REFINERY OPERATIONS

Refinery operators need to understand several things: the principles behind the refinery process, how material is transformed into product, how individual pieces of equipment process materials, and how the equipment is operated. Unit operating procedures make more sense to an operator who understands the dynamics of the system being operated.

BASIC REFINERY PLANT OPERATIONS BASIC REFINERY OPERATIONS REFINING BASICS BOILERS BOILERS - BASIC PRINCIPLES AND TYPES BOILERS - COMBUSTION, WATER, AND STEAM FURNACES FURNACES - INTRODUCTION FURNACES - STARTUP AND SHUTDOWN FURNACES - OPERATING CONDITIONS DISTILLATION DISTILLATION - BASIC PRINCIPLES DISTILLATION - BASIC SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND OPERATION DISTILLATION - TOWERS, REBOILERS, AND CONDENSERS DISTILLATION - CONTROL SYSTEMS DISTILLATION - SYSTEM STARTUP AND SHUTDOWN DISTILLATION - OPERATING PROBLEMS HEAT EXCHANGERS - CONDENSERS AND REBOILERS CRUDE DISTILLATION TOWER OPERATIONS PROCESS REACTORS PROCESS REACTOR FUNDAMENTALS HYDRO TREATING AND CATALYTIC REFORMING HYDROTREATING AND CATALYTIC REFORMING 1 HYDROTREATING AND CATALYTIC REFORMING 2 CATALYTIC CRACKING FLUID CATALYTIC CRACKING OPERATIONS BLENDING BLENDING OPERATIONS TREATING AND SULFUR RECOVERY TREATING AND SULFUR RECOVERY OPERATIONS ALKYLATION ALKYLATION OPERATIONS FLARING, VENTING, AND PURGING FLARING, VENTING, AND PURGING STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL - INTRODUCTION STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL - BASIC CONTROL CHARTS STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL - PROCESS VARIATIONS STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL OF DISTILLATION COLUMNS