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Process Plant - PRTC 224

Process Operations II

• Identify the equipment parts of a fired heater. 
• Discuss the fundamental operating principles of a fired heater.
• Identify operating tasks, problems, and conditions associated with a fired heater.
• Explain typical operating conditions and terms with a fired heater
• Predict how changes in operating conditions will affect equipment performance of a fired heater
• Identify the equipment parts of a boiler
• Discuss the fundamental operating principles of a boiler.
• Identify operating tasks, problems, and conditions associated with a boiler.
• Explain typical operating conditions and terms with a boiler
• Predict how changes in operating conditions will affect equipment performance of a boiler
• Identify the equipment parts of a distillation tower. 
• Identify operating tasks, problems, and conditions associated with a distillation tower.
• Explain typical operating conditions and terms with a distillation tower
• Predict how changes in operating conditions will affect equipment performance of a distillation tower
• Discuss the fundamental operating principles of a distillation tower.
• Employ both graphs and calculations to determine vapor/liquid equilibrium compositions in distillation systems
• Apply material balances to simple distillation systems
• Identify the requirements for chemical reactions to occur, common chemical reactions, and basic chemistry terminology
• Predict the effects of changes in operating conditions on the reaction rate and equilibrium of a given chemical reaction
• Identify the equipment parts of a reactor. 
• Discuss the fundamental operating principles of a reactor.
• Identify operating tasks, problems, and conditions associated with a reactor.
• Predict how changes in operating conditions will affect equipment performance
• Apply material balances to simple distillation and reaction systems