This course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit Technical and non-technical personnel in the chemical, petrochemical, oil and process industries with a need to understand and discuss fundamental process engineering issues:

• Plant/Operations Personnel and Managers
• Petroleum Engineers
• Production Engineers
• Trainee Process Engineers
• R&D Chemists, Plant Chemists
• Economists and Business Managers

This course is well-matched to those professionals and practitioners who require familiarity not only with chemical engineering principles but also with many of the other engineering disciplines including mechanical, electrical and instrumentation. This is essential since Process Engineering is at the heart of much of the chemical, oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. Process Engineers are interested in the transportation and transformation of solids, liquids and gases.

In the oil and gas sector, 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. This course will feature: A practical introduction to the fundamentals of process engineering Key areas applicable to major process industries especially oil, gas & petrochemical Process Engineering influence on Safety and Risk Optimisation of process design and control. Costs and project costing.

• Understand the fundamental principles used in processes and facilities
• Apply practical understanding of hydraulics and fluid flow
• Apply learning from historical safety incidents
• Perform relevant calculations & analyses to assist in the operation, sizing, & troubleshooting
• Develop perspective & focus from a company viewpoint of the interaction of different engineering disciplines

This course will utilize a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes formal lectures and discussions, active participation through the use of problem-solving exercises, videos, group discussions, analysis of real-life case studies, and industry best practices. Case studies and examples will cover a range of levels, making the course also suitable non-technical staff.

Day One: Introduction and Fundamentals of Process Engineering

• Mass and energy balances
• Reactor types
• Process & Engineering Diagrams
• Flammability
• Electrical area classification
• Risk Management and Hazard Studies

Day Two: Hydraulics and Fluid flow

• Pressure and head & Bernoulli's theorem
• The 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
• Mechanical Equipment – Pumps, Compressors & Mixers

Day Three: Heat Transfer and Reaction Engineering

• Heat Transfer Mechanisms 
• Heat transfer coefficients and calculation
• Heat exchangers, type and sizing  
• Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
• Chemical reactions & kinetics
• Green Chemistry & Engineering and Sustainability

Day Four: Distillation Processes and Equipment

• Phase behaviour and vapour/liquid equilibria
• Gas/Liquid separation
• Distillation equipment - Columns and vessels 
• Troubleshooting of process equipment
• Overview of Other Separation Processes 
• Effluent treatment [in refinery and petrochemical] industries

Day Five: Process Control and Economics

• Classification of control systems
• Measured variables
• Simple feedback control
• Preliminary economic analysis
• Fixed and variable costs, break-even analysis
• Estimating the cost of process equipment and plants