Course description
Hydrocarbon Phase Behavior Fundamentals - HPB - Virtual, Blended Short Course
This short course is from the industry-standard Gas Conditioning and Process course (G-4), known globally as the Campbell Gas Course.
This short course covers the fundamentals of hydrocarbon phase behavior, which is key to understanding gas processing facilities, and sets the foundation of being able to "think inside the pipe" for better insight into processing equipment as operating conditions change.
We will cover both qualitative and quantitative phase behavior of hydrocarbons for pure components and for multicomponent streams. Being able to predict the phase condition of a hydrocarbon stream is critical in plant operation, troubleshooting and design. This course will give you the tools to do so with a simple, robust and easy to use process simulator.
Suitability - Who should attend?
Production and processing personnel involved with natural gas and associated liquids, to acquaint or reacquaint themselves with gas conditioning and processing unit operations. This course is for facilities engineers, process engineers, senior operations personnel, field supervisors, and engineers who select, design, install, evaluate, or operate gas processing plants and related facilities.
Outcome / Qualification etc.
You will learn how to:
- Describe pure component phase behavior.
- Describe multicomponent phase behavior and phase envelopes.
- Define critical point, cricondentherm, cricondenbar, dense phase, retrograde condensation. Summarize the effect of C6+ characterization on the shape of the phase envelope.
- Recognize the effect of various non-hydrocarbon components on the shape of the phase envelope.
- List examples of fundamental applications of phase envelopes in facilities design and operations.
- Explain the concept of equilibrium vaporization ratio, K.
- List the common methods of estimating K values.
- Describe flash, bubble point and dew point calculations and list examples of their application.
- Describe the effect of composition on bubble point, dew point, and flash calculations for a hydrocarbon mixture.
- Describe stabilization of hydrocarbon liquids using stage separation.
- Summarize the differences between Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) and True Vapor Pressure (TVP).
- Describe stabilization of hydrocarbon liquids using stage separation.
- Describe the differences between Reid Vapor Pressure (RVP) and True Vapor Pressure (TVP).
Training Course Content
- Pure Component Phase Behavior
- Multicomponent Phase Behavior
- Effect of C6+ Characterization on Phase Behavior
- Non-hydrocarbon Components Effect on Phase Envelopes
- Fundamental Applications of Phase Envelopes
- Vapor Liquid Equilibrium
- Multi-stage Stabilization of Crude Oil and Condensate
- RVP and TVP of Condensate and Crude Oils