Process engineering is at the heart of much of the chemical, oil, gas, and petrochemical industries. It requires familiarity not only with chemical engineering principles, but also with many of the other engineering disciplines including electrical and instrumentation, but especially mechanical.
The process engineer is interested in the transportation and transformation of solids, liquids, and gases. Of specific importance are separation processes including distillation, heat transfer, hydraulics, and fluid flow, reaction engineering, but also process control and economics.
The mechanical engineer is interested in safe containment and movement of solids, liquids, and gases, often at high temperature and pressure. Of specific importance are failure modes such as fracture, fatigue and creep, corrosion and corrosion minimization, material properties, design standards, static & rotating equipment design, inspection, and repair as well as an understanding of maintenance strategies and condition monitoring. Sound mechanical engineering principles, together with other engineering techniques including inspection, monitoring, and condition evaluation, enable the mechanical engineer to design and maintain the equipment required by the process engineers
Apply practical understanding of central issues in process & mechanical engineering in oil, gas, petrochemical, chemical, and allied facilities
Understand fundamental principles used in processes & facilities & apply a practical understanding of essential process units & classes of units involved in separations, heat exchange & reactions
Apply practical understanding to static & rotating mechanical equipment & related condition mentoring & inspection techniques
Understand mechanical testing methods, Failure Mechanisms & Fitness for Service, NDT & principles of corrosion & corrosion protection
Perform relevant calculations & analyses to assist in the operation, sizing, & troubleshooting of chemical processes & mechanical equipment
Petroleum Engineers
Maintenance & Production Engineers
Process Engineers
R&D Chemists, Plant Chemists
Economists & Business Managers
Process engineering basics
Mass and energy balances
Batch and continuous processes
Reactor types
Process equipment and flow diagrams
P&IDs
Flammability
Electrical area classification
Risk Management and Hazard Studies
Hydraulics and Fluid flow
Pressure and head
Bernoulli's theorem and its field applications
Flow of liquids
Reynolds number and pressure drop in pipes
Two-phase and multi-phase flow
Enthalpy and thermodynamics
Principle of process relief devices and process design of relief systems
Principles of pressure vessel and piping design
Pumps
Compressors
Mixers
Mechanical Equipment - Types and application guidelines
Heat Transfer
Thermal conductivity
Conduction and convection
Insulation
Heat transfer coefficients and calculation
Heat exchangers, type and sizing
Steam reboilers
Condensers and sub-cooling
Introduction to energy recovery
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering
Chemical reactions
Reaction kinetics
Introduction catalysis
Green Chemistry and Engineering
Reactor Design and Operation
Distillation basics
Phase behavior and vapor/liquid equilibria
Gas/Liquid separation
Distillation equipment - Columns and vessels
Columns and vessels - Sizing and selection guidelines
Column and vessel internals - Types and selection guidelines
Troubleshooting of process equipment
Reactor Design and Operation
Overview of Other Separation Processes
Absorption and adsorption
Amine sweetening
Solid Liquid separation
Effluent treatment [in refinery and petrochemical] industries
Process Control Basics
Classification of control systems
Measured variables
Simple feedback control
Process Economics
Preliminary economic analysis
Fixed and variable costs, break-even analysis
Calculating raw materials usage
Estimating the cost of process equipment and plants
This program provides an introduction to finance and accounting for those who have no prior knowledge of this business area. It is designed to train the participants to support operational and financial processes. Those attending this course will gain a clear understanding of the essential terminology of finance and accounting. They will also learn the principles and techniques of accounting systems through practical examples and exercises.
The overall aim of the program is to ensure that those who attend will be able to perform more effectively and efficiently within the workplace.
Document control and record management should play an important role in identity and access management by protecting sensitive documents from exposure to the wrong parties. They should also support simplified access when needed by allowing authorized parties to quickly search, find, and retrieve archived and active documents. This course provides a strong understanding of the concepts of Document Control and Records Management and develops the requirements to help Document Controllers, Records Managers, and other staff improve the control of critical documents across the organization. Using best practice and time-proven methodologies and techniques, the course enables participants to understand and implement key document control methods and improvement plans, and to understand the impact of wider information management issues and challenges.
Organizations typically start using electronic document management systems to transform paper-based operations after reaching an internal tipping point in which customer response times become too slow, departments don’t have enough bandwidth to solve recurring process bottlenecks, paper archiving becomes too costly or large-scale regulatory risks are exposed during a data breach or compliance fines.
For organizations that have defined but resource-intensive business processes, EDMS is an ideal fit. Document management helps organizations across industries sidestep this busy work entirely by eliminating manual document maintenance, reclaiming valuable staff time, and boosting the bottom-line.
The best leaders thoroughly understand themselves. Time and time again, research has shown that self-awareness and self-direction are two essential factors in leadership effectiveness. As leaders gain a better sense of themselves and a clearer plan to self-actualization.
Mastering the inter-related skills of communication, negotiation, and presentation is the key to success both for individuals building their careers and for the organizations in which they work. Drawing on classical learning, psycho-linguistic research, and ideas associated with NLP and Emotional Intelligence, this highly interactive and hands-on program helps participants explore and practice the principles and techniques they need to be effective communicators, negotiators, and presenters. Most importantly, it focuses on helping them apply these skills in the workplace as part of a process of continuous learning.