Feedwater Heater Standards (HEICFHS); the TEMA Standards; the HEI Standard for Power Plant Heat Exchangers (HEIPPHS); and the Performance Test Code, PTC 12.1-2000, Closed Feedwater Heaters. We make the NBIC, TEMA Standards, HEICFHS, and HEIPPH available for participants' examination.
We review the applicability of various types of Feedwater Heaters and discuss Single-zone and Multiple-zone Feedwater-heater designs as well as horizontal installations, including heaters installed in the condenser neck, and vertical channel head-up and channel head-down installations. We cover Feedwater-heater Draining and Feedwater-heater Venting, Desuperheater, Condenser and Subcooler sections. Coverage includes Vent Collection System Construction; Feedwater-heater Vent Placement, Feedwater-heater Drain Placement, Cascading Drains; and Drain Level-control requirements. We review Feedwater-heater Nomenclature and Feedwater-heater Size Numbering.
We present a brief overview of the effects of feedwater heaters on the Steam Cycle Heat Rate.
We discuss requirements to be included in Feedwater-heater Purchase Specifications for new construction and replacements, including Channel Heads and Channel-access Designs as they relate to initial cost and long-term maintenance costs, and Replacement-bundle Purchase Specifications. We cover requirements for Tubesheets, Tubing Manufacture and Tube-to-tubesheet Joining.
We define the Basic Design Point, and discuss Alternative Modes of Operation, Deviations from Design Point, Transients and Upsets.
We display Tube-to-Tubesheet Joint Specimens, Rolling and Hydraulic Expanding Tools and show videos of Welded Tubing Manufacture and Hydraulic Tube Expanding.
We examine Zone Arrangements and fabrication details and address requirements for Shrouds, Subcooling-zone Enclosures and Endplates, Baffle Systems in Desuperheating Zones and Subcooling Zones and Tube Supports in Condensing Zones.
Our brief Tube Vibration Overview includes illustrations of tube-vibration-caused damage, explanation of mechanisms that force tubes to vibrate and the information required for vibration analysis.
In our coverage of Feedwater-heater Inspection, Maintenance and Repair, we discuss Record Keeping, Inspection During Fabrication, routine On-Site Inspection, Inspections During Planned and Unplanned Outages, and Prior to and After Major Repairs. We show Videos of Borescoping, Internal Radial Ultrasonic Scan (IRIS) and Pulse-Echo systems of Sonic Tube Inspection, and Hydrocleaning.
We discuss Preventative Maintenance; Changing Out Bundles; Tube and
Tube-Stub Pulling, including extracting specimens for failure analysis,
Tube-end Problems, Tube Plugging and Sleeving. We show specimens of several
types of Tube Plugs and Expanded Sleeves. There is brief coverage of
Alterations
and Repairs. Depending on the locations, our public presentations may
include an optional fourth-day tour of a Feedwater Heater Factory or
a
Feedwater Heater Factory and a Tube Mill.
2.2 CEUs (4 days)(Public Offerings)
Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers- Mechanical Aspects
Instructor - Stanley Yokell, P.E., Fellow of the ASME
Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers-Mechanical Aspects concentrates on heat exchanger hardware, performance requirements, inspection, maintenance and repair, life extension and troubleshooting of tubular exchangers used in chemical and petrochemical plants, oil refineries, power stations and industrial facilities. We do not discuss thermal design except where it affects the structure.
We refer to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code the National Board Inspection Code (NBIC); the Heat Exchange Institute Closed Feedwater Heater Standards (HEICFHS); the TEMA Standards; and the HEI Standard for Power Plant Heat Exchangers (HEIPPHS); We make the NBIC, TEMA Standards, HEICFHS, and HEIPPH available for participants' examination.
We provide Guidelines to Mechanical Design Methods but not specific procedures. We explain the TEMA System for describing size and type and illustrate TEMA terminology and nomenclature. We examine Design Point Setting and effects on the structure of deviations, transients and upsets.
In Tubeside Coverage, we show a video of welded tube manufacture, display specimens of several kinds of tubing and give participants the opportunity to examine mechanical and hydraulic tube expanding tools. We show a video of Hydroexpanding. We discuss Flange Bolting and show a video of torque-tension measuring to illustrate the importance of lubrication in bolting up.
In Shellside Coverage we discuss Construction, Expansion Joints and Vapor Belts and Baffle Systems and provide an opportunity to examine a specimen of a non-plate baffle/tube-support. We discuss Differential Pressure Design, connections of tubesheets to shells and channels.
The Tube Vibration Overview includes descriptions and illustrations of tube vibration damage, vibration forcing mechanisms and information required for vibration analysis.
We review various Codes and Standards that apply to heat exchanger manufacture, factory and post-installation inspection, alterations and repairs. The discussion of Shop Inspection, covers inspectors' qualifications, pre-inspection conferences, inspection tools and equipment; and the inspection brief.
We address Inspection for Maintenance and examining out-of service units. We show a video of Borescoping the tubes and part of the shell of a closed feedwater heater. The maintenance and repairs, life extension and troubleshooting presentations include Videos of Hydraulic Tube Pulling and Steam Surface Condenser Retubing.
We discuss techniques and provide guidelines for writing and reviewing
heat-exchanger specifications. Depending upon the location, our public
presentations offer an optional
4th day tour through a heat exchanger factory.
1.8. CEUs (3 days) 2.2 CEUs (4 days) (Public Offerings)
Introduction to Heat Transfer
Instructor - Dr. Jerry Taborek, Fellow of the AIChE
Introduction to Heat Transfer Content of 4-1/2 day course
Book I
Single Phase Flow
Two-phase Flow, General
Boiling Applications
Condensation
CEUs not established for
this course
Who Should Attend
The first three of these courses are directed to people concerned with the procurement, construction, inspection, troubleshooting, maintenance and repair, mechanics, operation and life extension of tubular heat transfer equipment and feedwater heaters. They are especially valuable to individuals who specify or buy heat exchangers and feedwater heaters or who are charged with evaluating the condition of existing equipment. They are not intended for designers who need specific design procedures but provide supplementary knowledge useful in their work.
The fourth course is not intended for individuals concerned primarily with mechanical design. However, it is invaluable to individuals who work at the interface of mechanical and thermal design.
Take this course if you are concerned with process applications, evaluating
heat transfer equipment performance or use computer programs for heat
exchanger design and rating. It will be invaluable if you are a process
engineer responsible for solving operating problems.
You must be reasonably familiar with the basic premises of heat exchanger
design and rating.
The use of computer programs for heat exchanger design or rating is generally assumed, but is not a condition. As most heat exchangers today are designed by computer programs, the course emphasizes the pitfalls and possible errors made by relying on computer programs rather than the interaction with the engineer.