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Troubleshooting in Chemical Plants
Objectives

 

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Enrich knowledge on troubleshooting through various practical exercises carry out during the course (Specify the limitations to plant problem solving)
  • Apply the methods of risk analysis particularly in process plant troubleshooting
  • Identify various accidents in the process plant and know the causes, actions taken & lessons learned
  • Discuss the risks associated with process troubleshooting and the applicable safety procedures to be followed.
  • Describe how Heat Exchangers function
  • Recognize typical problems and identify possible causes of Heat Exchangers
  • Describe how fired heaters function
  • Recognize typical problems and identify possible causes fired heaters
  • Know Fuel and Air Systems and their operating problems.
  • Identify the components of Flare System and its operating problems.
  •   Identifying physical principles and forces that occur in rotating equipment, focusing on pumps and compressors
  • Using operating and troubleshooting techniques for pumps and compressors
  • Identify the Impurities in Water.
  • Know the Different Methods for Water Treatment.
  • How to Control Cooling Water Quality.
  • How to Control Potable Water Quality.
  • How to Control Boiler Water Quality.
  • How to Control Waste Water Quality.
  • Understand and Identify the Operating Problems.
  • Know the Different Types of Storage Tanks.
  • Know how to Operate Storage Tanks.
  • Identify the Hazardous Conditions and Safety Procedures for Storage Tanks.
  • Define abnormal conditions such as high liquid level, heat loss, tanks getting dry, plugged outlets
  • Handle abnormal conditions such as loss of power, loss of control, loss of air, shortage of man power.

Outlines

  • Chemical plant Equipment Trouble Shooting:
    • Heat Exchanges Operation and Trouble Shooting
      • Shell and Tube Exchangers
      • Double pipe Exchangers
      • Indirect Heaters
      • Air Cooled Exchangers
      • Heat Exchanger Operation and Trouble Shooting

 

  • Fired Heaters Operation and Trouble Shooting
    • Performance Monitoring
    • Fired Heater Operation and Trouble Shooting

 

  • Gravity Separators Operation and Trouble Shooting
    • Separation Process
    • Principles of Separation
    • Gravity Separation
    • Phases of Separation 
    • Separation System Problems
    • Factors Affecting Separation
    • Separators Operation and Trouble Shooting

 

  • Fractionators Operation and Trouble Shooting
    • Principles of Distillation (Fractionation)
    • Reflux
    • Re-boiling
    • Fractionators Operation and Trouble Shooting

 

  • De-salter
    • De-salter Operation
    • De-salter Troubleshooting

 

  • Pumps Operation and Trouble Shooting
    • Basic Pump Hydraulics
    • Calculating Total Head
    • Horsepower Calculations
    • Net Positive Suction Head (NPSH)
    • Pump Performance Curves
    • System Performance
    • Operation, Control and Trouble Shooting

 

  • Compressors Operation and Trouble Shooting
    • The Theory of Compression
    • Centrifugal Compressors Operation, Control and Trouble Shooting
    • Reciprocating Compressors Operation, Control and Trouble Shooting
    • Operation, Control and Trouble Shooting

 

  • Utilities Systems Operation and Trouble Shooting
    • Water Treatment Systems
      • Introduction to Water Treatment
        • Suspended Solids
        • Dissolved Solids
        • Dissolved Gases
      • Industrial Water Treatment
        • Primary Water Treatment
        • Secondary Water Treatment
      • Potable Water Purification
        • Disinfections of Water
        • Sterilization of Water by (Chlorine, Ozone, Chloramines)

 

  • Waste Water Systems
    • Main Sources of Pollution
      • At the Production
      • During Transportation
      • During Refining
      • De – Oiling of Water
        • Purpose of De – Oiling
        • API Interceptor
        • Parallel Plate Interceptor (PPI) and Corrugated Plate Interceptor (CPI)
        • Flotation Units
        • Flocculation Units

 

  • Fuel Systems
    • Typical Fuel Gas System
    • Typical Problems
      • Pressure Variation
      • Liquid in the Gas
      • Change in Fuel Gas Composition

 

 

 

  • Air Systems
    • Instrument Air
      • Typical Instrument Air Supply Systems
      • Instrument Air Distribution Systems Operation and Trouble Shooting
      • Utility Air
        • Typical Utility Air Supply Systems
        • Utility Air Distribution Systems Operation and Trouble Shooting

 

  • Process Shutdown (PSD) and Emergency Shutdown (ESD)
    • Normal Shutdown Procedures

 

  • Process Emergency Shutdown
    • Process Failures
    • Utility failure

 

  • Emergency Shutdown 
    • Fire
    • Power Failure
    • Instrument Air Failure
    • Cooling Water Failure

Who Should Attend

 

 

  • Process Engineers, Plant Forman, Section Heads, Plant Supervisors & technical staff involved in Chemical plant operations.

Duration

5 Days

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