REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN FOR OUR AUGUST 2024 COURSES
Can't make it to these courses in August or have missed the registration deadline? Then contact us to register your interest for future courses or to obtain a quotation from us to come to your place of work and deliver an in-house/customised course to you and your colleagues.
Note: The "early bird" discount finishes at 5:00pm (Sydney time) on 12 July 2024.
Advanced Slurry Pumping and Piping
Perth: 14 & 15 August 2024
Brisbane: 21 & 22 August 2024
Piping Design to AS 4041 and ASME B31.3
Perth: 12 & 13 August 2024
Brisbane: 19 & 20 August 2024
At a glance...
Two days' duration
A comprehensive training manual (not slide print-outs) provided
Morning tea and a light lunch included
Content includes:
Rheology testing, pipe loop testing, particle size distribution and flow curves
Theory for both settling slurries and non-Newtonian thickened slurries
Determine the Deposit Velocity, Laminar-Turbulent Transition etc.
Determine pipe head losses for settling slurries using simplified and comprehensive techniques
Determine pipe head losses for non-Newtonians for both the laminar and turbulent flow regimes
Tailings pipeline design tips and general slurry in-plant piping tips
Centrifugual and positive displacement slurry pumps including centrifugal pump de-rating methods
Froth pumping
Overall pump, piping and pipeline systems design
Guidance on which of the many empirical correlations to choose for a particular application
Typical valves and instruments
"Real world" design calculations
At a glance...
Two days' duration
A comprehensive training manual (not slide print-outs) provided
Morning tea and a light lunch included
Content includes:
Strength of materials, failure theories and all theory necessary to understand the piping codes and standards
"Run-throughs" of both piping standards (including AS 4343 for hazard levels)
Obtaining relevant material properties and (de)rating factors from the piping codes
Pressure design - determining the required wall thickness, design of branches, design of closures, design for vacuum etc.
Sustained longitudinal stress design - including weight of the pipe and contents; also includes support spacing determination etc.
Sustained plus occasional longitudinal stresses - including earthquake, wind loading and relief valve discharge loading
Determining thermal displacement stresses - expansion and contraction