This course provides a comprehensive knowledge of refining processes available to upgrade heavy cuts into lighter ones.
Public :
Engineers and supervisors interested or involved in the processing of heavy cuts.
Level :Knowledge
Prerequisite :
To fulfill at least one of the following criteria:
to have a 3 months proven professional experience in the refining or petrochemical industry,
or to have followed a training course orientated to introduction to the refining environment.
Course Content
OVERVIEW OF CONVERSION PROCESSES
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Origins and characteristics of conversion unit feeds.
Different types of conversion processes (principles, performance, operating ranges, economics): thermal cracking processes, catalytic cracking without hydrogen, catalytic cracking with hydrogen.
THERMAL CONVERSION PROCESSES
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Duration : 1.5 Days
Visbreaking and effects on quantity and stability of heavy fuel oils.
Delayed coking: process characteristics, process flow diagram, purification of the cracked products with hydrogen and end destination.
Management of coke drum switch and main steps of the decoking procedure, coke handling.
Flexicoking and fluid coker: principle, integration in the refinery and power.
CATALYTIC CRACKING
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Duration : 1.25 Days
Main fluid catalytic cracking processes.
Catcracking feed characteristics.
Mechanisms of catalytic cracking reactions and mode of action of FCC catalysts.
Yields and characteristics of FCC effluents with overview of purification treatments: propylene recovery, alkylation, ETBE and gasoline pool, LCO hydrotreatment.
Analysis of FCC operating balances.
Summary of operating parameters in the reaction section and in the regenerator.
FCC alternates to treat residues (R2R, HOC, etc.).
Maximization of C3 and C4 olefins, gasoline or cracked gasoil (LCO) production.
Presentation of different process schemes.
DISTILLATE HYDROCRACKING
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Duration : 1.25 Days
Different reactions of the hydrocracking process.
Catalysts: hydrotreating and hydrocracking; poisons and regeneration.
Hydrocracking processes: different types, process flow diagram, operating conditions.
Analysis of hydrocracking operating: parameters, hydrogen balance, sulfur balance.
Overview of existing processes to upgrade vacuum residues: hydrotreatment, hydroconversion.
Associated units.
Refinery configurations with deasphalting unit.
LUBE BASE STOCKS MANUFACTURE
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Classification and required properties of base oils.
Main lube base stocks manufacturing schemes: vacuum distillation unit, deasphalting, extraction, dewaxing, hydrofinishing.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
Understand differences between refining conversion processes with regard to planning, operations and investment issues,
Analyze the operating parameters of these conversion processes,
Acquire the basics for operating cracking units,
Know about on the latest developments in heavy cuts processing.
Ways & Means
Case studies based on real industrial situations.
Learning assessment
Quiz.
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