- Overview
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TRAINING DAYS: | 2 Days | PDH: | 16 Hours |
DISCIPLINE: | Strategic Planning and Process Solutions | LEVEL: | Core Skill |
CATEGORY: | Process Technology | SUGGESTED EXPERIENCE: | 1–5 years |
TRAINING MAP: | Process Engineer | ||
Levels and experience are guidelines based on topic-specific experience. All courses support foundational and advanced learning.
About:
This course provides an in-depth, practical review of catalytic reforming and naphtha pretreating technologies used in modern petroleum refineries. Participants learn the chemistry, catalysts, operating variables, process technologies, monitoring techniques, troubleshooting methods, and catalyst regeneration practices needed to optimize reformer performance, improve product quality, and maximize refinery profitability.
What You’ll learn:
Explain catalytic reforming chemistry, catalyst functions, and commercial process technologies.
Evaluate how feed quality, operating variables, and catalysts affect unit performance and product quality.
Monitor reformer operation, diagnose common performance issues, and apply troubleshooting techniques.
Understand catalyst regeneration, naphtha hydrotreating, and process safety considerations for catalytic reforming units.
Who Should Attend:
Catalytic Reforming Process Technology is designed for refinery personnel involved in catalytic reforming operations, process engineering, and unit monitoring, as well as technical professionals supporting catalyst, process technology, and refining operations.
Course Outline:
Introduction to Catalytic Reforming
Process history
Position within the refining process
Process overview
Reforming process types
Evolution to moving-bed technology
Reforming Chemistry and Catalysts
Reforming reaction chemistry
Metal and acid catalyst functions
Reforming Feed and Products
Feed sources and quality
Reformate product quality
Net gas product quality
Reformer Process Technologies
Semi-regenerative reforming
Cyclic regeneration
Continuous catalyst regeneration (CCR)
Reforming Process Equipment
Reforming equipment
Catalyst regeneration equipment
Reforming Process Variables
Severity
Pressure
Hydrogen-to-hydrocarbon ratio
Liquid Hourly Space Velocity (LHSV)
Feed quality
Catalyst selection and condition
Effects on yields, catalyst activity, catalyst stability, and product quality
Reformer Monitoring
Key operating parameters
Water/chloride balance
Reformer Troubleshooting
Low reformate octane (RON)
Catalyst performance
Catalyst sampling
Water/chloride balance
Feed contaminants
Reforming Process Safety
Process safety considerations for catalytic reforming operations
Naphtha Hydrotreating
Chemistry and catalysts
Process flow
Process variables
Process safety
Taught By:
Brad Palmer
Meet The Instructor:
Brad P. Palmer has over 30 years of petroleum refining experience and is a subject matter expert in reforming and isomerization. His work combines hands-on unit troubleshooting, catalyst evaluation, process modeling, and optimization with refinery engineering leadership and capital project development.
He has improved yields through catalyst and design changes, developed safe operating limits and troubleshooting guidance, and led engineer and operator training. His experience includes supporting capital budgets of $40–120 million, improving equipment reliability, planning and executing turnarounds, and directing corporate gasoline networks for reforming, isomerization, aromatic extraction, and SZorb®.
Mr. Palmer holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Utah.
Venue:
The training will be held in Houston, TX. The exact location will be announced by mid-November. Please check back for updates. If you purchase the class, you can find the hotel booking link under My Courses → (your course) → Resources once available.