COURSE OVERVIEW:

The course covers all aspects of design, operation, troubleshooting, and engineering involving amine systems and sour water stripper plants. Participants will gain a solid understanding of the process principles, amine chemistry, and equipment used in gas treating units, as well as the fundamentals and design of sour water stripping systems. Emphasis is placed on typical operating conditions, solution analysis, control and instrumentation, troubleshooting of problems such as foaming, corrosion, and amine losses, and the practical calculations and evaluations required to support efficient, safe, and reliable operation.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

After completion of this course, the participants will be able to:

-Describe the fundamental process principles behind amine treating and sour water stripping and their roles in refinery and gas processing schemes.

-Explain the characteristics, advantages, and limitations of different amine types used in gas treating applications.

-Understand the complete amine treating process, from sour gas feed and rich amine circuits to regeneration and treated gas export.

-Identify and describe the key equipment items in amine plants and sour water stripper units and explain their functions.

-Interpret and control typical operating conditions for amine systems and sour water stripping towers to achieve specification performance.

-Apply solution analysis results to diagnose operational problems and optimize amine and sour water systems.

-Recognise the causes, mechanisms, and consequences of amine losses, foaming, and carryover and propose effective mitigation measures.

-Explain basic corrosion mechanisms in amine and sour water systems, including the role of iron sulphides, and use practical strategies to reduce corrosion risk.

-Understand the main control and instrumentation strategies for amine units and sour water stripper columns.

-Perform basic engineering calculations and evaluations related to circulation rates, loadings, heat duties, and stripper performance.

-Describe the theory and basic design principles of sour water stripping systems for removal of hydrogen sulphide and ammonia.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

-Process Engineers

-Operations Engineers involved with gas treating and sour water systems

-Refinery and Gas Plant Engineers responsible for utilities and treating units

-Operations Supervisors and Senior Operators working on amine and sour water stripper units

-Corrosion, Reliability, and Integrity Engineers supporting treating systems

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY:

A highly interactive combination of lectures and discussion sessions, as well as case studies, will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information, knowledge, and experience transfer. The course will be intensive but practical and highly interactive. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions and motivating everybody to find the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their questions and to share in developing the right answers using their analysis and experience. There will also be some indoor experiential activities to enhance learning. Course material through PowerPoint equipped with necessary animation, learning videos, and general discussions will be provided.

The course participants shall be evaluated before, during, and after the course.

COURSE CERTIFICATE:

National Consultant Centre for Training LLC (NCC) will issue an Attendance Certificate to all participants who complete at least 80% of the total attendance time requirement.