Hydrocracking Training Course
Consultant/Trainer: Bob Scheffer / John Baric
Optimize your hydrocracking operations with Petrogenium’s comprehensive course designed for engineers and operational staff. Gain practical knowledge of reaction kinetics, catalyst technology, feedstock management, corrosion prevention, and troubleshooting. This training equips you to improve unit performance, tackle common challenges like catalyst deactivation, and optimize product yields—strengthen operational reliability and profitability.
Participants
This Petrogenium course can be tailored for awareness/inexperienced staff, for intermediate and for experienced personnel. Furthermore the course can be customized for a specific refinery, plant or unit. The option for post-course consultancy/help-desk support is also available.
Participants may include: oil refining personnel especially those involved with hydrocracking; researchers & professionals who work in hydrocracking; catalyst manufacturing staff, especially those involved in the production& research of hydrocracking catalysts; staff involved in refinery optimization & maximizing synergies between refinery processes.
Participants may include: oil refining personnel especially those involved with hydrocracking; researchers & professionals who work in hydrocracking; catalyst manufacturing staff, especially those involved in the production& research of hydrocracking catalysts; staff involved in refinery optimization & maximizing synergies between refinery processes.
Learning Objectives
How to make optimal use of hydrocracking units; understanding the types of reactions & kinetics, including reaction calculations; catalyst explanations, manufacture & commercially available catalysts; feedstocks; catalysts handling & testing; corrosion; safety aspects; troubleshooting; tenders & technical offers; technical forecasts based on pilot plant data.
Day 1
Hydrocracking schemes
Product properties
Day 2
Feedstocks
Day 3
Corrosion
Hydrocracking schemes
Product properties
- Types of reactions and kinetics – Kinetics: HDN, HDS, Hydrogenation, cracking – Reaction Mechanism – Normalisation
- Composition – Hydrogenation function – Acidity – Amorphous Silica-Alumina – Zeolites
- Properties of catalysts (e.g. SA, PV, MPD, strength etc)
- Support – Zeolite – Extrusion – Calcination – Impregnation – Quality control & Analyses
- Topsoe – ART – Axens – Criterion / Shell
Day 2
Feedstocks
- Type – Contaminants
- Reactor loading – Presulphiding procedures – Unloading
- Best Practices pretest – WABT Temperature profile – WHSV – Recycle cutpoint – Pressure
- Gas to oil ratio – Critical Measurements
- Conversion – Hydrogen consumption – Normalizations of WABT’s
Day 3
Corrosion
- High-temperature – Aqueous – Wash-water injection to prevent corrosion
- Catalysts – H2S – Polycyclic Aromatics – NH3- Sulphiding Compounds – Ni(CO)4
- Reasons for malperformance in – 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
Day 2
Feedstocks
Day 3
Corrosion
Hydrocracking schemes
Product properties
- Types of reactions and kinetics – Kinetics: HDN, HDS, Hydrogenation, cracking – Reaction Mechanism – Normalisation
- Composition – Hydrogenation function – Acidity – Amorphous Silica-Alumina – Zeolites
- Properties of catalysts (e.g. SA, PV, MPD, strength etc)
- Support – Zeolite – Extrusion – Calcination – Impregnation – Quality control & Analyses
- Topsoe – ART – Axens – Criterion / Shell
Day 2
Feedstocks
- Type – Contaminants
- Reactor loading – Presulphiding procedures – Unloading
- Best Practices pretest – WABT Temperature profile – WHSV – Recycle cutpoint – Pressure
- Gas to oil ratio – Critical Measurements
- Conversion – Hydrogen consumption – Normalizations of WABT’s
Day 3
Corrosion
- High-temperature – Aqueous – Wash-water injection to prevent corrosion
- Catalysts – H2S – Polycyclic Aromatics – NH3- Sulphiding Compounds – Ni(CO)4
- Reasons for malperformance in – How to identify/rectify malperformance Invitation to tender/Technical offer preparation – How to prepare a technical forecast based on pilot plant data