COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies and exercises 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 Unit (DCU) Troubleshooting. It covers the process flow and major equipment, key process parameters and safety and environmental consideration; the feedstock impact on unit performance and heater, furnace, fractionator and troubleshooting; the pump and compressor issues covering cavitation and vibration, mechanical seal failures, NPSH and suction/discharge problems; the overheating and lubrication failures; and faulty level/pressure/temperature readings, alarm and trip calibration control loop tuning issues and instrument impulse lime blockages.

Further, the course will also discuss the coking drum troubleshooting, decoking operations and coke handling system failures; the valve and line plugging, steam and quenching systems, safety interlocks and emergency shutdowns; the delayed coking reaction deviations, temperature profile imbalance and pressure fluctuations and control failures; the hydraulic imbalance in piping network and product quality troubleshooting; the energy efficiency and fouling indicators; and the root cause analysis (RCA) framework, heater tube failure case and drum overpressure incident.

During this interactive course, participants will learn the product quality excursion, pump trip, seal damage and compressor surging case; the proactive maintenance techniques, startup and shutdown troubleshooting and corrosion and erosion mitigation; and the instrumentation and alarm management, operating procedures optimization, performance monitoring and continuous improvement.