SCOPE
OF THE COURSE
This three-day intensive course presents a detailed overview of the
integrated fuels refinery of today, from the crude oil feed to the
finished products. Emphasis is placed on motor and jet fuels, distillate
heating fuel production, and the refinery processes used.
Each major refining
process is discussed, including feedstocks, feedstock preparation,
operating conditions, catalysts, yields, product properties, and economics.
Methods for quality
maintenance are reviewed as well as trends and methods for energy
efficiency improvement. Anticipated changes in refinery feedstocks
and product distribution are addressed and synthetic crude oils from
oil shale and coal are evaluated as refinery feedstocks.
The course is oriented
toward the practical aspects of refinery operations as well as the
terminology and economics of the integrated fuels refinery.
COURSE
OUTLINE
The
following
topics are covered in the three-day intensive course and are given
in the approximate order listed:
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Overall
refinery flow: Interrelationship of processes.
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Products:
Gases, engine fuels, heating oils, and residual fuel oils; their
properties and specifications. Laboratory tests and their significance.
Clean Air Act effects.
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Feedstocks:
Crude oil compositions and properties and their effects on refinery
operations.
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Crude
Oil Separation: Desalting, atmospheric and vacuum fractionation.
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Process
for Motor Fuel Production: Catalytic cracking, hydrocracking,
alkylation, and polymerization.
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Heavy
Oils Processing: Coking, deasphalting, hydroprocessing, solvent
extraction, and visbreaking.
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Processes
for Improving Performance: Hydrogenation, reforming, isomerization,
alkylation and polymerization.
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Blending
for Product Specifications: Octane, vapor pressure, viscosity,
flash point, aniline point, and reformulated fuels.
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Supporting
Operations: Gas handling and light hydrocarbon separation, hydrogen
production, and acid gas removal.
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Air
Pollution Control: Sulfur removal and recovery from gas streams,
and health aspects.
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Refinery
Economics: Capital and operating costs, return on investment,
and auxiliary costs.
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Future
Trends in Refinery Operation: Product distribution changes,
feedstock quality, and processing schemes. Effects of environmental
regulations on processing, products, reformulated fuels and economics.
COURSE
INSTRUCTOR
Dr. James H. Gary, Professor Emeritus, Chemical Engineering and Petroleum
Refining Department, Colorado School of Mines. Phone/Fax: 303/233-1808;
Email: jgary1492@aol.com.
FOR
WHOM INTENDED
This course is designed for business, sales, technical, and scientific
personnel with limited or no broad refinery operating experience and insurance adjusters.
Technical sales personnel, those involved in selling equipment or
supplies to the refining industry, and those involved with economic
evaluations of refinery operations will benefit from this course,
as well as engineering, operating and supervisory personnel.
TEXTBOOK
The textbook "Petroleum Refining - Technology and Economics,"
by Dr. James H. Gary, Glenn E. Handwerk, and Mark J. Kaiser is used for the course.
A copy is provided to each of the participants and is included in
the course tuition.
COURSE
SCHEDULE
Class hours are 8:00-11:45 am and 1:15-5:00 pm daily except for the
first day, when class will start at 8:30 am. Class will end on the
last day at 12:30 pm.
REGISTRATION
FEE
The registration fee is $1,195.00 (U.S.), which includes tuition and
text materials. It does not include meals or lodging. Enrollment is
limited and applications will be accepted in the order received.
You may register
electronically or by sending to the address below for a brochure with
registration form. The sponsor reserves the right to cancel the course
and return registration fees if enrollment is insufficient. Payment
and/or purchase order or training order must be mailed in additionally
to complete electronic registration.
Register
Cancellations or
transferring of registration fee will be charged a $150.00 fee. No
refunds will be made to registrants who fail to cancel 5 working days
prior to course delivery. Personnel substitutions may be made at any
time without cost penalty.
CREDIT
The Colorado School of Mines will award 1.8 Continuing Education Units
(CEU's) upon successful completion of this course.
LOCATION
The courses will be taught on the Colorado School of Mines campus.
The campus is in Golden, Colorado, 13 miles west of downtown Denver
on the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains.
ACCOMMODATIONS,
TRAVEL, AND MEALS
Registrants are responsible for their own lodging, food, and travel
arrangements. Click here for accommodations
information and for travel information.
FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information
concerning the program, contact Dr. James H. Gary at (Phone/Fax) 303/233-1808
or by e-mail at: jgary1492@aol.com.
For registration information contact
