IN-PERSON CLASSROOM SEMINARS

• Distinguishing thermal from catalytic reactions by examining the product streams
• Advantages and disadvantages of operating in partial versus complete combustion
• How formulation changes impact catalyst stability and deactivation
• About conducting a unit pressure survey and how to evaluate the data
• How to conduct a successful, informative unit material balance
• Calculating the coke yield, coke quality, and the influence of flue gas analysis accuracy
• Assessing material balance closure as well as normalizing & validating the yield structure
• Converting recovered yields sets into reactor, endpoint corrected yield sets
• The value of sampling reactor product directly
• Types of coke, how to influence the contributors and their relative distribution
• Delta coke and what it means
• Calculating the reactor & regenerator process heat balances and how they interact
• Ways to influence the heat balance both positively and negatively
• Basic process control schemes for controlling equipment pressures, temperatures & levels
• Impact of operating conditions on product yields, product qualities and how changing one condition can influence another
• The importance of circulating catalyst quality and its cracking selectivity

• Evaluating feedstock crackability and the potential process risks/rewards
• Impact of introducing resid on the products, inventory catalyst and the heat balance
• Catalyst formulation changes to pursue for higher profitability
• When equilibrium catalyst re-use or cracking additives are worth consideration
• About equipment modifications or replacements to evaluate for your next turnaround
• What impacts flue gas stack emissions and what you can do to reduce them

• Overview of the FCC process, the evolution of design & technology, processing flexibility of the FCC, a review of the various sections of the plant and the purpose of each.
• Key process reactions, both cracking-side and combustion-side, those desirable and undesirable
• Unit pressure balance, vessel pressure control dynamics, catalyst circulation effects, pressure and catalyst density profiles, catalyst fluidization considerations
• Unit material balance, its importance, key mass & volume calculations, material balance closure and normalization, as-produced and distillation corrected yield sets, material balance validation techniques
• Unit heat balance, review of overall, reactor and regenerator balances, example reactor and regenerator heat balance calculations, impact of operations and equipment integrity on the heat balance
• Process variable effects, review of equipment pressure, temperature & level control schemes, how cracking-side and combustion-side operating conditions impact the process and product qualities
• Feedstock quality effects, review of key feedstock properties and their impact on the FCC, the addition of resid and its impact on the process, catalyst & product qualities, benefits of hydroprocessing the FCC feedstock
• Catalyst technology, key components and their contributions, zeolite and matrix cracking characteristics, formulation effects on product selectivities and qualities, review of additive technologies
• Equipment technology, review of riser, reactor & regenerator design options and applications, impact of design on the FCC performance, product distribution & feedstock flexibility
• Mitigating flue stack emissions, strategies for controlling or minimizing sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, carbon monoxide & filterable particulate matter emissions, review of catalyst additive and equipment technologies

This live group seminar is eligible for 12.0 CPE credits. Be aware that state boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. As of January 1, 2002, sponsored learning activities are measured by program length, with one 50-minute period equal to one CPE credit. One-half CPE credit increments (equal to 25 minutes) are permitted after the first credit has been earned in a given learning activity. You may want to verify that the state board from which your participants will be receiving credit accept one-half credits.