Basic engineering is the core of all chemical engineering technologies and chemical process design. Poor basic engineering skills result in wrong equipment selection and specifications, inability to achieve desired process performance, and even safety issues in operation. Most engineers in Thailand perform only detailed engineering according to basic engineering packages by foreign technology licensors. It is time for Thai engineers to master these skills from a unique technical experience of the instructor having worked in a technology licensor team in the US.

All disciplines of engineers and any technical people who have to design processes & equipment for chemical processes and those involved in basic engineering of EPC projects and having to deal with various disciplines of engineers.

Day 1:

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Register

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
I. Essentials of Design Specifications or Basic Engineering Package

• Content of design specifications
• Essential knowledge that engineers should understand

II. Essentials of PFDs and P&IDs

• Essentials of PFDs and P&IDs

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch Break

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
III. Developing Heat & Material Balance and Utility Consumption

• Basics of heat & material balance
• Process simulation methodology
• Rules of thumb to develop correct process simulation
• Utility consumption

IV. Design Pressure, Temperature, and Pressure Relief Design

• Design Pressure and Temperature
• Pressure Relief Scenarios
• Pressure Relief Valves
• Relief Load Calculations: Fire Case
• Common materials of construction and metallurgy tips, corrosion allowances
• Specification breaks
• Non-destructive tests (RT, PT, UT, MT)
• Pressure tests and leak tests

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Day 2:

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM
Register

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
V. Basic Design and Sizing of Piping Systems with Lines and Control Valves

• Codes and standards
• Pipes vs. Tubes: what’s the difference?
• Line sizing and pressure drop criteria
• Control valves: valve sizing criteria and valve coefficient (Cv)
• How to read piping material specifications
• How to specify flange rating and materials

VI. Pump Basic Design and Sizing:

• Centrifugal Pump Head, Power, Efficiency, NPSH, etc.
• Positive displacement pump flow rate vs. rpm calculation
• Positive displacement pump acceleration head loss

12:00 PM – 1:00 PM
Lunch Break

1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
VII. Compressor Basic Design and Sizing:

• Centrifugal Compressor Polytropic Head, Polytropic Efficiency, Brake Horsepower
• Positive displacement compressor volumetric flow rate, volumetric efficiency, pocket clearance effect

VIII. Distillation Tower Basic Design and Sizing:

• Tower Diameter, Height, and Internals e.g. Trays and Packings, Process Control, Reflux Drum, Bottom Sump

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