Fundamentals of Process Troubleshooting
In the hydrocarbon
and chemical process industry, a typical process operator controls
an investment in plant and equipment that runs into the tens of millions
of dollars; raw materials worth as much as a million dollars a day;
the safety of hundreds of people working and living around the plant.
Today's plants
are the safest they have ever been, thanks to investment in sophisticated
process control equipment and improvements in operating reliability.
Process operators are far better trained then their predecessors
a generation ago.
But most operators
aren't well schooled in troubleshooting process problems - and the
consequences of failed troubleshooting have been costly - and fatal.
Simulation
Solutions, a leader in computer simulation for the process
industry, brings twenty-five years experience in using computer
simulation in operations training.
In collaboration
with Simulation Solutions, we have developed an approach to teaching
troubleshooting based on widely recognized training best practices:
- We've analyzed how good troubleshooting works, and developed
a step-by-step method that can be used to troubleshoot any kind
of operating problem.
- We teach troubleshooting methods in a classroom environment.
- Operators learn how to troubleshoot by applying the method to
process simulations running on desktop computers in the classroom.
We believe
the rigor of our model and the use of simulation in our case studies
provides a method of teaching troubleshooting that is unmatched by
any other approach we have seen. Our course has been adopted by the
American Institute of Chemical Engineers and is part of their continuing
education program.
An investment
in troubleshooting skill development can pay huge returns, measured
by improved operating performance, fewer shutdowns and the benefits
of improved process safety.
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