Course Details

This course is appropriate for a wide range of professionals but not limited to:

• Process and chemical engineers who are involved in process equipment design or involved in troubleshooting of such equipment
• Mechanical and project engineers who are involved in troubleshooting of such equipment
• Operations, processing and projects staff who wish to learn  principles of process equipment design

• Expert-led sessions with dynamic visual aids
• Comprehensive course manual to support practical application and reinforcement
• Interactive discussions addressing participants’ real-world projects and challenges
• Insightful case studies and proven best practices to enhance learning

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Have an overview of the process plant and terminology
• Understand the aims of rules of thumb
• Understand troubleshooting of fluid flow, heat exchangers, fractionators, absorbers, pumps, drivers, compressors, separators/accumulators, boilers and cooling towers
• Understand safety factors on process design

DAY 1

• Welcome and introduction
• Pre-test
• Oil and gas industry overview
• Process plant overview
• Process plant terminology
• Rules of thumb aim
• Case study

DAY 2

• Fluid flow overview, components and troubleshooting
• Gas flow
• Velocity head
• Piping pressure
• Compressible flow
• Sonic velocity
• Metering and valves
• Heat exchangers overview, equipment and troubleshooting
• Heat exchangers and the TEMA standards
• Case study

DAY 3

• Fractionators overview, components and troubleshooting
• Absorbers overview, components and troubleshooting
• Fractionators and absorbers’ design, control schemes and optimization
• Case study

DAY 4

• Pumps overview, components and troubleshooting
• Pumps’ affinity laws, horsepower, efficiency minimum flow and suction system
• Drivers’ application, efficiency and service factors
• Compressors overview, components and troubleshooting
• Case study

DAY 5

• Separators overview, components and troubleshooting
• Separators/accumulators’ liquid and vapor residence time, calculation methods, pressure drop, vessel thickness, gas scrubbers and reflux drums and general vessel design
• Boilers’ thermal efficiency, stack gas enthalpy and quantity, steam drum stability, blowdown control and caustic embrittlement
• Cooling towers’ system balances, temperature data and transfer units
• Safety factors on process design
• Case study
• Post-test
• Certificate ceremony