Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering
Overview:
Introduction:
This program considers the areas of chemical engineering that are most commonly encountered and will provide an understanding of the fundamentals to the non-specialist, and a refresher to practicing engineers, with examples that will be drawn from a range of process industries including oil and gas processing, petrochemicals, chemical manufacturing.
Program Objectives:
At the end of this program the participants will be able to:
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Learn how to interpret flowsheets and process flow diagrams.
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Understand the use of mass and energy balances in process design.
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Gain a basic understanding of fluid flow, including pumping and mixing.
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Study examples relevant to the oil and gas industry.
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Design a heat exchanger and understand the advantages/disadvantages of different types.
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Understand distillation and separations used in oil and gas processing.
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Appreciate the need to control environmental pollution from industry.
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Learn how to control processes and perform basic economic analysis of a project.
Targeted Audience:
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Petrochemical Engineers.
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Chemical Engineers.
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Plant Engineers.
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Consulting Engineers.
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Engineering Managers.
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Maintenance Engineers/Technicians.
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Project Engineers.
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Process Control Engineers.
Program Outlines:
Unit 1:
Process Engineering Fundamentals:
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Basic Concepts to remember ans Flow diagrams.
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Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs).
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Process equipment.
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Introduction to mass and energy balances.
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Batch VS Continuous.
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Risk Assessments and Hazard Studies.
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Flammability and Electrical Area Classification.
Unit 2:
Fluid Flow:
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Introduction to Thermodynamics.
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Pressure and Head.
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Bernoulli’s Theorem.
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Flow of Liquids.
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Compressible flow.
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Reynolds number and pressure drop in pipes.
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Principle of process relief devices and process design of relief systems.
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Pumps, compressors, mixing, and mixers overview.
Unit 3:
Heat Transfer:
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Thermal conductivity.
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Conduction and convection.
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Insulation.
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Heat transfer coefficients.
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Heat exchangers, type and sizing.
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Chemical reactions and Reaction kinetics.
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Introduction to catalysis and Green Chemistry.
Unit 4:
Introduction To Separation Processes:
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Distillation basics.
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Phase behavior and vapor/liquid equilibria.
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Distillation Equipment and Troubleshooting.
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Gas/Liquid separation and Solid Liquid separation.
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Absorption and adsorption.
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Air and water pollution control.
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Effluent treatment.
Unit 5: Process Control & Economics Basics:
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Measured variables and process utilities overview.
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Simple feedback control principles.
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SIS (Safety Instrumented Systems) and SIL (Safety Integrity Level).
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Process utilities including air, water, cooling water, and steam.
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Electricity and power generation in process industries.
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Process economics and preliminary economic analysis.
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Understanding fixed and variable costs, break-even analysis.
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Techniques for calculating raw material usage, scale-up considerations, and estimating the cost of process equipment and plants.