This course provides an up-to-date information on present and future trends of oil refining processes.
Public :
Engineers, process or technical staff interested in recent developments in oil refining technologies.
Level :Expert
Prerequisite :
To fulfill at least one of the following criteria:
to have a Master degree or equivalent in process, engineering, industrial chemistry,
or to have knowledge in refining processes or to have more than 3 years' proven technical experience in the refining industry.
Course Content
REFINERY PRODUCTS & PROCESS EVOLUTION OUTLOOK FOR 2020
Recent trends and new constraints reshaping the environment of the refining activity on various regions around the world.
Quality requirements and desulfurization.
New and future regulations concerning emissions: SOx, CO2, NOx, COV's.
Evolution of the refining process flow diagram: hydrogen addition or carbon removal, trends to petrochemical tendencies.
ATMOSPHERIC & VACUUM DISTILLATION: NEW CONCEPTS
Progressive distillation, concept and example.
Heat recovery optimization and energy consumption.
Modern internals for crude oil distillation column.
Efficient and low energy consumption vacuum equipment.
CATALYTIC REFORMING & ISOMERIZATION
Fixed bed reforming debottlenecking options.
Continuous catalytic reforming: concept, comparison with “semi reg” units.
Benzene separation, paraxylene production and purification.
Advanced isomerization technology for recycling paraffins.
New breakthroughs in catalytic fields.
FCC: MORE PROPYLENE OR MORE LCO
Feed injection and temperature control of the mixture.
Riser termination devices and catalyst separation. Post riser quench.
Stripping technology.
Regeneration and catalyst coolers.
Propylene yield enhancement.
Reduction of SOx and NOx emissions.
GASOLINE & SULFUR REDUCTION STRATEGIES
Sulfur distribution in FCC gasoline and selective HDS.
Alternate sources of gasoline:
Light olefins oligomerization.
New trends in alkylation.
ULTRA - LOW SULFUR DIESEL PRODUCTION & VGO DEEP HYDROTREATMENT
New generation catalysts and their performance.
Diesel hydrotreater units: investigation of new and existing means of achieving ULSD.
FCC feed pretreatment.
HYDROCRACKING FOR VACUUM DISTILLATES & RESIDUES
High pressure hydrocracking, mild hydrocracking.
Recent technologies: catalysts, energy recovery, fractionation.
Various technologies available: fixed bed, ebullient bed, moving bed.
HYDROGEN BALANCE
Routes for hydrogen production (steam methane reforming, partial oxidation).
Management of hydrogen network and optimization.
THERMAL CONVERSION OF RESIDUES
Renewal of an old process: delayed coker and residue destruction.
Purification of the products and hydrogen consumption.
Integration into the framework of crude upgrading.
CRITICITY OF SULFUR UNITS
Sulfur plants: efficiency of different arrangements, reliability in the refining operation, solid sulfur production.
Tail gas treatments: comparison of different processes and performances.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
get a broad vision of future from technical, safety and environmental constraints for the refining industry,
quote the recent developments in oil refining processes,
explain how the latest breakthroughs can help meet the new challenges.
Ways & Means
Each single topic is covered by a world-class expert in the field.
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