This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of process plant start-up and shutdown. It covers the start-up terminology; the common problems associated with first-time start-ups, its reasons and how to avoid them; the commissioning as the heart of start-up; the initial start-up activities; the start-up troubleshooting techniques; the risks associated with process plant startup/shutdown; and the applicable safety procedures to be followed.
During this interactive course, participants will learn the planning systems and procedures adopted for process plant startup/shutdown; the skills to anticipate and avoid all problems associated with process plant startup/shutdown; the operation of process plants with safety as the prime consideration; the operational systems check lists and procedures adopted for process plant start-up; and the satisfactory understanding of the process unit’s startup/shutdown and troubleshooting.