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16 - CHM - Chemical and Process Engineering
CHM 145 - Design, Operation and Control of Small Modular Reactors (SMR) and Furnaces
| Code | Start Date | Duration | Venue | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHM 145 | 11 November 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 145 | 16 December 2024 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 145 | 20 January 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 145 | 17 March 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 145 | 12 May 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 145 | 07 July 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 145 | 01 September 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 145 | 27 October 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
| CHM 145 | 22 December 2025 | 5 Days | Istanbul | Registration Form Link |
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Course Description
This 5 day advanced training course is directed toward improving the level of understanding among plant management, engineers, operators, maintenance, and HSE personnel. This course will assist all attendees to apply more effectively the knowledge gained from this course to make better decisions on how to manage specific operating and maintenance issues that plant personnel face on a daily basis, how to coordinate their efforts to achieve the best long-term performance, and to identify opportunities for improvement.
Course Objectives
- Gaining a solid understanding of the key elements associated with the design, operation and control of SMR Reactors and Furnaces
- Gaining valuable insights into how to optimize, debottleneck and troubleshoot SMR Reactors and Furnaces
- Realizing the impact of feed quality, catalyst, operation conditions and unit design on the SMR Reactors and Furnaces unit.
- Recognizing the process safety controls and ESD systems and their functions
Who Should Attend?
- 1st Line Operation and Production personnel.
- Process and Operational Engineers and Supervisors
- Mechanical and Maintenance Engineers and Supervisors
- Reliability Engineers and Supervisors
- Inspection Engineers and Supervisors
- Instrumentation and Process Control Engineers and Supervisors
- Safety Engineers and Supervisors
- Other personnel involved in the design, operation, modification or maintenance in Ammonia, Methanol, Hydrogen, and GTL plants that require SMR furnaces for generation of hydrogen, synthesis gas, or reducing gas.
Course Details/Schedule
Day 1
- Small Modular Reactors (SMR) and furnaces design principals and arrangements overview
- Applications: ammonia, methanol synthesis gas, and hydrogen production
- Critical design features: radiant section, convection section, heat recovery
- Flue gas and combustion air handling
- Design for high efficiency
- Design for low emissions, and insulation systems
- Autothermal reforming of natural gas to synthesis gas
Day 2
- Operation and maintenance
- Controls & safety systems
- Control functions and hazard protection, interlocks/permissive
- Combustion fundamentals and safety
- Combustion APH & SCR Systems, Burner Systems, Low NOx, Centrifugal Fans
- Start-up & normal operations
- Emergency and upset conditions
Day 3
- Typical operating and maintenance issues
- Inspection best practices
- Reformers retrofit options
- Centrifugally cast tubes and fittings, spring hangers
- Reforming catalyst, catalyst tube inspection best practices
- Tube temperature measurement
Day 4
- Turnaround planning
- Detailed planning / scheduling
- Material planning and laydown
- Pre-turnaround preparations
- Turnaround activities
- Post-turnaround activities
Day 5
- Reformer furnace outlet systems: design considerations, emergency repair, and enhanced reliability
- Carbon formation in steam reforming and effect of potassium promotion
- Damage analysis of catalyst tube
- Modern techniques for optimization of primary reformer operation
