PROGRAM'S BACKGROUND

Chemical engineering is at the heart of much of the chemical, oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. The chemical engineer is interested in the transportation and transformation of solids, liquids and gases, but must also be familiar with many of the other engineering disciplines including mechanical, electrical and instrumentation. Thermodynamics, fluid mechanics, heat transfer, mass transfer, and reaction engineering form the fundamentals of chemical engineering. Without these fundamentals, chemical engineers may not be able to understand the operation of process units and succeed in the proper design of chemical processes.

This program identifies the areas of chemical engineering that are most commonly encountered by the non-specialist with examples that will be drawn from a range of process industries including oil and gas processing, petrochemicals, chemical manufacturing. In this program you will:

›       Learn to interpret flow sheets and process flow diagrams

›       Develop and understand mass and energy balances in process design

›       Learn about fluid flow, pumps and compressors, and mixing

›       Discuss heat transfer equipment and their design, including heat exchangers

›       Understand distillation and separations used in oil and gas processing

›       Discuss effluent minimization and treatment

›       Learn how to control processes

›       Perform a basic economic analysis of a project

›       Understand the safety and environmental responsibility on process engineers

PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVES

This Program’s Attendees Will Be More Able To:

›       Learn to interpret flow sheets and process flow diagrams

›       Understand the use of mass and energy balances in process design

›       Gain a basic understanding of fluid flow, including pumping and mixing

›       Study examples relevant to the oil and gas industry

›       Design a heat exchanger and know advantages and disadvantages of different types

›       Understand distillation and separations used in oil and gas processing

›       Appreciate the need to control environmental pollution from industry

›       Learn how to control processes

›       Perform a basic economic analysis of a project

PROGRAM'S ATTENDEES

›       Geo-Scientists

›       Chemists

›       Chemical Engineering Technologists

›       Petroleum Engineers

›       Production Engineers

›       Trainee Process Engineers

›       R and D Chemists

›       Plant Chemists

›       Plant Operators and Economists

›       Process Development Engineers

›       Manufacturing and Industrial Engineers

›       Electrical Engineers

›       Petroleum Engineers

›       Process Engineers

›       Mechanical Engineers

›       Plastics & Material Engineers

›       Civil Engineers

›       Production Engineers

›       Maintenance Engineers

›       Food Scientists

›       Environmental Engineers

›       Environmental Technicians

›       Maintenance Supervisors

›       Laboratory Technicians

›       Chemical Plant Operators

›       Project Managers and Engineers

›       All those working in the chemical, petrochemical, oil and process industries with a need to understand and discuss issues with the Chemical Engineering Specialists 

PROGRAM'S OUTLINE

PROCESS ENGINEERING FUNDAMENTALS

›       Introduction

›       Basic concepts to remember

›       Flow diagrams

›       Piping and instrumentation diagrams

›       Process equipment

›       Introduction to mass and energy balances

›       Batch Vs. Continuous

›       Risk Assessments and hazard studies

›       Program session

STOICHIOMETRY & THERMODYNAMICS

›       Dimensions and units

›       Processes and process variables

›       Basic chemical calculations

›       Material balance

›       Energy balance

›       Combustion

›       The laws of thermodynamics

›       Thermodynamic properties

›       Phase behavior

›       Equations of State

›       Phase equilibriums

›       Applications of thermodynamics

FLUID FLOW

›       Pressure and head

›       Bernoulli’s Theorem

›       Flow of Liquids

›       Reynolds number, pressure drop in pipes

›       Compressible flow

›       Introduction to Thermodynamics

›       Two-phase and Multi-phase Flow

›       Pumps and compressors

›       Mixing and mixers

›       Program session

HEAT TRANSFER

›       Thermal conductivity

›       Conduction and convection

›       Insulation

›       Heat transfer coefficients

›       Heat exchangers, type and sizing

›       Chemical reactions

›       Reaction kinetics

›       Introduction to catalysis

›       Program session

INTRODUCTION TO SEPARATION PROCESSES

›       Distillation basics

›       Phase behavior and vapor liquid equilibrium

›       Gas Liquid separation

›       Absorption and adsorption

›       Solid Liquid separation

›       Air and water pollution control

›       Program Session

PROCESS CONTROL, UTILITIES & ECONOMICS

›       Process control basics

›       Measured variables

›       Simple feedback control

PROCESS UTILITIES

›       Air

›       Water and cooling water

›       Steam

›       Electricity and power generation

PROCESS ECONOMICS

›       Preliminary economic analysis

›       Fixed and variable costs, break even

›       Calculating raw materials usage

›       Scale up and six tenths rule

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