- Overview
Course Bundle: SMR Failure Prevention + Best Practice Operation and Process Control
This comprehensive 3-day training bundle offers an immersive learning experience led by industry experts David J. Keen and Venkat Pattabathula.
Day 1: Begin with a crucial overview of Steam Methane Reformers (SMR) Failure Prevention, where David and Venkat will share insights from 40 SMRs worldwide. Learn about historical failure events and near-misses in SMRs and the critical preventative measures needed to safeguard your ammonia, methanol, or hydrogen plant.
Topics include:
- Key damage mechanisms and historical failures
- Essential design, construction, and operating controls
- A methodology to identify components most at risk in your SMR
Days 2 & 3: Deepen your knowledge with Venkat’s Best Practices for Ammonia Plant Operation. Gain insights into proven strategies for achieving optimal availability, efficiency, and process safety, tailored to the unique demands of ammonia production.
With a balance of foundational knowledge and specialized insights, this training bundle empowers your team to enhance plant reliability, safety, and performance.
See individual courses for comprehensive outlines and details.
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Ammonia Plants - Best Practice Operation and Process Control - Aus Public 2025 | Live Training | |
Summary: This course focuses on best practice operation of ammonia plants to ensure optimal plant availability, efficiency and process safety. Outline:
Who Should Attend: Process Engineers, Operations Engineers and Senior Operators involved in operation and process control of ammonia plants. Instructors: Venkat Pattabathula is a highly experienced Subject Matter Expert in ammonia, hydrogen, and energy transitions, with over 40 years in process engineering and project management. He has led diverse projects, from small-scale to mega-projects, across various regions, including Asia, North America, and Australia. Venkat’s expertise spans feasibility studies, technology evaluation, optimization, and energy transitions, with a strong focus on ammonia, urea, and hydrogen production. A chartered engineer with Engineers Australia and a member of AIChE's Ammonia Safety Committee since 2005, Venkat has published over 140 papers and contributed a chapter on "Ammonia" for the Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia. His educational background includes a postgraduate degree from IIT and a certificate from MIT. His consultancy, SVP Chemical Plant Services, provides technical services to the global hydrogen, ammonia, and urea industry. Training Location: Level 1, 320 Adelaide Street, Brisbane Queensland 4000 *There is no designated hotel for this training. Discounted hotel options to come. |
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Syngas Plants - Steam Methane Reformer Failures and How to Prevent Them - Aus Public 2025 | Live Training | |
Summary: This course focuses on how to avoid component failures on steam methane reformers used in ammonia, methanol and hydrogen plants. One of the biggest fears for owners of ammonia, methanol and hydrogen plants is a significant failure event on the heart of the plant, the Steam Methane Reformer (SMR). This training reviews failures and near misses on 40 SMR’s, located in eleven countries globally. The intent of this training is to provide insight into:
This training also provides a methodology for completing a detailed analysis of your SMR to ascertain what components have weak or absent controls and consequently are most at risk of becoming the next significant unplanned plant outage. Outline:
Who Should Attend:
Instructors: David Keen is a qualified Metallurgist with over 46yrs domestic and international experience in Syngas manufacturing facilities. David is a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on fixed equipment integrity management and has in recent years downloaded this knowledge into a series of training modules focused on preventing equipment failures through experiential learning and team problem solving sessions. He has held various positions including Global Company Chief Engineer, VP Global Reliability & Risk, Company Engineer Fixed Equipment, Reliability Manager, Operations Manager, Maintenance Manager, T/A Manager and Plant Metallurgist. David has worked as a consultant to Hydrogen, Ammonia and Methanol plants in 12 countries globally. He has been involved in implementing RBI programs, IOW programs, auditing fixed equipment management, completion of failure investigations, root cause analyses, fixed equipment repairs and design and construction of new fixed equipment. David has worked on 33 steam methane reformers and is a recognized subject matter expert in the integrity management of SMRs.
Training Location: Level 1, 320 Adelaide Street, Brisbane Queensland 4000 *There is no designated hotel for this training. Discounted hotel options to come. |