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Start Date : 28 Dec,2025
End Date   : 1 Jan,2025
Duration    : 5 Days
Price          : $ 3,995 ( SAR 14,981.25 )
 
Overview: 
This course considers the areas of chemical engineering that are most commonly encountered and will provide an understanding of the fundamentals to the non-specialist, and a refresher to practicing engineers, with examples that will be drawn from a range of process industries including oil and gas processing, petrochemicals, chemical manufacturing.
 
Course Objectives: 
Learn to interpret flow sheets and process flow diagrams
Understand the use of mass and energy balances in process design
Gain a basic understanding of fluid flow, including pumping and mixing
Study examples relevant to the oil and gas industry
Design a heat exchanger and know the advantages/disadvantages of different types
Understand distillation and separations used in oil and gas processing
Appreciate the need to control environmental pollution from industry
Learn how to control processes
 
Course Content: 
1. Process Engineering Fundamentals
Introduction
Basic Concepts to remember
Flow diagrams
Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
Process equipment
Introduction to mass and energy balances
Batch vs Continuous
Risk Assessments and Hazard Studies
Flammability and Electrical Area Classification
Workshop Session
 
2. Fluid Flow 
Pressure and Head
Bernoulli’s Theorem
Flow of Liquids
Reynolds number, the pressure drops in pipes
Compressible flow
Introduction to Thermodynamics
Principle of process relief devices and process design of relief systems
Two-phase and Multi-phase Flow
Pumps and Compressors
Mixing and Mixers
Workshop Session
 
3. Heat Transfer 
Thermal conductivity
Conduction and convection
Insulation
Heat transfer coefficients
Heat exchangers, type and sizing
Chemical reactions
Reaction kinetics
Introduction to catalysis and Green Chemistry
Workshop session
 
4. Introduction to Separation Processes 
Distillation basics
Phase behavior and vapour/liquid equilibria
Distillation Equipment
Distillation Troubleshooting
Gas/Liquid separation
Absorption and adsorption
Solid Liquid separation
Air and water pollution control
Effluent treatment
Workshop Session
 
5. Process Control & Economics Basics 
Measured variables
Simple feedback control
SIS and SIL
Process Utilities
Air
Water and cooling water
Steam
Electricity and power generation
Process Economics
Preliminary economic analysis
Fixed and variable costs, break-even
Calculating raw materials usage
Estimating the cost of process equipment and plants
 
 
Targeted Audience: 
All those working in the chemical, petrochemical, oil and process industries with a need to understand and discuss fundamental chemical engineering and technology issues with the chemical engineering specialists or other professionals.