Curriculum
- 5 Sections
- 46 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
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- Day 1 – Petrochemical Industry & Feedstock Fundamentals8
- 1.1Overview of petrochemical industry
- 1.2Crude oil & natural gas feedstocks
- 1.3Naphtha, LPG, ethane & condensate chemistry
- 1.4Primary petrochemical building blocks (ethylene, propylene, aromatics)
- 1.5Process flow diagrams (PFDs) introduction
- 1.6Workshop: Identify feedstocks & products in a PFD
- 1.7Exercise: Map petrochemical value chains
- 1.8Case Study: Feed variation causing distillation column flooding
- Day 2 – Unit Operations in Petrochemical Plants8
- 2.1Distillation & fractionation
- 2.2Absorption & stripping
- 2.3Extraction & separation
- 2.4Heat exchangers & furnaces
- 2.5Reactors (fixed bed, fluidized bed, tubular)
- 2.6Workshop: Unit operation simulation
- 2.7Exercise: Identify unit operations in a process diagram
- 2.8Case Study: Heat exchanger fouling reducing throughput
- Day 3 – Major Petrochemical Processes8
- Day 4 – Heat & Mass Transfer in Petrochemical Systems11
- 4.1Heat Transfer
- 4.2Conduction, convection & radiation
- 4.3Heat exchanger performance
- 4.4Temperature control
- 4.5Case Study: Compressor surge affecting downstream units
- 4.6Workshop: Heat & mass transfer calculations
- 4.7Separation efficiency
- 4.8Mass Transfer
- 4.9Diffusion & mass transfer coefficients
- 4.10Column internals & packing
- 4.11Exercise: Analyse separation efficiency
- Day 5 – Process Troubleshooting & Operational Excellence11
- 5.1Troubleshooting logic & root cause analysis
- 5.2Process deviations & abnormal conditions
- 5.3Equipment behaviour under upset conditions
- 5.4Operational discipline & best practices
- 5.5Final Simulation: Troubleshoot a petrochemical process upset
- 5.6Presentation: Process improvement & optimisation plan
- 5.7Process deviations & abnormal conditions
- 5.8Equipment behaviour under upset conditions
- 5.9Operational discipline & best practices
- 5.10Final Simulation: Troubleshoot a petrochemical process upset
- 5.11Presentation: Process improvement & optimisation plan
Final Simulation: Troubleshoot a petrochemical process upset
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