4 - 8 May 2025
Istanbul (Turkey)
Hotel : DoubleTree by Hilton Istanbul Esentepe
Cost : 5775 € Euro
Process engineering is at the heart of much of the chemical, oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. It requires familiarity not only with chemical engineering principles but also with many of the other engineering disciplines including mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation. The process engineer is interested in the transportation and transformation of solids, liquids, and gases. Of specific importance are separation processes including distillation, heat transfer, hydraulics, and fluid flow, reaction engineering, but also process control and economics.
This seminar focuses on the central areas of process engineering and guides the delegates in developing both fundamental and practical understandings of key issues. Workshop examples will be drawn from the oil and gas processing, petrochemicals, and chemical manufacturing industries.
Technical and non-technical personnel in the chemical, petrochemical, oil and process industries with a need to understand and discuss fundamental process engineering issues. These will include petroleum engineers, production engineers, trainee process engineers, R&D chemists, plant chemists, plant operators, and economists. Case studies and examples will cover a range of levels, making the course also suitable for non-technical staff.
In addition to formal lectures and discussions, the delegates will learn by active participation through the use of problem-solving exercises, group discussions, analysis of real-life case studies, and industry best practices.
Upon completion of this workshop, the delegates will develop both fundamental and practical understanding of central issues in processes used in oil, gas, petrochemical, chemical, and allied facilities.
The seminar provides a practical introduction to the fundamentals of process engineering thereby developing perspective and focus from a company viewpoint.
Key competencies include a practical understanding of essential process units and classes of units involved in separations, heat exchange, and reactions as well as hydraulics and fluid flow. Delegates will be able to perform relevant calculations and analyses to assist in the operation, sizing, and troubleshooting.
Day 1: Introduction and Fundamentals of Process Engineering
Process engineering basics
Mass and energy balances
Batch and continuous processes
Reactor types
Process equipment and flow diagrams
P&IDs
Flammability
Electrical area classification
Risk Management and Hazard Studies
Hydraulics and Fluid flow
Pressure and head
Bernoulli's theorem and its field applications
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
Principles of pressure vessel and piping design
Pumps
Compressors
Mixers
Mechanical Equipment - Types and application guidelines
Day 2: Heat Transfer and Reaction Engineering
Heat Transfer
Thermal conductivity
Conduction and convection
Insulation
Heat transfer coefficients and calculation
Heat exchangers, type and sizing
Steam reboilers
Condensers and sub-cooling
Introduction to energy recovery
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
Chemical reactions
Reaction kinetics
Introduction catalysis
Green Chemistry and Engineering
Reactor Design and Operation
Day 3: Distillation Processes and Equipment
Distillation basics
Phase behavior and vapor/liquid equilibria
Gas/Liquid separation
Distillation equipment - Columns and vessels
Columns and vessels - Sizing and selection guidelines
Column and vessel internals - Types and selection guidelines
Troubleshooting of process equipment
Day 4: Separation Processes and Equipment
Overview of Other Separation Processes
Absorption and adsorption
Amine sweetening
Solid Liquid separation
Effluent treatment [in refinery and petrochemical] industries
Day 5: Process Control and Economics
Process Control Basics
Classification of control systems
Measured variables
Simple feedback control
Process Economics
Preliminary economic analysis
Fixed and variable costs, break-even analysis
Calculating raw materials usage
Estimating the cost of process equipment and plants