Course Overview:
This course will present an overview of the modern, integrated petroleum refinery. Refining process will be presented, covering operation description and conditions, feedstock and catalyst selection, product yields, and the relationship between process parameters, unit performance and product output and properties.
Course Objectives:
- Identify crude oil and products’ properties.
- Explain a basic refinery process flow scheme.
- Explain the different refinery production processes.
- Explain the different hydro-treating processes.
Course Contents:
- Hydrocarbon Chemistry
- Crude Oil Properties.
- Crude oil fractions and properties
- Introduction to the Refinery Flow Sheet
- Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation
- Fluid Catalytic Cracking
- Catalytic Reforming and Aromatics Recovery
- Isomerization, Alkylation and Polymerization
- Hydro-processing for Sulfur, Nitrogen and Aromatics Reduction
- Sweetening and Sulfur Recovery
- Residue Processing: Coking, Hydro cracking etc
- Future Refinery Configurations
Target Audience:
New chemical engineering graduates and production operations supervisors.
