Course Overview:
Process engineering is the heart of the oil & gas, chemical and petrochemical industries. This program provides introduction to the main applications of chemical engineering principles in the industry with links to the other engineering disciplines including mechanical, electrical and instrumentation.
Course Objectives:
- Briefly describe the main processes used in oil & gas, petrochemical and chemical industries.
- Briefly describe process instrumentation and control
- Perform simple engineering calculations related to mass balance, pressure and head, fluid flow and heat transfer.
Course Contents:
- Process flow diagrams and P&IDs
- Mass balances
- Hydraulics and Fluid Flow
- Pressure and head
- Pumps and compressors
- Heat Transfer and calculations
- Thermal conductivity and Insulation
- Heat exchangers
- Steam reboilers
- Condensers and coolers
- Energy recovery
- Distillation basics
- Phase behavior and vapor/liquid equilibria
- Gas/Liquid separation
- Trays: function, pressure drop, efficiency, flooding, operations, and damage
- Packed v. trayed columns
- Absorption and adsorption
- Process Control
- Process variables
- Process measurement and control
Target Audience:
New engineering graduates and production supervisors
