Mechanical Operation and Maintenance of Process Plant Equipment

Objectives

• Calculate, evaluate and compile process data for the specification, design, selection and operation of process equipment
• Possess enhanced skills and knowledge in process engineering, including design methods, criteria, calculation procedures and short-cut techniques
• Perform the evaluation, diagnostic monitoring and troubleshooting of existing process equipment, including de-bottlenecking and revamping methods
• Evaluate technical proposals and prepare to scope cost estimates

Prepare comprehensive process specification documents for bid packages

Outline

• Process control & instrumentation
• Piping
• Conventional separators
• Pumps & compressors
• Fired heaters & heat exchangers
• Fractionation columns
• Gas sweetening
• TEG gas dehydration
• Molecular sieve gas dehydration
• HC dew point control & NGL recovery

Introduction

• Course overview
• Gas processing overview
• Process equipment categories
• Mechanical and safety aspects

Process Control and Instrumentation

• Instrumentation types and selection
• Control valves sizing and selection
• Pressure relief devices and systems

Piping

• Fluid flow principles
• Pressure loss categories
• Pipe properties
• Sizing methods and criteria
• Two-phase flow

Conventional Separators

• Types and functions
• Sizing criteria and method
• Design considerations and internals
• Process operating problems

Pumps

• Categories and types
• Performance characteristics
• Control systems
• Design criteria and parameters
• Pump selection guidelines
• Process operation troubleshooting

Compressors

• Categories and types
• Compression process
• Characteristics and terminologies
• Design Criteria and parameters
• Compressor control methods
• Selection guidelines
• Drivers
• Process operation problems/troubleshooting

Fired Heaters

• Heater types
• Process applications
• Selection guidelines
• Process operating problems

Heat Exchangers

• Heat exchanger types
• Process applications
• Heat transfer terms and equations
• Design criteria and parameters
• Fouling considerations
• Reboilers
• Calculation methods
• Selection guidelines
• Process operation problems/troubleshooting

Air Coolers

• Air cooler types
• Design and operating considerations
• Process operating problems/troubleshooting

Fractionation Columns

• Fractionator types
• Process design methods
• Trays vs packing
• Operating parameters
• Process operating problems/troubleshooting

Gas Processes & Gas Sweetening

• Process selection
• Process description
• Major equipment
• Equipment design guidelines
• Troubleshooting

TEG Gas Dehydration

• Process selection
• Process description
• Major equipment
• Equipment design guidelines
• Troubleshooting

Molecular Sieve Gas Dehydration

• Process selection
• Process description
• Major equipment
• Equipment design guidelines
• Troubleshooting

HC Dew Point Control

• Process selection
• Process description
• Major equipment
• Equipment design guidelines

NGL Recovery

• Process selection
• Process description
• Major equipment

Equipment design guidelines

Who Should Attend ?

Those involved with process engineering, including:

• Process Engineers
• Mechanical & Equipment Engineers

Project Engineers