Efficiency Improvement Strategies For Industrial Gas Engines

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
27 Dec 2026 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register

Efficiency Improvement Strategies For Industrial Gas Engines

Introduction

Improving oil and gas process plants offers a dual advantage: it boosts production while simultaneously reducing operational costs. A proficient process engineer plays a pivotal role in enhancing the overall safety of the plant. To facilitate this learning journey, this training course covers a broad spectrum of essential topics. The Advanced Oil and Gas Process Engineering training course will highlight the fundamental principles like hydrocarbon chemistry, heat, and material balance, as well as key thermodynamic concepts. It then progresses to explore cutting-edge methodologies in process plant optimisation, encompassing Heat Integration, Pinch Analysis Technology, Heat Availability Curves, Energy Targeting, and the advanced Exergy Analysis. In addition to these, the training course provides comprehensive insight into Combined Heat and Power (CHP) modeling, with a specific focus on steam systems and power systems. It equips learners with the skills needed to construct CHP models tailored for process plants. Furthermore, the training course delves into the intricacies of optimising combustion technology, covering various aspects like heat transfer methods, the distinction between heat quality (enthalpy) and quantity (entropy), and strategies for optimising different combustion types. The training course also explores the types and applications of steam boilers and fired heaters, including an efficient API-based calculation method and practical case studies utilising Excel spreadsheets. In the realm of process simulation and modeling, students are introduced to widely-used software, learn to develop steady-state simulation models, gain proficiency in dynamic simulation, and explore the construction and calibration of reactors within process plants.

This training course will highlight:

  • Introduction to main concepts of advanced process engineering
  • New trends for process plants optimisation
  • Combined Heat Power CHP Model
  • Combustion technology optimisation
  • Process plants simulation and modeling

Objectives

    By the end of this training course, participants will learn to:

    • Understand the modern trends for process plant energy efficiency and reducing carbon footprint 
    • Reduce the plant operating cost
    • Improve the plant profit margin
    • Understand the main concepts for energy and material balance
    • Calculate fired heater efficiency based on API method
    • Improve and optimise firing efficiency
    • Build simulation model for process plant  

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practice. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

This training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Process Engineers
  • Operation Engineers
  • Project Engineers
  • Energy optimisation engineers
  • Oil and gas middle management
  • Top management  

Course Outline

Day 1: Introduction

  • Basic Hydrocarbon Chemistry

  • Phase Behavior

  • Flash Calculations

  • Main Thermodynamics concepts

  • Mass Balance for process plants

  • Energy Balance for process plants

  • Wastes recycle trends 

Day 2: New Trends for Process Plants Optimisation

  • How Heat Integration Works

  • Introduction to Pinch Technology

  • Heat Availability Curves and Energy Targeting

  • Pinch Technology for Process plants

  • Retrofitting Heat Exchange Networks for Improved Performance

  • Exergy Analysis

  • Advantages of exergy analysis over pinch analysis

  • Application of exergy analysis for oil and gas process

Day 3: Combined Heat Power CHP Model

  • Steam Systems

  • Power Generation

  • CHP Model

  • Optimisation of Steam & Power System

  • How to build CHP Model for Process Plant

Day 4: Combustion Technology Optimisation

  • Types of heat transfer

  • Quality of heat Vs quantity of heat

  • Combustion types

  • Optimisation of combusting

  • Types and applications of steam boilers

  • Fired heater efficiency calculation using API method

  • Case study on fired heater efficiency

Day 5: Process Plants Simulation and Modeling

  • Introduction to Process simulation and modeling

  • Steady state simulation Model

  • Building and calibration of Reactors in process plants

  • Dynamic Simulation for process plants

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