COURSE OVERVIEW:

This course is designed for non-process engineering professionals who work closely with process plants and facilities and need a clear, practical understanding of process engineering concepts without deep mathematical detail. It explains how process plants function, how material and energy move through equipment, how process conditions are controlled, and how design choices influence safety, reliability, and economics. Participants will learn to read and interpret process documentation, understand the language of process engineers, and contribute more effectively to design reviews, operations discussions, and project decisions. Realistic examples and simple calculations will be used to build confidence and practical understanding.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

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

1. Describe the role of process engineering within the overall project and operations lifecycle.
2. Explain basic concepts such as pressure, temperature, flow, and level and how they relate to plant operation.
3. Interpret simple process flow diagrams and piping and instrumentation diagrams and identify key equipment.
4. Describe the main types of process equipment such as vessels, pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, and columns in non-specialist terms.
5. Explain the basic ideas of material balance and energy balance in an intuitive, practical way.
6. Describe how process conditions are measured and controlled using instruments, control loops, and safety systems.
7. Recognize common operating modes such as startup, normal operation, shutdown, and emergency operation and their process implications.
8. Identify typical process constraints and bottlenecks and understand how they limit plant capacity and flexibility.
9. Explain the process engineering considerations that influence layout, safety distances, and plot plans.
10. Describe the interaction between process engineering and disciplines such as mechanical, piping, instrument, electrical, and civil.
11. Recognize common process hazards such as overpressure, loss of containment, and runaway reaction in qualitative terms.
12. Understand at a high level how process simulations, design data, and operating envelopes are used for decision making.
13. Participate more confidently in design reviews, hazard studies, and operations meetings by using correct process terminology.
14. Communicate more effectively with process engineers, ask the right questions, and understand the rationale behind process decisions.

TARGET AUDIENCE:

-Mechanical, electrical, instrument, civil, and piping engineers working in process facilities

-Project engineers, coordinators, and planners involved in oil, gas, petrochemical, utility, and industrial projects

-Operations, maintenance, and reliability staff with limited formal process engineering background

-HSE, risk, and loss prevention personnel who need to understand process basics behind hazards and safeguards

-Procurement and contracts personnel dealing with process equipment and package specifications

-Supervisors and team leaders from non-process disciplines interfacing with process engineering teams

TRAINING COURSE METHODOLOGY:

A highly interactive combination of lectures, discussion sessions, and case studies will be employed to maximise the transfer of information, knowledge, and experience. The course will be intensive, 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 the learning experience. 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.