COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators.

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Hydrocracking Process Technology (Advanced). It covers the advanced hydrocracking, feedstock characteristics and preparation; the hydrocracking reaction chemistry, process configuration and flow schemes including operating conditions and optimization; the hydrogen consumption estimation, hydrogen recycle systems, makeup and purge streams and integration with hydrogen network; and the advanced catalyst fundamentals, catalyst selection and performance as well as reactor design and internals.

Further, the course will also discuss the reactor operation and monitoring, temperature and pressure control, hydrocracking unit simulation tools and fractionation section design; the product yield optimization, product quality control and on-spec product management; the recycle streams and unconverted oil, fouling and corrosion in fractionation and common operational problems; the root cause analysis techniques, data collection and pattern recognition; the process imbalance diagnosis and debottlenecking techniques; and the revamp and retrofit options, turnaround planning and execution.

During this interactive course, participants will learn the instrumentation and control system enhancements, process safety management in hydrocracking and environmental compliance and emissions; the heat recovery networks, pinch analysis and steam integration; the hydrogen and fuel gas balance and utilities cost optimization; the renewable feedstock co-processing and AI and digital twins in unit operation; and the advanced catalyst development, net-zero refinery and hydrocracker role.