University College of Southeast Norway
Process Technology and Equipment Course Description
Amaranath S. Kumara, PhD.
Associate Professor
Faculty of Energy and Environmental Technology
University College of Southeast Norway
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What is Process Technology ?
The branch of Engineering which is
concerned with processes in which
materials undergo a required
change in composition, energy
content or physical state at a
reasonable cost and in the safest
possible manner.
Johan Sverdrup field centre
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P1 LQ
The design capacity is 315,000 BOE/day (50,000 sm3/day)
Johan Sverdrup is expected to hold 1.8–2.9 billion barrels (290–460 million cubic meters) of oil
The platform will include between 40 and 50 risers and J-tubes.
The LQ topsides will include the actual living quarters with 450 cabins.
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Chemical/Process Engineer
Chemical/process engineers concern themselves with the
chemical processes that turn raw materials into valuable
products.
The necessary skills encompass all aspects of design,
testing, scale-up, operation, control, and optimization,
and require a detailed understanding of the various
"unit operations", such as distillation, mixing, and
biological processes, which make these conversions
possible.
Chemical/Process engineering utilizes mass, momentum,
and energy transfer along with thermodynamics and
chemical kinetics to analyze and improve on these "unit
operations.
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Process Technology and Equipment
Process Technology and Equipment
Basic process
design Amaranath S. Kumara
Associate Professor
Unit operations
Britt E. Moldestad Professor
Design of turbo
machines Knut Vågsæther
Associate Professor
This course will guide the participates to develop key concepts and techniques to select
and design process equipment in a process plant.
These key concepts can be utilized to make design and operating decisions.
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Basic process design
Introduction to Process equipment design
Process Diagrams and flow sheet calculations
Basic valve theory and pipe networks
Multiphase flow
Design of Pressure vessels
Reactor sizing and design
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Unit operations
Separation colum design
Binary distillation
Multicomponent distillation
Plate and packed columns
Three phase separators
Fluidization
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Design of turbomachinery
Introduction to turbomachinery
Hydraulic pumps
Compressors and fans
Steam- and gas turbines
Axial machinery
Selection, application and construction
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Learning outcome
understand the meaning of the terminology associated with process equipment
be able to apply adequate methods, techniques and equations in solving multiphase flow,
production and processing problems
be able to explain process flow diagrams and separation systems
understand the basic for calculation of the main dimensions, selection and modelling of
different process equipment
be able to look up and use data from available tables and diagrams to solve process
equipment problems
be able to apply adequate methods, techniques and equations in calculation of rotating
machinery and pipe systems
be able to draw conclusions concerning design, production and optimization
University College of Southeast Norway
Amaranath S. Kumara, PhD
Associate Professor
Faculty of Energy and Environmental Technology
University College of Southeast Norway (USN)
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