Start Date : 4 Nov,2024
End Date : 8 Nov,2024
Duration : 5 Days
Price : $ 5,950 ( SAR 22,312.50)
Overview:
This course is intended for engineers from non-chemical backgrounds who want to improve the breadth and depth of their chemical engineering knowledge. This course focuses on the core building blocks of chemical engineering systems, equipment and economics. This course 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.
Course Objectives:
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 waste treatment minimization and treatment
Learn how to control processes
Perform a basic economic analysis of a project
Understand the safety and environmental responsibility of process engineering
Course Content:
1. Introduction
- Overview of the Chemical Processing Industry
2. Review of Process Incidents
Safety for the Processing Industry
3. Fundamentals of Chemistry
Description of a Hydrocarbon Molecule
Types of Hydrocarbon Molecules
Definition and Function of a Catalyst
4. Introduction to Unit Operations Equipment
Distillation
Absorption
Heat Exchange
Reactors
Pumps
Compressors
Furnaces
5. Introduction to Fluid Flow and Mixing
6. Introduction to Process Control and Instrumentation
7. Introduction to the Energy and Material Balance
8. Introduction to Thermodynamics and Equilibrium
9. Introduction to Reaction Engineering
10. Introduction to Separation and Mass Transfer Operations
Distillation
Adsorption
Crystallization
Filtration
Membrane
11. Process Operations and Troubleshooting
12. Introduction to Unit Operations Economics
Targeted Audience:
This course has been designed for non-technical professionals assigned to positions in petroleum refineries, corporate offices, suppliers, and other interrelated companies. The content of the program is based upon the assumption that those in attendance do not have formal education in engineering and chemistry and do not work in highly technical environments.
Attendance at this course will be beneficial to support personnel such as:
Environmental professionals
Accountants
Business managers
Administrative and legal staff
Sales and marketing personnel
Insurance representatives
Personnel managers
Financial professionals
