DAY ONE: Wednesday 21 September 2011

  • Basics of distillation / Relationship between energy and capital cost / Separation influences / Stage efficiency / Design envelopes / Design accuracy and consequences / Design procedures / Feeds / Thermal cracking / Product specs

Specific Distillation

  • Crude characterization / Unit layouts / Heat and mass balance / Separation criteria / Process monitoring / Contaminants / heater / Overflash / Corrosion/metallurgy

Specific Distillation – residue vacuum distillation

  • Column layouts / Trouble free wash zones / Deep cut appraisal / Coking / Avoiding damage

Other columns

  • Critical simulation factors

DAY TWO: Thursday 22 September 2011

Column Internals

  • Understanding critical aspects of trays / Packings and associated internals

Column Internals

  • Review of current trays and packings / How they work

Column Inspection

  • Understanding why it is critical / What to look for (trayed and packed columns) / When to inspect / Communication

DAY THREE: Friday 23 September 2011

Pyrophoric Fires

  • Why they occur / Damage caused / Cost of fires / Avoidance / Column clearing

Troubleshooting

  • Philosophy and approach / Diagnostics using tracers and radioactive techniques / Interpretation / Numerous case histories

Q&A Session

  • Including delegate’s own problems