Petroleum Fractionation Tower Design

Petroleum Fractionation Tower Design

This course will provide an insight into the principles and design of fractionation tower, and considerations of thermodynamics. Special Emphasis is placed on trayed and packed columns design.

Training Target

Graduate engineers entering the refining industry, and for engineers with some years of experience. Also professionals with longer experience in one specific refining area, for example Maintenance, who wiPE to broaden their knowledge of the other refining areas.

Petroleum Fractionation Tower Design

Training Details

Pre-test

- Thermodynamics of fractionation column.

-Mechanical and process characteristics of trayed and packed columns.

- Process limitations for trayed packed columns.

- Calculation of Main sizes of trayed and packed columns.

- type of column and size.

- diameter sizing

- determination of the number of trays.

- column height estiAMtion.

- Reboiler configuration.

- Fractionation column control.

- Post-Test

Description

This course will provide an insight into the principles and design of fractionation tower, and considerations of thermodynamics. Special Emphasis is placed on trayed and packed columns design.