Petrochemicals - A Complete Guide to Process & Industry

What you'll learn

Understand the Petrochemical Industry
Define the Upstream vs. Downstream Industries in Petroleum Industry
Identify names, molecules, physical & chemical properties of most important Petrochemicals
Understand the importance of the petrochemicals produced

Requirements

General Chemistry
Organic chemistry
Petroleum Refining Basics
Process Engineering Basics

Description

The course is mainly about the petrochemical industry. Talks about several chemicals and their chemical routes in order to produce in mass scale the demands of the market.

Learn about:

Petorchemical Industry

Difference between Petroleum Refining vs. Petrochemical Industry

Paraffins, Olefins, Napthenes & Aromatics

Market insight (production, consumption, prices)

Two main Petrochemical Processes: Naphtha Steam Cracking and Fluid Catalytic Cracking

The most important grouping in petrochemical products

Petrochemical physical & chemical properties. Chemical structure, naming, uses, production, etc.

Basic Gases in the industry: Ammonia, Syngas, etc…

C1 Cuts: Methane, Formaldehyde, Methanol, Formic Acid, Urea, Chloromethanes etc…

C2 Cuts: Ethane, Acetylene, Ethylene, Ethylene Dichloride, Vinyl Chloride, Ethylene Oxide, Ethanolamines, Ethanol, Acetaldehyde, Acetic Acid, Ethylene Glycols (MEG, DEG, TEG)

C3 Cuts: Propane, Propylene, Propylene Oxide, Isopropanol, Acetone, Acrylonitrile, Propediene, Allyl chloride, Acrylic acid, Propionic Acid, Propionaldehyde, Propylene Glycol

C4 Cuts: Butanes, Butylenes, Butadiene, Butanols, MTBE (Methyl Tert Butyl Ethers)

C5 cuts: Isoprene, Pentanes, Piperylene, Cyclopentadiene, Dicyclopentadiene, Isoamyl, etc…

Aromatics: Benzene, Toluene, Xylenes (BTX), Cumene, Phenol, Ethyl Benzene, Styrene, Pthalic Anhydride, Nitrobenzene, Aniline, Benzoic Acid, Chlorobenzene, etc…

At the end of the course you will feel confident in how the petrochemical industry is established. You will know the most common petrochemicals as well as their distribution, production and importance in daily life. It will help in your future process simulations by knowing the common and economical chemical pathways.

Who this course is for:

Anyone related or willing to go to the Petrochemical Industry
Petrochemical Engineers
Process Engineers in the Petro Industry
Chemical Engineers
Engineers related to the Petrochemical industry
Oil & Gas Engineers