Excellence in Process and Mechanical Engineering Essentials

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

• Apply practical understanding of central issues in process & mechanical engineering in oil, gas, petrochemical, chemical, and allied facilities
• Understand fundamental principles used in processes & facilities & apply practical understanding of essential process units & classes of units involved in separations, heat exchange & reactions.
• Apply practical understanding to static & rotating mechanical equipment & related condition mentoring & inspection techniques.
• Understand mechanical testing methods, Failure Mechanisms & Fitness for Service, NDT & principles of corrosion & corrosion protection.
• Perform relevant calculations & analyses to assist in operation, sizing, & troubleshooting of chemical processes & mechanical equipment.

CONTENT

Introduction and Fundamentals of Process Engineering

• Mass and energy balances
• Reactor types
• Process & Engineering Diagrams
• Flammability
• Electrical area classification
• Risk Management and Hazard Studies

Hydraulics and Fluid flow

• Pressure and head & Bernoulli's theorem
• Flow of liquids, Reynolds number and pressure drop in pipes
• Two-phase and multi-phase flow
• Enthalpy and thermodynamics
• Principle of process relief devices and process design of relief systems
• Mechanical Equipment – Pumps, Compressors & Mixers

Heat Transfer and Reaction Engineering

• Heat Transfer Mechanisms 
• Heat transfer coefficients and calculation
• Heat exchangers, type and sizing  
• Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
• Chemical reactions & kinetics
• Green Chemistry & Engineering and Sustainability

Distillation Processes and Equipment

• Phase behavior and vapour/liquid equilibria
• Gas/Liquid separation
• Distillation equipment - Columns and vessels 
• Troubleshooting of process equipment
• Overview of Other Separation Processes 
• Effluent treatment [in refinery and petrochemical] industries

Process Control and Economics

• Classification of control systems
• Measured variables
• Simple feedback control
• Preliminary economic analysis
• Fixed and variable costs, break even analysis
• Estimating the cost of process equipment and plants

FOR WHOM:

Works, Services and Maintenance Personnel

TRAINING METHODOLOGY

The training methodology combines lectures, discussions, group exercises and illustrations. Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge of the topics. The emphasis is on the practical application of the topics and as a result participant will go back to the workplace with both the ability and the confidence to apply the techniques learned to their duties.