This course offers a unique opportunity to tailor your experience by attending only the sections that are most relevant to your training needs. This course is one of three sections available. 

For the complete course bundle, please access it here:  Syngas Plants - Preventing Fixed Equipment Failures Course Bundle

Section Summary:

The Steam Methane Reformers and Hydrogen Plants course provides a comprehensive overview of SMR design, operation, and maintenance. Topics include the process function of SMRs, start-up and shutdown procedures, controls, heat balancing, and catalyst management. The course also addresses elevated temperature damage mechanisms, key SMR components (such as catalyst tubes, radiant inlet and outlet systems, transfer lines, cold collectors, and the convection section), process waste heat boilers, and the shifted gas loop.

Outline:

Section 1

• Introductions & Review Course Outline
• A1 SMR’s – Process Function & Design
• A2 SMR’s – Start-up, Shut-down, Controls & Heat Balancing
• A3 SMR’s – Catalyst Management
• M3 Elevated Temperature Damage Mechanisms
• A4a SMR’s – Radiant Inlet System

Section 2

• A4b SMR’s – Catalyst Tubes
• A4c SMR’s – Radiant Outlet System
• A4d SMR’s – Transfer Lines / Cold Collectors
• A4e SMR’s – Convection Section
• A6 Process Waste Heat Boilers
• A7 Shifted Gas Loop

Who Should Attend: 

This highly interactive and hands-on training caters for inexperienced as well as experienced engineers and inspectors. This program is very beneficial to Fixed Equipment Reliability Engineers, Process Engineers, Materials Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Inspectors and Design / Construction Project Engineers (QA/QC) who work on or support Syn Gas Manufacturing Plants. 

Instructor: 

Venue & Logistics: 

Hotel Booking Link: Book Hotel Here

*Please note this link expires two weeks before the start of the course. Please notify training@becht.com for any issues with the booking link.

Location:  15700 John F Kennedy Blvd, Houston, TX 77032

• Phone:  +12814425100
• Hotel Website
• Parking available on-site - free for all training attendees

For more information on training logistics, see the linked Attendee Info Sheet.