The Process Engineering Essentials training course is designed for professionals who need a solid understanding of chemical engineering principles, as well as a broad knowledge of related disciplines such as mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation engineering. This knowledge is crucial as Process Engineering plays a central role in industries like chemical, oil, gas, and petrochemical. Process Engineers focus on the movement and transformation of solids, liquids, and gases, with particular attention to separation processes, distillation, heat transfer, fluid flow, reaction engineering, and process control. This Energy training course offers both theoretical and practical insights into these key areas.
The Process Engineering Essentials training course will cover:
- A hands-on introduction to the basics of process engineering
- Key concepts relevant to major process industries, particularly oil, gas, and petrochemicals
- The impact of process engineering on safety and risk management
- Optimizing process design and control
- Understanding costs and project budgeting
Upon completion of the Process Engineering Essentials training course, participants will be able to:
- Grasp the fundamental principles used in various processes and facilities
- Apply practical knowledge of hydraulics and fluid dynamics
- Learn from past safety incidents to improve practices
- Conduct relevant calculations and analyses to support operations, sizing, and troubleshooting
- Develop a comprehensive understanding of how different engineering disciplines interact within a company context
This Process Engineering Essentials training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes formal lectures and discussions, active participation through the use of problem-solving exercises, videos, group discussions, analysis of real-life case studies, and industry best practices. Case studies and examples will cover a range of levels, making the course also suitable non-technical staff.
This Process Engineering Essentials training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit Technical and non-technical personnel in the chemical, petrochemical, oil and process industries with a need to understand and discuss fundamental process engineering issues:
- Plant/Operations Personnel and Managers
- Petroleum Engineers
- Production Engineers
- Trainee Process Engineers
- R&D Chemists, Plant Chemists
- Economists and Business Managers
Day One: Introduction and Fundamentals of Process Engineering
- Mass and energy balances
- Reactor types
- Process & engineering diagrams
- Flammability
- Electrical area classification
- Risk management and hazard studies
Day Two: 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
Day Three: 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
Day Four: 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
Day Five: 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