Course Content - Visbreaking

VISBREAKING

Schedule	Date	Time	PDH	Venue/Platform	Cost	Register
2Q2024	May 29 – 30, 2024	8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Central Europe Time (UTC +2)	16 hrs.	Becht Europe B.V., Dobbeweg 1c, 2254 AG VOORSCHOTEN, The Netherlands Accepts in-person attendees only	EU€2,800

Description:

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

Understand combustion basics and operating best practices

Understand hardware and instrumentation of fired equipment

Make rough calculations for trouble shooting of field problems

Optimize/balance proper operation and thermal efficiency of fired equipment

Outline:
Introduction Visbreaking history Crude Oil Visbreaking as margin improver Visbreaking Technology Physical Chemistry of Vacuum Residue Conversion and Stability Visbreaker Products Visbreaking Process Flow Diagram Characteristics Process variables Process control	Process Equipment Overview Filtered Heaters Soaker Fractionation Process Safety Over and under pressure Furnace Oxygen – and draft control Instrumentation Emergency block valves Fouling and COrrosion Risks”	Operational Procedures Start up Shut Down Emergency Shut Down Furnace Decoking Water Washing Process Optimazation Equipment Reliability Performance Monitoring and KPI’s Operating Cost Trial-For-Ignition time restrictions for process safeguarding

Who Should Attend: This program is ideal for personnel involved in refinery process engineering, unit operations, technical service and process research and development. Process engineers from design and construction companies as well as those who provide services to the petroleum refining industry should also find this program beneficial. The training is targeted towards engineers who are familiarizing themselves with Visbreaking Technology. .

Instructors:

James Sheldon has over 30 years of experience in software and technology development, consultation on profit improvement programs (PIPs), refinery upgrades, and strategic investment studies in the petroleum refining industry. James has managed various PIP-type projects (i.e., PIP at a 200 KBD FCC/visbreaking conversion refinery, PIP at a two-site FCC, hydrocracking, coking, visbreaking conversion refinery and petrochemicals plant, and many more). He has managed a series of studies to determine the changes in operation and the new equipment required to comply with new auto-oil specifications for a 140 KBD conversion refinery. James has managed refinery modernization and fuel oil minimization study, including working closely, on-site, with refinery technical specialists and refinery linear program (LP) specialists. He has Managed a study into the technical and economic feasibility of processing a new, heavy crude in three linked, complex refineries. Dr. Sheldon holds a B.Sc., degree (1st Class Honors) and a Ph.D. degree, both in Chemical Engineering and both from B.Sc. Birmingham University, Birmingham, UK.

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Discounts:
Becht offers the following discounts on Public Training:

The highest applicable discount will be applied; discounts are not additive.

Early Registration – A 10% discount is to be provided when you register 30 days before the start date of the training.
Group Rate – A group discount is applied when you send three or more people from your organization to the same course and provide a single payment.

	No. of Registrants	Discount/Person
	3	10%
	4 – 6	20%
	7 and up	25%

Yearly Commitment Discount – A 25% discount when you prepay for a minimum of 10 participants from your organization to any of the courses in the same year.

Cancellation Policy:
Full refunds or course transfers are available 4 weeks prior to the class start date. Cancellations 2-4 weeks out are eligible for course transfers or a refund of 60% of the registration fee. Cancellations within 2 weeks of the class will not be eligible for a refund. For any inquiries, please email training01@becht.com.

Course Content – Visbreaking

Course Content – Visbreaking