A team of highly experienced associates in the USA, Malaysia,

Indonesia and Singapore

Train over 2000 personnel since 1997

Recognized world-wide in the areas of Chemical Engineering,

Process Equipment Design, distillation simulation, column
design and unit commissioning

Karl Kolmetz
Managing Director
KLM Technology Group
www.klmtechgroup.com Editor for ———————-
* Engineering Practice Magazine
[email protected] * Handbook of Process Equipment Design
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The Success of Every Company Speaker- Karl Kolmetz
Depends of each employee's understanding of Karl Kolmetz is a Senior Technical Engineering
the key business components. Employee Professional / Managing Director at KLM
training and development will unlock the Technology Group. He is the Editor for
companies' profitability and reliability. When
Engineering Practice Magazine and the
people, processes and technology work
together as a team developing practical Handbook of Process Equipment Design. He has
solutions, companies can maximize profitabil- authored more than 140 publications on a
ity and assets in a sustainable manner. Training variety of subjects for product recovery,
and development is an investment in future troubleshooting, training, project management,
success - give yourself and your employees the
process design, process safety management and
keys to success.
simulation with safety and environmental focus.
KLM Technology Group has a team of highly His research interest focuses on how to apply
experienced associates in the USA, Malaysia,
Indonesia and Singapore, that specializes in the the fundamentals of engineering to practical
practical application of knowledge. Our team applications. The Handbook of Process
leaders are all degreed engineers and typically Equipment Design has over 100 chapters on a
have over twenty years of specialized chemical
industry experience. Assisting the team leaders variety of process equipment including, line
are young degreed engineers and practical sizing, pumps, compressors, relief valve, lares,
application specialist with many years of appli- separators, distillation and others
cable experience.
 Session One - 30th Sept, 1st, 2nd Oct (Morning)
Session Two - 2nd (Afternoon), 3rd, 4th Oct

Course Overview This course is an advanced class on distillation which is a major unit operation for
most processing plants; Ammonia Plants, Refineries, Ethylene Plants, EB/Styrene
Plants, EG/EO Plants, Methanol Plants, Gas Processing Plants, Palm Oil Plants, Sul-
phuric Acid Plants, Butadiene, BTX, Solvents and others.

Course Outline Introduction

Plant Distillation Overview
Session One General Column Design
Column Design and Operation
- Tray Column Design and Operation
- Packed Column Design and Operation
- Optimizing Columns for improved operation and maintenance
- Conducting a High Load Test
- Operating columns in fouling service
- Operating columns in vacuum service
- Operating columns in quench service
- Separation Concepts
- Simulation Software Review
- Multi-Effect Distillation

Course Outline Thermodynamics and Equilibrium

- Vapor Liquid Equilibrium
Session Two - Stages & Transfer Units Efficiencies
- Stage Efficiency
Process Control
- Distillation Column Control
- Typical controlled and manipulated process variables
- Controller Performance Criteria
- Feed Forward Control of an Ideal Process
Commissioning
- Tower Pre Commissioning Guidelines
- Tower Start Up Guidelines
- Tower Shut Down Guidelines
Troubleshooting
- Introduction
- Installation
- Case Studies

What You Can Expect to Gain - The operation, control and trouble shooting of a distillation column and its
associated equipment,
- An overview of distillation, practical solutions as well as theory
- An understating of essential distillation concepts,
- Valuable practical insights for trouble free design and field proven techniques for
commissioning, start up and shutdown of distillation operation.
- The fundamental knowledge of distillation control.
- To tailor your approach to specific design, analysis and troubleshooting problems.

Who Should Attend - People who are making day to day decisions regarding operation, design,
maintenance, and economics of process industry plants.
- Engineer, chemist or operations personnel who must troubleshoot and solve
distillation problems in a plant, an engineering office or laboratory.
- Plant Operation Support Engineers / Operations Staff checking plant performance
under different operating conditions, and who are involved in design of new
facilities or revamps of existing facilities.
- Ideal for veterans and those with only a few years of experience who want to
review or broaden their understanding of process safety.
- Other professionals who desire a better understanding of the subject matter.
2 ½ Day Course
Session One - 30th Sept, 1st, 2nd Oct (Morning)
Session Two - 2nd (Afternoon), 3rd, 4th Oct

Cost per 2 ½ Day Course

● Middle East USD 1500
● Malaysia RM 2000
● Singapore SGD 1000
● Thailand BAHT 15,000
● Indonesia IR 7.5 million

Method Of Payment

• Please kindly complete and return the reply form.

• Kindly email for Stripe and Bank details.
• Please instruct your bank to remit us the full amount,
net of bank charges.

Cancellation & Substitutions

A full refund will be promptly made for all written cancel-

lations 2 weeks before the meeting. 50% refund will be
made for written cancellations received 7 days before the
meeting. A substitute may be made at any time.
Note
A) The organizer has the right to make any amendments
that they deem to be in the best interest of the course and
to cancel the course if insufficient registrations are re-
ceived a week before course commencements date.
B) CERTIFICATE OF ATTENDANCE will be awarded at the
end of the course.

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