Process Engineering Career: Design Documents & Activities

Understand the role of a chemical process engineer in a typical oil & gas, chemical or petrochemical plant project

What you'll learn

Understand the role of a Chemical Process Engineer in Oil & Gas, Chemical or Petrochemical Plant Projects

Explain the main project workflow

Scope and Role of Process Simulation and Process Flow Diagram (PFD)

Scope and Role of Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID)

Expected Sizing Activities based on Process Simulation

Role and Scope of other Process Engineering activities such as adding data for instruments and cause & effect

What shall other engineers do after issuance of P&ID and Sizing Activities

How improper process design can affect the whole workflow

Requirements

Basics of Chemical Engineering

Description

Chemical engineers have an essential role in the design, engineering, and operation of chemical plants, petrochemical facilities, oil and gas refineries, and other process industries.The role of a process engineer is crucial as they are responsible for process design, sizing, and ensuring the necessary requirements of plant components, such as equipment, piping, and instruments are met.Based on the requirements of a process engineer, the detailed design, material specification, and purchasing are carried out by various engineering disciplines such as piping, civil, mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation engineers.In this course, we shall go through the project workflow and the different project stages and how each stage affects the level of detail in a document.We shall dive into the purpose and effect of different documents and activities that are carried out by a process engineer, on what basis they are developed, and how they affect the project execution and plant operation.This shall include process simulation, Process Flow Diagram, Piping and instrumentation Diagram, piping and equipment sizing activities, cause and effect diagram, line list, …etc.We shall understand the role of each of these activities with a project workflow, what type of information is needed to develop them, and how they affect the downstream equipment.If you are a student, a fresh graduate, or even an experienced chemical engineer who intends to enter the engineering section, then this course shall be for you as it’s highly important to understand the workflow of a project.Can’t wait to see you in the course, let’s start!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Importance of Process Design

Section 2: How a Proper Process Design Affects the Project

Lecture 2 Effect of Process Design on Project Cost

Lecture 3 Effect Process Design on Plant Operability

Lecture 4 Effect of Process Design on Maintainability

Section 3: Project Start Phase

Lecture 5 Project Workflow

Lecture 6 Article: Understand Process Design Stages From Conceptual Design To Startup

Lecture 7 Design Basis

Lecture 8 Process Simulation

Lecture 9 Article: Inputs, and Outputs of Process Simulation Model

Lecture 10 Process Flow Diagram (PFD)

Lecture 11 Article: Data shown on PFD

Section 4: Effect of P&ID on Project Workflow

Lecture 12 Introduction to P&ID

Lecture 13 Equipment Data

Lecture 14 Piping and Fittings

Lecture 15 Instrumentation, Control and shutdown Systems

Lecture 16 Scope and Battery Limits

Lecture 17 Different Phases of P&ID Issuance

Section 5: Sizing Activities

Lecture 18 Main Sizing Activities

Lecture 19 Separator / Vessel Sizing

Lecture 20 Article: Sizing and Selection of Separators / Vessels

Lecture 21 Tower Sizing & Hydraulics

Lecture 22 Article: Discover Basic Guidelines For an Effective Tower Operation

Lecture 23 Heat Exchanger Thermal Design

Lecture 24 Article: Understand Thermal Design Aspects of Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers

Lecture 25 Pipe Sizing

Lecture 26 Effect of Pipe Size on Plant Hydraulics

Lecture 27 Pump Hydraulic Calculations

Lecture 28 Adding Data For Instruments

Section 6: Process Safety Measures

Lecture 29 Calculation of Design Pressure and Temeprature

Lecture 30 ESD / SIS Protection

Lecture 31 Pressure Safety Valves (PSV) Role in Workflow

Lecture 32 Article: Pressure Safety Valves: An Essential Protection Against Overpressure

Lecture 33 Cause and Effect

Section 7: Conclusion

Lecture 34 Conclusion

Chemical Engineering Students,Fresh Graduate Chemical Engineers,Chemical Engineers who would like to shift their career to engineering sector