Course Overview
This course will provide hands-on experience of actual operating equipment on a small scale. Included will be some experience in operation of a distillation unit. Previous courses will have covered the theory supporting the equipment.
Prerequisite(s)
Credits
3.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, the student will be able to:
- Describe the three main modes of heat transfer and list the types of common heat exchangers.
- Define heat duty and calculate it.
- Read and explain a typical heat exchanger specification sheet.
- Describe common fired heaters and their components.
- Operate some common heat exchangers.
- Describe common pumps and any special considerations for their use in the oil and gas industry.
- Describe common problems that may occur with a pump and how to minimize risk.
- Explain the purpose of flow measuring devices and how they work.
- Operate various flow meters and pumps.
- Explain the process of distillation.
- Draw a schematic of a typical distillation system including significant control loops.
- Operate a distillation unit and fluidized bed demonstration unit.
- Discuss the operation of a separator and operate a small scale version.
Effective as of Fall 2007
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