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 Hydrocarbon Process Design & Modelling. It covers the common hydrocarbon processing units, economic significance and value chain and environmental and safety considerations; the basic thermodynamics for hydrocarbon systems, process flow diagram (PFD) and piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID); the material and energy balances, fluid flow in hydrocarbon systems and process simulation tools; and the heat exchanger design, distillation column design, pump and compressor design and vessel and reactor design.

Further, the course will also discuss the process control strategies, process safety considerations, Aspen HYSYS interface and navigation and steady-state simulation of hydrocarbon processes; the dynamic simulation basics, reaction kinetics and reactor modelling, utilities and supporting systems modelling and economic evaluation in simulation; the crude oil distillation and blending, gas processing, NGL recovery and refinery conversion processes; the process integration and pinch analysis, multiphase separation and flash calculations; and the optimization techniques in process design.

During this interactive course, participants will learn the process modelling troubleshooting, debottlenecking and capacity expansion and digital transformation in process design; the VOCs, NOx, SOx emission simulation, wastewater and effluent modelling, flaring systems and environmental impact and simulation tools for ESG reporting; generating design basis documents and simulating report writing; and the equipment datasheets and PFD generation and client presentation techniques.