Hydrocracking
Consultant/Trainer: John Baric
Maximize the performance of your hydrocracking units with expert-led training. This course addresses common industry challenges like catalyst deactivation, product yield optimization, and operational efficiency. Through in-depth, hands-on insights, we help you enhance process understanding and troubleshoot critical issues.
Register now to gain the skills needed to improve your unit’s performance and boost your bottom line.
Cost
Location
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Dates
TBD
About the Trainer
John Baric is the trainer for Petrogenium’s Hydrocracking course. With extensive experience in oil refining, he brings deep expertise in hydrocracking processes, catalyst technologies, and refinery optimization.
This course provides engineers and operational staff with a thorough understanding of hydrocracking units, covering reaction kinetics, catalyst handling, feedstocks, safety, troubleshooting, and technical forecasts. John's practical insights equip participants with the skills to optimize operations effectively.
Participants
The ideal participants for this course are process engineers, operations managers, and technical staff working in refinery or petrochemical industries. They should have a background in chemical engineering or a related field, with experience in refining processes. This course is also valuable for those involved in optimizing hydrocracking units, troubleshooting issues, or improving product yields and operational efficiency.
Additionally, professionals looking to advance their knowledge of hydrocracking technology and its challenges will benefit from the in-depth content.
Learning Objectives
This course equips you with the knowledge to optimize unit performance, troubleshoot issues like catalyst deactivation and reactor instability, and improve process reliability. Through expert insights and real-world case studies, you’ll enhance decision-making, stay updated on the latest advancements, and gain practical skills to boost efficiency and profitability in your hydrocracking operations.
DAY 1
- Hydrocracking schemes
- Product properties
- Types of reactions and kinetics
- Kinetics: HDN, HDS, Hydrogenation
- Reaction Mechanism – Normalisation
- Catalysts
- Composition – Hydrogenation function – Acidity – Amorphous – Silica-Alumina – Zeolites
- Properties of catalysts (e.g. SA, PV, MPD, strength etc)
- Catalyst manufacture
- Support – Zeolite – Extrusion – Calcination – Impregnation – QC & Analyses
- Commercially available hydrocracking catalysts
- Topsoe
- ART
- Axens
- Criterion / Shell
- Petrogenium
DAY 2
- Feedstocks
- Type
- Contaminants
- Catalyst handling
- Reactor loading
- Presulphiding procedures
- Unloading
- Catalyst testing
- Best Practices pretest
- WABT Temperature profile
- WHSV
- Recycle cutpoint Pressure
- Gas to oil ratio
- Critical Measurements
- Calculations
- Conversion
- Hydrogen consumption
- Normalizations of WABT’s
DAY 3
- Corrosion
- High-temperature
- Aqueous
- Wash-water injection to prevent corrosion
- Safety aspects
- Catalysts
- H2S
- Polycyclic Aromatics
- NH3
- Sulphiding Compounds
- Ni(CO)4
- Troubleshooting
- Reasons for malperformance
- How to identify/rectify malperformance
- Invitation to tender/Technical offer preparation
- How to prepare a technical forecast based on pilot plant data
Programme
DAY 1
- Hydrocracking schemes
- Product properties
- Types of reactions and kinetics
- Kinetics: HDN, HDS, Hydrogenation
- Reaction Mechanism – Normalisation
- Catalysts
- Composition – Hydrogenation function – Acidity – Amorphous – Silica-Alumina – Zeolites
- Properties of catalysts (e.g. SA, PV, MPD, strength etc)
- Catalyst manufacture
- Support – Zeolite – Extrusion – Calcination – Impregnation – QC & Analyses
- Commercially available hydrocracking catalysts
- Topsoe
- ART
- Axens
- Criterion / Shell
- Petrogenium
DAY 2
- Feedstocks
- Type
- Contaminants
- Catalyst handling
- Reactor loading
- Presulphiding procedures
- Unloading
- Catalyst testing
- Best Practices pretest
- WABT Temperature profile
- WHSV
- Recycle cutpoint Pressure
- Gas to oil ratio
- Critical Measurements
- Calculations
- Conversion
- Hydrogen consumption
- Normalizations of WABT’s
DAY 3
- Corrosion
- High-temperature
- Aqueous
- Wash-water injection to prevent corrosion
- Safety aspects
- Catalysts
- H2S
- Polycyclic Aromatics
- NH3
- Sulphiding Compounds
- Ni(CO)4
- Troubleshooting
- Reasons for malperformance
- How to identify/rectify malperformance
- Invitation to tender/Technical offer preparation
- How to prepare a technical forecast based on pilot plant data