COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops.

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Delayed Coker Technology Bechtel. It covers the purpose and advantages of delayed coking, feedstock types and yield expectations; the role of docker in refinery configuration, integration with vacuum distillation unit (VDU), product blending and downstream units; the feedstock characteristics, coking chemistry and reaction mechanisms and delayed coker unit (DCU) process flow diagram (PFD); and the types of coking processes and technologies, coke drums and heater design and operation. Further, the course will also discuss the fractionator tower design and performance, blowdown, quenching systems, decoking and cutting systems; the instrumentation and control systems, startup and shutdown procedures and coking cycle management; and the common operational challenges, health, safety and environmental concerns and troubleshooting scenarios.

During this interactive course, participants will learn the emergency response procedures, Bechtel design best practices and energy efficiency improvement; the distillate recovery, minimizing gas and coke make, online yield estimation methods and role of antifoam and feed pre-treatment; the coke quality and handling, advanced monitoring and control, mechanical integrity and reliability; the common bottlenecks and solutions, adding drums or upgrading heaters, automation and control system upgrades; and the cost-benefit analysis of revamps.