YOUR ENGINEER TRAINING BEGINS

PROCESS ENGINEERING APPLIED TO INDUSTRY (48 HOURS)

1. Engineering studies and their development by stages.

   1. • Scoping studies.

      • Pre-feasibility and feasibility studies.

      • Basic and detailed engineering studies.

      • Financing of studies and NI-43-101 standard

      • The use of databases to search feasibility studies

2. Process Design

   1. • Process conceptualization.

      • Process Trade off (Technologies Evaluation).

      • Testworks in the chemical and metallurgical industry.

      • Development of the BFD and PFD.

      • Semi - Pilot and Pilot Tests (Case Study - Copper concentrator plant).

      • Development of the P&ID.

      • Process Scale up.

      • Heat & Mass Balance.

      • Process accounting concepts.

3. Accompaniment in multidisciplinary engineering by process engineers.

   1. • Layout (Components location drawing)

      • Mechanical, electrical and civil scopes

      • Review of civil, mechanical, and electrical drawings.

      • Review and validation of process piping.

      • Supervision of the development 3D model for the process plant

      • Development and reading of isometrics.

      • Review of the control ties implemented in the P&ID.

      • Development of the control philosophy.

4. Process Simulation

   1. • Mass Balance with Excel.

      • ASPENHYSYS for the simulation of ammonia processing from natural gas.

      • Comminution circuit simulation for the mineral processing.

      • Bioprocess simulation with Super-Pro Designer.

5. Process Control

   1. • Stages of process control studies.

      • Review of P&IDs in bioprocess & metallurgical plants.

      • Tuning controllers in Control Station.

      • Evaluation of control ties.

6. Chemical Process Optimization

   1. • Nonlinear optimization

      • Optimization using simulations tools.

7. Energy integration in industrial processes

   1. • Pinch analysis in heat exchanger networks