To bring an in-depth understanding on the running, operation and follow-up of the performances of the different crude oil refining processes.
Public :
Engineers and executives in contact with refinery operators but who are not directly involved in the production unit operation: laboratory personnel, people from the programming or piloting departments, process control, maintenance, research centers, HSE departments...
Level :Skilled
Prerequisite :
To fulfill at least one of the following criteria:
to have a Master degree or equivalent in process, engineering, industrial chemistry or 1 year's of proven professional experience in the refining industry,
or to have followed a "Refining Processes and Petroleum Products" training course.
Course Content
For each process, the following points are detailed: material balances, chemical reactions and catalysts, operating conditions, operating parameters and effects, performance criteria, optimization strategies, operating constraints, safety devices and environmental protection. The topics mentioned here below constitute a few points among the most important ones. It is possible to cover only a few processes that are more important than others.
Adjustment of the quality of the cuts: material balance and cut points; side stream stripping.
Pumparounds: principle, relation with the fractionation capability, crude preheating and energy consumption.
Corrosion, corrosion control and desalting.
Vacuum systems: operation, failure and remedies.
GASOIL DESULFURIZATION & SULFUR CHAIN
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Duration : 1 Day
Role of hydrotreatments in refining, chemical reactions and catalysts.
Means used for a deep desulfurization: role and compared importance.
Hydrogen consumption and parameters of the hydrogen balance management in the refinery.
Operating parameters of Claus process and unit reliability.
Treatment of Claus stack gas and control of the sulfur emissions to the atmosphere.
CATALYTIC REFORMING & ISOMERIZATION
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Duration : 0.75 Day
Bifunctional catalyst and sequence of the reforming reactions in the different reactors.
Severity: effect on the material balance and the qualities, hydrogen production and the catalyst.
Discontinuous and continuous regeneration: successive steps, layout of the regeneration tower of the RR.
Separation of the isomerate by distillation or chromatography: impact on the octane number.
FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING
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Duration : 0.75 Day
Conversion: impact of the feed quality and the operating conditions.
Heat balance, temperature optimization and coke production management.
Pressure balance: catalyst circulation, fluidization and combustion safety.
Regenerator operation: complete or incomplete combustion, advantages, incidents.
Potential malfunctions and impact on the environment.
ALKYLATIONS
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Technology of reactors and operating conditions corresponding to the acids HF or H2SO4.
Conducting the acid inventory: consumption and regeneration of acid.
Neutralization and purification of the products exiting the unit.
HYDROCRACKING & PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN
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Duration : 0.75 Day
Material balance and characteristics of the cracking products.
Operating parameters, process operation, temperature and safety automation control.
Production of hydrogen: efficiency, purity and energy consumption.
VISBREAKING
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Duration : 0.25 Day
Feed structure and stability of the cracked residue.
Follow-up of the evolution of the visbreaking furnace, skin temperature of tubes and decoking.
COKER
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Duration : 0.5 Day
Delayed coking, fluid, fluid with avec gasification.
Technology of coke drums and layout of the valve manifolds. Main decoking steps.
Conversion and recycle ratio at the fractionator. Operating parameters and follow-up of coking in the furnace tubes.
Learning Objectives
Attendees will be able to implement the following skills:
Recognize the diagram of the main manufacturing processes,
List the characteristics of the fillers and products of these processes,
Qualitatively evaluate the influence of the main driving parameters of the main manufacturing processes,
Point out the specific problems related to safety, health, and environmental protection in relation to the operation of the units.
Ways & Means
The efficiency of the training is guaranteed by numerous practical applications related to the operation of these processes that highlight the role of the operating parameters, the specific points in the follow-up and some key-sequences of the operation.
Learning assessment
Quiz.
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