Course Objectives.

• To improve understanding of distillation and corrosion control

Course Outline.

• Initial Fractionation Of Crude Oil
  • TBP analysis of crude oils
  • Determination of petroleum fractions in view of their end-use
  • Crude oils: overall properties and yields
  • Main crude oil fractionation schemes
• Analysis of Operating Conditions of an Atmospheric Distillation Unit (ADU)
  • Typical unit: process scheme, operating conditions
  • Material balance: crude oil yields, product characteristics, separation quality
  • Crude intake temperature - over flash
  • Product stripping
  • Heat balance of the column – pump rounds
  • Liquid - vapor flows : fractionation and heat exchange zone
• Desalting and Corrosion Control
  • Corrosion by sulfur, naphthenic acids and mineral salts
  • Crude oil desisting; desalted operation, operating variables incidents and troubleshooting
  • Further neutralizing treatment
• Analysis of Operating Conditions of a Vacuum Distillation Unit
  • Typical unit : process scheme, operating conditions
  • Material balance and separation quality
  • Vacuum system (Operating of steam ejectors and liquid ring pumps Operating conditions and supervision of vacuum systems Comparative performance Main incidents: causes and troubleshooting Operation of the column and internals: fractionation, heat exchange and washing zone
• Operation of the Multi-Draw off Columns

Who can benefit?

• Chemicals engineers
• Forman's
• Operators