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 electrical and instrumentation, but especially mechanical. 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. The mechanical engineer is interested in safe containment and movement of solids, liquids and gases, often at high temperature and pressure. Of specific importance are failure modes such as fracture, fatigue and creep, corrosion and corrosion minimization, material properties, design standards, static and rotating equipment design, inspection and repair as well as an understanding of maintenance strategies and condition monitoring. Sound mechanical engineering principles, together with other engineering techniques including inspection, monitoring and condition evaluation, enable the mechanical engineer to design and maintain the equipment required by the process engineers.
By the end of this course participants will be able to
Introduction and Fundamentals of Process Engineering
Process engineering basics
Flammability
Risk Management and Hazard Studies
Hydraulics and Fluid flow
Enthalpy and thermodynamics
Principle of process relief devices and process design of relief systems
Mechanical Equipment Types and application guidelines
Heat Transfer and Reaction Engineering
Heat Transfer
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
Reactor Design and Operation
Distillation Processes and Equipment
Distillation basics
Distillation equipment Columns and vessels
Separation Processes and Equipment
Overview of Other Separation Processes
Process Control and Economics
Process Control Basics
Process Economics
Estimating the cost of process equipment and plants
All Technical and nontechnical personnel in the chemical, petrochemical, oil and process and mechanical industries, petroleum engineers, production engineers, maintenance and project engineers, trainee mechanical engineers, trainee process engineers, RandD chemists, plant chemists, plant operators and economists.