RMS University

·         Chemistry of reactions

·         Feedstock properties

·         Basic process controls/instrumentation

·         Role of catalyst

·         Understanding heat balance

·         Mode of catalyst regeneration

·         Role of main fractionator & gas plant

·         Flue gas pollutants

·         Unit hazards

·      E-cat properties

·      Diesel & residue content of the fresh feed

·      Total and basic nitrogen of the fresh feed

·      Hydrogen content of the fresh feed

·      Fresh catalyst, E-cat and additive usage

·      Slurry yield

·         Cat/Oil ratio

·         Hydrogen on coke

·         Regenerator superficial velocity and catalyst loading to cyclones

·         Cyclone velocities and pressure drops

·         Hydrogen/Methane ratio

·         C3/C4 recoveries

·         Review of APC set points

·         Catalyst Balance

·         Newly hired operators and engineers

·         Console operators

·         Unit and shift supervisor

·         Process & Unit Engineers

·         Slide and/or plug valves

·         Wye-piece or J-bend section

·         Feed nozzles

·         Riser

·         Cyclones /Trickle valves

·         Reactor stripper

·         Regenerator

·         Air and spent catalyst distributors

·         Flue gas slide valve and orifice chamber

·         Flue gas emission controls

·         Regenerator temperature profile

·         Raw versus actual catalyst bed levels

·         Pressure differentials across the slide /plug valves

·         Feed nozzles, stripping steam and other steam back pressures

·         Cyclone delta pressure

·         Catalyst flowing densities

·         Overall “heat of reaction”

·         Delta coke

·         Catalyst heat capacity

·         Unit operators

·         Mechanical engineers and Process engineers

·         Shift team managers

·         Process engineers

·         Shift team supervisors

·         Console operators

·         Cracking temperature

·         Regenerator temperatures

·         Total air rate, carrier air, supplemental oxygen

·         Reactor & regenerator pressures

·         Catalyst circulation rate

·         Dispersion and stripping steam rates

·         HCO, slurry, naphtha recycle

·         Excess oxygen or CO₂/CO ratio in the flue gas

·      H2S yield

·      Mass balance closure

·      Ratio of propylene to propane

·      Ratio of C4 olefins to total C4’s

·      Product distillation methods

·      Cut point adjusted yield

·         Console operators

·         Process engineers

·         Advance control engineers

·         Economic and planning engineers

·         Process engineers

·         Economic and planning engineers

·         Impact of catalyst properties on fluidization

·         Reactor and regenerator catalyst levels

·         Pressure and density profiles in reactor-regenerator circuits

·         Importance of single-gauge pressure survey

·         SOx

·         NOx

·         Particulates

·         Opacity

·         Gasoline Sulfur

·         Gasoline Benzene

·         Console operators

·         Unit engineers

·         Unit operators

·         Environmental engineers

·         Console operators

·         Process engineers

·         Distillation principles

·         Heat integration

·         Product recovery and controls

·         Role of wet gas compressor

·         C3/C4 recovery

·         Slide and/or plug valves

·         Wye-piece or J-bend section

·         Feed nozzles

·         Riser

·         Reactor vapor line

·         Reactor stripper

·         Regenerator

·         Air and spent catalyst distributors

·         Flue gas slide valve and orifice chamber

·         Expansion joints

·         Unit and console operators

·         Unit engineers

·         Mechanical and maintenance engineers

·         Process engineers

·         Loss of air blower

·         Loss of feed rate

·         Loss of wet gas compressor

·         Low slide/plug valve pressure differential

·         High reactor catalyst bed level

·         Low riser outlet temperature

·         Composition of refractory lining used in FCC

·         Properties

·         Choices of refractory lining & anchor systems

·         Refractory lining manufactures

·         Key quality control parameters to monitor

·         Installation techniques

·         Curing techniques

·         Failure mechanism

·         Specifications (general and job related)

·         Console and outside operators

·         Process and unit engineers

·         Reliability and advance control engineers

·         Mechanical and reliability engineers

·         Process and unit engineers

·         Excessive flue gas stack opacity

·         Erratic and inadequate catalyst circulation rate

·         Excessive afterburning

·         Excessive catalyst deactivation

·         Coking and fouling of slurry cooling circuit

·         Premature tower flooding and foaming

·         Expander fouling

·         Poor product yields

·         Feedstock quality & blend

·         Catalyst usage and formulation

·         Catalyst additives

·         Operating conditions

·         Pressure balance

·         Operating at reduced feed rates efficiently

·         Console and outside operators

·         Process and mechanical engineers

·         Shift team supervisors

·         Process and unit engineers

·         Economic and planning engineers

·         Technical service managers

·         Refractory drying/curing schedule

·         Main fractionator heat-up and dry out

·         Reactor – Fractionator isolation blind

·         Catalyst loading to prevent premature catalyst loss from regenerator

·         Purging and catalyst transfer to reactor system

·         Feed introduction – rate of feed injection rate

·         Unit “pressure bump” to clear obstruction

·         DCS display screens to display useful start up information

·         Wet gas compressor limitation

·         Fresh feed hydraulics

·         Slide valve differential limitations

·         Catalyst circulation rate

·         Regenerator temperature

·         Regenerator superficial velocity

·         Tower flooding

·         Overhead cooling

·         Excessive dry gas yield

·         Environmental

·         Console and outside operators

·         Process and mechanical engineers

·         Shift team supervisors

·         Process and unit engineers

·         Economic and planning engineers

·         Technical service managers

·         Riser Termination Device

·         Catalyst Stripping

·         Air & Spent Catalyst Distribution System

·         Catalyst Regeneration and Separation Systems

·         Flue Gas 3rd-stage Separators

·         Flue Gas Catalyst Emission Controls

·         Flue   Gas SO₂/SO₃ Controls

·         Flue Gas NOx Controls

·         Gasoline Sulfur Controls

·         Gasoline Benzene Controls

·         Obtaining meaningful total installed cost (TIC) estimates

·         Arriving at realist benefits

·         Lessons learned

·         Process and environmental engineers

·         Economic and planning engineers

·         Technical service and project managers

·         Process and project engineers

·         Economic and planning engineers