- Overview
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TRAINING DAYS: | 3 Days | PDH: | 24 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 a comprehensive review of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process technology, including current equipment designs, process fundamentals, catalyst technology, fluidization, heavy feed processing, and operational best practices. Participants will gain an understanding of FCC reactor and regenerator systems, process variables, catalyst performance, and recent technology advances that improve unit reliability, product yields, and refinery performance.
What You’ll learn:
Explain FCC process fundamentals, reaction chemistry, and heat and pressure balances.
Evaluate how feedstock properties, operating variables, and catalyst technology affect FCC performance.
Understand FCC equipment design, fluidization principles, and reactor/regenerator operation.
Apply current FCC technologies and operating practices to improve unit performance, product quality, and reliability.
Who Should Attend:
Fluid Catalytic Cracking Process Technology is designed for refinery process engineers, unit operations personnel, catalyst technical service professionals, and catalyst or process R&D personnel. The course is also beneficial for process engineers supporting refinery design, construction, and technical services.
Course Outline:
FCC Fundamentals
FCC flow scheme
Pressure balance
Process fundamentals
FCC Chemistry and Heat Balance
Basic cracking reactions
Heat balance
Obtaining accurate test run data
FCC Variable Effects
Operating variable interactions
Feedstock effects
Increasing LCO yieldsNOx and SOx emissions reduction
Process Equipment Overview
FCCU configurations
Resid cracking processes
Hardware modifications
Riser, reactor, and fractionator design principles
Recovery-side operating guidelines
Reactor and regenerator troubleshooting
Cyclone operation
Air blower operation
Cracking Heavy Feedstocks and Resids
Heavy feedstock characterization
Product yield and quality impacts
Carbon and metals effects
Metals passivation
Fluidization Fundamentals
FCC fluidization principles
Standpipe flow
FCC Catalyst Technology
Zeolite cracking catalysts
Catalyst composition
Catalyst selectivity effects
FCC Catalyst Evaluation
Analytical characterization
Performance testing
Impact of catalyst properties on FCC operation
Advances in FCC Technology
New feed nozzle designs
Advanced riser termination devices
Improved stripper technologies
Taught By:
Al English
Meet The Instructor:
Al English is the principal of ARE Refining Consulting LLC and an FCC expert with over 40 years of petroleum refining experience, including 19 years with KBC. He has provided troubleshooting, optimization, design, and training to more than 40 refineries worldwide, supporting over 50 FCC units and other major refining processes. His work has helped clients achieve benefits typically exceeding $2 million annually. Al is a licensed Chemical Engineer with a master’s degree in Technology Management. He has authored or co-authored 13 publications, holds three US patents, and has served twice on the NPRA (now AFPM) FCC Q&A panel.
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.