Plant Operation, Troubleshooting, and Maintenance
Details :
Industrial
processes today operate on very large scales with the advent of modern
industrial plants. Such plants sometimes operate hundreds of equipment,
not to mention thousands of instruments for the measurement and control of such
equipment. Efficient operation of industrial plants means higher
reliability, improved safety, increased revenue, and ultimately, a satisfied
consumer-base. The different plant modes like startup, continuous
operation, and shutdown, present different challenges, all of which will be
explored. Understandably, with such a high volume of equipment and instruments,
failures are inevitable. Properly troubleshooting individual equipment
failures and total plant shutdowns with a correct approach and methodology is
critical for improving plant availability and reliability. A well devised
maintenance strategy and periodic turnaround plan are also instrumental to that
end. Furthermore, priority should be given to systematized operations and
increased safety through core operations values and safety principles and tools
such as SOPs and COPs (critical operating parameters), all of which lead to
more successful plants.
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Describing in detail how to read P & I diagrams and the wealth of
information they contain
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Exploring the main challenges of plant startup, continuous operation
& optimization, and shutdown
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Equipping participants with the ability to operate plants efficiently
and quantify plant operations through performance indicators and technical
calculations
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Developing participants’ capacity for troubleshooting methodologically
using available process trends and events recording
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Presenting real case scenarios and examples for materializing the
troubleshooting process and focusing on the importance of root causes
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Investigating plant maintenance strategies and priorities
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Empowering participants to plan turnarounds, execute, and evaluate them.
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Emphasizing the importance and relevance of core operations values and
safety principles on operations processes
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Explaining the creation and implementation of SOPs
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Maintenance
personnel and technicians
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Fresh
technical graduates and engineers
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Plant
operators
Day 1
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Plant equipment and instrumentation
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Block diagrams and process flow diagrams
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P & ID: The plant’s essential guide
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Plant startup conditions
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Tuning and optimization methods
Day 2
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Reliability and availability calculations
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Daily production reporting
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Mass and energy balances
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Discrepancy evaluation and rectification
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Fixed plant modes and combinations
Day 3
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Troubleshooting sudden, complete plant trips
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Troubleshooting equipment shutdown/failure
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Single and multi-variable problem-solving
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RCFA basics and problem definition issues
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Real case scenarios and examples
Day 4
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Plant shutdown conditions
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Plant maintenance strategies
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Spare parts management and critical spares
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Turnaround planning and resources
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Turnaround execution and review
Day 5
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Core operations values
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Safety operation principles
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Significance of the human factor
· Critical operating parameters (COPs)
· SOPs creation and implementation
- All lectures are in colorful presentation
- All lectures are interspersed with interactive discussion
- All lectures include group discussion, case history and exercises
- Actual major incidents as well as industry experience are reviewed
- Participants receive a multicolor course manual
- Pictures of real incidents and case history are shown
- Videos on the subject are shown
daily 09:00 – 14:00