GPPS Turbomachinery Seminar Program
Day 1: Monday January 13th
Day 2: Tuesday January 14th
Day 1: Monday January 13th
| 08:00 – 08:15 | Welcome and Introduction | HG F33.5 |
| 08:15 – 10:00 | Overview of Machinery – What is a turbomachine Gas Turbines – Components Steam Turbines and Expanders – Components Centrifugal and Axial Gas Compressors – Components | HG F33.5 |
| 10:00 – 10:20 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:20 – 11:20 | Thermodynamics of Gas Compression – Real and Ideal gases – Pressure-Temperature and Volume – Enthalpy and Entropy – Mollier Diagram – Gas Mixtures – Gas Phase, Dense Phase, and Supercritical Compression | HG F33.5 |
| 11:20 – 12:15 | Thermodynamics of Heat Engines – Brayton Cycle – Bottoming Cycles – Component interaction – Sample Calculation | HG F33.5 |
| 12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch | Dozentenfoyer ETH |
| 13:30 – 15:00 | Turbomachinery Aerodynamics – Eulers Law – Bernoullies Law – Axial Turbomachinery – Centrifugal Turbomachinery – Component Interaction | HG F33.5 |
| 15:00 – 15:20 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:20 – 17:00 | Rotordynamics for Turbomachinery – Basics – Rotordynamic models for real machines – API requirements for rotordynamics – Measurement – sensors and data display – Case studies | HG F33.5 |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Q&A and Wrap-up | HG F33.5 |
| 17:30 | Adjourn | HG F33.5 |
Day 2: Tuesday January 14th
| 08:00 – 08:15 | Welcome and Recap | HG F33.5 |
| 08:15 – 09:00 | Blade Dynamics and Aeromechanical Design – Fundamentals – Phase cancellation – Campbell and SAFE diagrams – Mistuning – Design and manufacturing considerations – FEA modeling of turbomachinery – Fatigue analysis and Goodman diagrams | HG F33.5 |
| 09:00 – 09:30 | Turbomachinery Seals – Annular seal overview – Labyrinth seals – Damper seals – Brush seals – Dry gas seals | HG F33.5 |
| 09:30 – 10:30 | Control Concepts for Turbomachinery Trains – Process Control – Surge Control – Control Elements | HG F33.5 |
| 10:30 – 10:50 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:50 – 12:00 | Turbomachinery Select Applications – Oil & Gas – Refinery & Petrochemicals – LNG | HG F33.5 |
| 12:00 – 13:15 | Lunch | Dozentenfoyer ETH |
| 13:15 – 16:00 | Turbomachinery Select Applications – Hydrogen – CCUS – Combined Cycle Power Generation – Fuels – Supercritical CO2 Applications – Introduction to sCO2 Power Cycles – sCO2 Turbomachinery Characteristics • Rotordynamics • Near-Dome operation • Pressure/Thermal containment – Example turbomachinery – Energy Storage | HG F33.5 |
| 16:00 – 17:00 | Future Outlook | HG F33.5 |
| 17:00 – 17:30 | Q&A and Wrap-up | HG F33.5 |



