Course Objectives:

• To improve efficiency of distillates blending
• To improve understanding of asphalt blending and residual fuel blending

Course Outline:

• Introduction ( Purpose of blending & blending methods )
• Purpose of blending operations
• Operational requirements and variables
• Blending methods (Batch blending, In-line blending)
• Gasoline components and specifications
• Products produced by blending operations & grades of gasoline
• Gasoline specifications (Volatility, Vapor / liquid ratio, Octane number)
• Gasoline quality
• Calculating gasoline quality
• Additives & Reformulated gasoline
• Gasoline blending
• In-line blending system
• Examples of in-line gasoline blending
• Distillates blending
• Jet fuel components and specifications
• Diesel fuel components and specifications
• Furnace oil components and specifications
• Asphalt blending and residual fuel blending
• Types of asphalts ( Straight run asphalts, Liquid asphalts, Blown asphalts)
• Asphalt specifications
• Residual fuel components and specifications

Who Can Benefit?

• Chemicals engineers
• Shift engineers
• Forman's