Process Equipment & Piping Systems: Application, Design, Operation, Failure Prevention & Repairs
- Understand piping classes, materials, supports and flexibility requirements.
- Identify the dominant damage mechanisms in refinery and gas plant piping.
- Apply risk based inspection thinking to prioritise inspection effort.
- Evaluate repair options including clamps, sleeves, weld overlay and replacement.
- Prevent recurrence through design change, material upgrade and operating limits.
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Process Equipment, Application, Design and Operation
Select the right equipment type for a given process duty across vessels, exchangers, heaters and pumps.Read and interpret data sheets, P&IDs and equipment specifications with confidence.Understand the design codes and mechanical limits that govern safe operation.Monitor equipment performance against design and recognise degradation early.Plan inspection and maintenance intervals based on service severity.
Fired Heaters, Air Coolers, Heat Exchangers, Pumps, Compressors, Pressure Vessels & Valves
Understand the function, construction and operating limits of each major equipment family.Operate fired heaters with correct draft, excess air and tube skin temperature control.Monitor exchanger and air cooler fouling and plan cleaning at the right time.Select and maintain valves, including relief devices, for the service they see.Recognise the failure modes that most often take these items out of service.
Operations of Process Equipment: Fired Heaters, Heat Exchangers, Air Coolers, Piping, Pumps, Compressors and Process Control Troubleshooting
Operate the main process equipment families to their design intent day to day.Read control loops, understand cascade and override schemes and spot tuning problems.Link equipment symptoms to control system behaviour instead of treating them separately.Detect instrument drift, valve stiction and measurement error early.Restore stable operation after a control or equipment disturbance.