PE0120 : Catalyst Selection & Production Optimization

This practical and highly-interactive course
includes various practical sessions and
exercises. Theory learnt will be applied using our
state-of-the-art simulators.
Most process plant operations are divided into two
sectors; the reactor section and the separation
section. The high value products are produced in the
reactor section and purified in the separation
section. The proper reactor design and catalyst
selection can greatly improve company profit
margins. The net effect is to produce increasing
amounts of higher value products by improving
selectivity.
Reactor design and catalyst developments are one
of the largest Research and Development (R&D)
Divisions in Chemical Engineering. To stay abreast
of the current reactor designs and catalyst
developments should be an operations personnel’s
target.
This course will guide the participants to develop key
concepts and techniques to operate, select and
optimize catalytic processes in process plants.
These key concepts can be utilized to make proper
design and operating decisions in order to optimize
production.
The course is intended to give engineers and senior operators who work with solid
catalysts the knowledge on different types of catalysts used in the petroleum and
petrochemical industries.
The course will provide concise description of today’s most important catalytic
processes, including petroleum refining, supported metal catalysis, zealot catalysis,
oxidation catalysis, air pollution control and synthesis gas reactions.