CH3004 Refinery Advancements and Environmental Regulations Syllabus:
CH3004 Refinery Advancements and Environmental Regulations Syllabus – Anna University Regulation 2021
OBJECTIVE
The course is aimed
To enable the students to learn the advanced techniques, automation, units integration and instrumentation techniques in refinery.
To enable students to understand the environmental regulations, safety and government policies on refinery
To enable students learn the energy saving techniques and refinery economics.
UNIT I ENVIRONMENTAL REGULATION AND GOVERNMENT POLICIES
Classes of petroleum based on flash point- storage tank design- GAS/LIQUID/SOLID wastes form refinery units-environmental standards on air and water pollution and control-Solid waste management- Sludge conditioning and treatment and disposal- Effluent treatment plant-TTPgreenhouse gases-Bharat stages and its regulations- Recent modification for BS-6- Policies on biofuel-EBP-Bio-diesel
UNIT II CORROSION AND SAFETY
Corrosion- reaction and types- refinery corrosion tests- controlling parameters- corrosion control in equipment and pipelines-Types of fire- Safety triangle- Firefighting equipment-PPE- HAZOP studies- Petroleum disasters case study- process safety protocol- pressure relief systems- flare systems- CBD/OWS- MSDS for units- oil spilling and skimming
UNIT III ADVANCEMENTS IN REFINERY
Instrumentation- Flow/pressure/temperature/level transmitter-Control systems and logics – controller types- mode of controllers- cascade, split range, ratio etc. – P/PI/PID controllers and control tuning-process optimization by APC/DMC- DCS/PLC systems
UNIT IV REFINERY UNIT INTEGRATION AND RECENT TRENDS
.Overall modern refinery flow sheet- products routing- naphtha utilization route up and integration- Diesel/gasoline/ATF/kerosene route up to blending header- Blending processesline blending- Blending of diesel and MS calculation- LP model for blending operation- Recent trends in ADU with pre flash- RFCC-OHCU-Prime G+-catalytic dewaxing- PSA technology-DWC technology- Blue H2 process-Pre reforming- moving bed in CRU and isom-Advanced lube processing
UNIT V ENERGY SAVING AND REFINERY ECONOMICS
Furnace efficiency calculation-steam utilization- plume length- insulation of pipelines- heat tracing-steam traps-Standard Refinery Fuel Tonnage- Fuel and loss- operational cost- margin cost- refining capacity-complexity factor- crude oil evaluation and procurement-monthly production planning- cracks-Gross Refinery Margin-operation optimization by Linear Programming model-shutdown planning- Refinery Transfer Price-taxation-pricing
TOTAL: 45 PERIODS
OUTCOMES:
On completion of the course, the students will be able to
CO1 – understanding the regulations and government policies in refining industries.
CO2 – acquire some knowledge on advanced techniques, automation and instrumentation techniques.
CO3 – understand the different controllers and automated control systems in refineries.
CO4 – gathers knowledge on unit integrations in refineries.
CO5 – understand the basis on energy saving techniques and refinery economics
TEXTBOOKS:
1. W. L. Nelson, Petroleum Refinery Engineering,, McGraw-Hill Book Co , 1969
2. J. H. Gary, H. Hanwerk and M. J. Kaiser, Petroleum Refining Technology and Economics, CRC Press , 5th Edition, 2007
3. Fundamentals of Petroleum Refining, M.A. Fahim, T.A. Al-sahhaf, A.S. Elkilani; Elsevier Science and Technology
4. Coughanowr, D. R., & Leblanc, S. E. (2008). Introductory concepts. Process SystemsAnalysisandControl, 3rd Ed, 1-6.
5. Industrial Instrumentation, Donald P.Eckman, CBS, 2004.
6. Smith,R.(2005).Chemical process:design and integration. JohnWiley&Sons.
7. Corrosion Control in the Oil and Gas Industry 1 st Edition, Sankara Papavinasam, 2013
8. Gilbert, M. Masters., “Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science”, 3rd edition 2008
REFERENCES
1. Luyben, W. L., Tyréus, B. D., &Luyben, M. L. (1998). Plant wide process control (Vol. 43). New York: McGraw-Hill.
2. Stephanopoulos, G. (1984). Chemical process control (Vol. 2). New Jersey: Prentice hall.
3. Instrumentation and Control Systems, K.Padmaraju, Y.J. Reddy, McGraw Hill Education, 2016.
4. Gilbert M. Masters, Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science, Prentice -Hall India , 2000
5. Petroleum Economics, Jean Masseron, Technip; 4threvised Edition, 2000. (ISBN-10: 2710805979; ISBN-13: 978-2710805977)
6. Cheremisinoff N.P. and Graffia M.L., “Environmental Health and Safety Management. A Guide to Compliance”, Pressure safety de-sign practices for refinery and chemical operations”, Jaico Publica-tion. 2003
7. Fontana, M.G., “Corrosion Engineering”, Edn 3, McGraw Hill, 1989