PROGRAM'S BACKGROUND

The program deals with different process operations challenges such as maximizing production output while maintaining product quality, higher operating rates/risks, safety awareness, the usage of sophisticated plant automation in addition to the increase of the operator’s scope of responsibility. The program presents a variety of disciplines involved in the transportation and processing of refinery crudes, intermediates, and products. In addition to fundamentals such as mass and energy balances, chemistry and thermodynamics, and fluid statics and dynamics, other areas include separation processes, process equipment design and operations, process flow synthesis and analysis, economics and process control, among others.

This program is designed to provide the participants with a general understanding of the fundamentals as well as practical elements involved in refinery process engineering. As a non-process engineer working alongside process engineers, this program will allow participants to interact more effectively with your colleagues, having gained a meaningful understanding of the principles of the field. The program also highlights why troubleshooting matters to all operations personnel and the consequences of failure on EHS, cost and staff. The program will help participants develop an effective approach and skills required to deal with operations troubleshooting.

PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVES

This Program’s Attendees Will Be More Able To:

›       Gain an overview of refinery operations and processes

›       Understand the basics of process parameters

›       Become familiar with principles of chemical and physical processes involved in refinery operations

›       Understand key processes involved in the transportation of gases, liquids, and solids in the refinery

›       Grasp concepts involved major processes and equipment such as distillation, absorption, heat exchanger, reactions and reactor design

›       Understand major tools such as mass and energy balances, flow sheets and block flow diagrams, process flow diagrams and P&IDs, and their effective utility

›       Develop, maintain and improve troubleshooting skills

›       Acquire new skills and techniques required for different operations troubleshooting problems

›       Gain more information on Hydraulics and Fluid flow

›       Be familiar with heat transfer, distillation processes, separation processes and gathering station troubleshooting

PROGRAM'S ATTENDEES

›       Operation Engineers

›       Maintenance Technicians

›       Field Supervisors

›       Plant Engineers

›       Operators

›       All personnel who need to understand the basic principles of troubleshooting and its application to process operations

PROGRAM'S OUTLINE

INTRODUCTION

›       Process engineering basics

›       Mass and energy balances

›       Batch and continuous processes

›       Reactor types

›       Process equipment and flow diagrams

›       P&IDs

›       Flammability

HYDRAULICS & FLUID FLOW

›       Pressure and head

›       Flow of liquids

›       Two-phase and multi-phase flow

›       Principle of process relief devices and process design of relief systems

›       Principles of pressure vessel and piping design

›       Mechanical equipment - types and application guidelines

›       Pumps

›       Compressors

›       Mixers

HEAT TRANSFER & REACTION ENGINEERING

›       Heat transfer

›       Thermal conductivity

›       Conduction and convection

›       Insulation

›       Heat exchangers, type and sizing

›       Condensers and sub-cooling

DISTILLATION PROCESSES & EQUIPMENT

›       Distillation basics

›       Gas/Liquid separation

›       Distillation equipment

›       Columns and vessels - sizing and selection guidelines

›       Column and vessel internals - types and selection guidelines

›       Troubleshooting of process equipment

SEPARATION PROCESSES & EQUIPMENT

›       Overview of other separation processes

›       Absorption and adsorption

›       Amine sweetening

›       Solid Liquid separation

›       Effluent treatment in refinery and petrochemical industries

GATHERING STATION TROUBLESHOOTING

›       Production heater

›       Test heater

SEPARATION TROUBLESHOOTING

›       Operation parameters (pressure, temperature, level)

›       Sand deposit

›       Foam

›       Emulsion

ELECTRICAL HEATER TREATED

›       Operation parameters (pressure, temperature, level)

›       Transformer troubleshooting

SHUTDOWN SYSTEMS

›       Unit shutdown

›       Process shutdown

›       Gas shutdown

›       Fire shutdown

›       Emergency shutdown

ROTARY EQUIPMENT TROUBLESHOOTING

›       Pumps

›       Compressors

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