COURSE OVERVIEW:

This comprehensive course, focusing on Pressure Relief Systems, delves deep into the basic requirements, concepts, and design principles of pressure relieving devices used in oil, gas, and petrochemical facilities. Participants will understand the fundamentals of different types of pressure relief devices, including safety relief valves, rupture discs, and other overpressure protection equipment, and how they are applied to protect process equipment, piping, and storage systems.

The course covers applicable codes and standards, overpressure causes, relief load determination, valve sizing concepts, discharge systems, flare and vent system interfaces, and inspection and maintenance considerations. Participants will engage in practical exercises and case studies to apply the concepts learned to real world scenarios, interpret relief system documentation, and support safe and compliant plant design and operation.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

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

1. Explain the purpose and basic principles of pressure relief systems in process and utility facilities.
2. Identify the main types of pressure relief devices and describe their operating principles and limitations.
3. Recognize typical causes of overpressure and relate them to pressure relief system design requirements.
4. Interpret key requirements from relevant pressure relief codes, standards, and company specifications.
5. Understand the fundamental concepts used to determine relief loads for common overpressure scenarios.
6. Describe the basic steps and considerations involved in the sizing and selection of pressure relief devices.
7. Explain how relief devices are connected to headers, vent systems, and flare systems and the implications for backpressure and noise.
8. Review and interpret pressure relief system design documentation, including relief summaries and system drawings.
9. Identify good practices for installation, inspection, testing, and maintenance of pressure relief devices.
10. Contribute effectively to plant modifications, hazard reviews, and projects involving pressure relief systems.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

-Process Engineers

-Operations Engineers and Supervisors

-Mechanical and Piping Engineers involved in equipment protection

-HSE and Process Safety Engineers

-Maintenance and Reliability Engineers dealing with relief devices

-Operations and Technical Staff working in oil, gas, and petrochemical facilities

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 will be provided in PowerPoint, with necessary animations, learning videos, and general discussions.

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 completing a minimum of 80% of the total attendance time requirement.