PROGRAM'S BACKGROUND

Process engineering is at the heart of much of the chemical, oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. It requires familiarity not only with chemical engineering principles, but also with many of the other engineering disciplines including electrical and instrumentation, but especially mechanical. The process engineer is interested in the transportation and transformation of solids, liquids and gases. Of specific importance are separation processes including distillation, heat transfer, hydraulics and fluid flow, reaction engineering, but also process control and economics.

The mechanical engineer is interested in safe containment and movement of solids, liquids and gases, often at high temperature and pressure. Of specific importance are failure modes such as fracture, fatigue and creep, corrosion and corrosion minimization, material properties, design standards, static and rotating equipment design, inspection and repair as well as an understanding of maintenance strategies and condition monitoring. Sound mechanical engineering principles, together with other engineering techniques including inspection, monitoring and condition evaluation, enable the mechanical engineer to design and maintain the equipment required by the process engineers.

PROGRAM'S OBJECTIVES

This Program’s Attendees Will Be More Able To:

›       Develop both fundamental and practical understanding of central issues in processes used in oil, gas, petrochemical, chemical, and allied facilities together with a practical understanding of central issues in mechanical engineering as applied in those industries

›       Understand the various static and rotating equipment used in the petrochemical environment

›       Apply different maintenance strategies and philosophies

›       easily identify and assess active degradation of mechanisms and the failures they may cause

›       Enhance their competencies in mechanical design of pressure equipment and piping systems in compliance with applicable codes, standards, and regulations

PROGRAM'S ATTENDEES

›       Mechanical Engineers

›       Petroleum Engineers

›       Production Engineers

›       Maintenance & Project Engineers

›       Trainee Mechanical Engineers

›       Trainee Process Engineers

›       R And D Chemists

›       Plant Chemists

›       Plant Operators & Economists

›       All Technical & Nontechnical Personnel in The Chemical, Petrochemical, Oil & Process & Mechanical Industries

PROGRAM'S OUTLINE

ENGINEERING MATERIAL PROPERTIES

›       Stress and strain

›       Fracture failure

›       Modes

›       Stress concentration

›       Fracture toughness

›       Fatigue failure, testing and mechanism

›       Temperature considerations and creep failure

›       Identification of damage mechanisms

MECHANICAL DESIGN

›       Codes and standards

›       Design for static strength

MATERIALS SELECTION

›       Materials of construction

›       Carbon steels

›       Alloy steels

›       Stainless steels

›       Nickel based and titanium alloys

INSPECTION TECHNIQUES

›       Visual

›       Penetrant

›       Magnetic flux

›       Eddy current Inspections

›       X Ray and gamma ray

›       Ultrasonic TOFD and Pulse Echo

VALVES

›       Valve types

›       Valve characteristics

›       Valve applications

›       Valve selection

›       Valve actuators

›       Piping and pipelines

PIPE TYPES, CONSTRUCTION & SCHEDULES

›       Steel pipes

›       Welded types and sections

›       Flanges and gaskets

›       Plastic pipes, composite pipes

›       Pipe coatings and linings

›       Pipe supports and insulation blocks

›       Stress relief in piping design

›       Pigging

›       Water hammer

›       Inspection and repair of pipelines and piping

STRATEGIES & PHILOSOPHIES

›       Maintenance system optimization

›       Maintenance management systems

CONDITION MONITORING

›       Vibration analysis

›       Shaft alignment

›       Practical examples

MISCELLANEOUS

›       Fitness for service

›       Corrosion

›       Corrosion fundamentals

›       Types of corrosion

›       Corrosion inspection and monitoring

›       Corrosion minimization

›       Coatings

›       Inhibitors

›       Cathodic protection

›       Compressors

›       Types of compressors reciprocating, centrifugal and screw

›       Blading and staging

›       Performance curves

›       Compressed air usage and instruments

›       Glands and mechanical seals

›       Mechanical maintenance

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