About the course

The ERTC Watertreating training course is a comprehensive core skills course for professionals dealing with all aspects of boiler and cooling water systems within a refinery.

The course will be highly valuable to all engineers involved in the operation, design and troubleshooting of water treatment facilities. Additionally, the course will be useful to any technical personnel wishing to gain a perspective of how the use, source and application of water fits into the operation of a complete refining plant.

Those who are experienced in other fields and seek a review of the fundamentals of water treatment will also find this course most beneficial. Water quality is vital in determining run lengths and operating efficiencies of these processes and can impact corrosion control effectiveness and the capacities of key pieces of heat transfer equipment. Petroleum refineries use tremendous amounts of water and steam in a variety of processes ranging from crude oil desalting to FCC units, cokers, hydroprocessing units and cooling towers.

This course provides an in-depth yet practical review of water treatment technology in a crude oil refinery. The lecturers will cover topics ranging from basic water chemistry to a discussion of the design of commercial processes and Legionella management.