The oil refining process is one of the most complex processes in today’s industry, as it incorporates catalyst systems, complex reactor designs, sophisticated computer control hardware and software, and advanced safety and environmental controls.
A typical medium-size refinery has hundreds of pumps, heat exchangers and drums; dozens of furnaces, compressors, and high temperature/high pressure reactors; and thousands of control loops and associated computer control technologies. In order to optimize these complex systems and their interactions approach to single point or single system optimizing cannot work as effectively as we hope, as the refinery has to be considered as a system, rather than connection of its parts. Here is where the multi-method simulation comes to play an important part, as we can use Discrete Event, Agent Based and System Dynamics simulation to incorporate all the refinery systems into one and be able to have the outputs from the system, as well as its components, rather than just having an output from one of the components.
This training course will feature:
Explanation of refinery process
Basis of Discrete Event, Agent Based and System Dynamics simulation
Establishing relationships between measurements and reservoir properties
How to minimize overall operating costs while achieving the maximum possible “upgrade” for each hydrocarbon molecule (called “molecule management”)
Hands-on practice in AnyLogic software for all three methods of simulation
By the end of this training course, participants will be able to:
Learn the concepts and methods of selecting feedstocks and product slates
Understand the capabilities of AnyLogic as multi-method simulation tool
Acquire the knowledge to consider the refinery as a system, not a sum off its parts
Incorporate optimizing models into a simulation package
Create and run simulations of complex systems
Harness the possibilities of testing change options in virtual environment
A quem se destina este curso de formação?
This Coventry Academy training course is designed for all professionals working in the field of data analysis, oil and gas exploration, geology and reservoir modelling and will greatly benefit:
Process engineers
Refinery schedulers
Planners and managers
Data Scientists
Data Analysts
Petroleum engineers
Refinery Plant Engineers
Como é que esta ação de formação será apresentada?
This Coventry Academy training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes presentation of theoretical concepts, video lectures and many exercises that will be done through the guided work of the delegates themselves. The delegates will use free Personal Learning Edition AnyLogic software to create models and define and select statistics.
Descrição do curso
Day One: Refinery Process
Basics of Petroleum refining industry
Refinery Configuration
Distillation Processes
Coking and Thermal Processes
Catalytic Processes
Cracking Processes
Alteration Processes
Treatment Processes
Product Blending
Mathematical Programming in Refining
Day Two: Multi-method Simulation
Discrete Event Simulation Modeling
System Dynamics Simulation Modeling
Agent Based Simulation Modeling
Introduction to AnyLogic software
Exercise: First model development in AnyLogic software
Multi-method modeling and its application to refinery process
Exercise: Multi-model creation in AnyLogic
Day Three: Petroleum Refinery Planning
Characterization, Physical and Thermodynamic Properties of Oil Fractions
Crude Assay
Bulk properties
Fraction properties
Regression-Based Planning
Artificial-Neural-Network-Based Modeling
Exercise: using fluid library in AnyLogic
Day Four: Planning Under Uncertainty for a Single Refinery
Deterministic Model Formulation
Stochastic Model Formulation
Sampling Methodology
Objective Function Evaluation
Variance Calculation
Demand Uncertainty
Process Yield Uncertainty
Variation Coefficient
Exercise: Refinery plant model creation in AnyLogic
Day Five: Integration with Petrochemical Supply Chain
Refinery and Petrochemical Synergy Benefits
Delivery of crude oil to refinery
Exercise: Connecting the delivery process with refinery process
Exercise: Calculating outputs and statistics
Exercise: Optimization results of the system as a whole
Areas of application for multi-method-based simulation
O certificado
Coventry Academy Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course