**UPDATED** Gas Treating and Sulphur Recovery Workshop - Germany - Now Fall 2020

Location: Wolfratshauser Strasse 138, 82049 Pullach, Germany
Venue: Linde AG Offices
Date: 10/05/2020 to 10/07/2020
Cost: $1,800.00
Meal Included: yes

Optimized Gas Treating, Inc.
Three-day Seminar 

Where: Linde AG Offices at Wolfratshauser Strasse 138, 82049 Pullach, Germany

When: October 5 - 7, 2020 **DATES UPDATED**

Presenters: TBD

* Attendees are responsible for hotel reservations; however, a list of hotel recommendations will be provided upon request. 

** Linde AG Site Map can be downloaded at https://www.dropbox.com/s/apwi...

Agenda

Day 1: Gas Treating

• 09:00 – 09:15 Opening Remarks
  
• 09:15 – 10:00 Introduction to Linde
  
• 10:00 – 10:15 Introduction to Optimized Gas Treating, Inc.
  
• 10:15 – 10:30 Morning Break
  
• 10:30 – 11:30 Overview of Technology and Services (Linde)
  
• 11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
  
• 12:30 – 13:30 Mass Transfer Rate Model (Predictive power and scientific phenomenological basis) 
  
• 13:30 – 14:30 Amine Treating - Important Parameters 
  
• 14:30 – 15:00 Afternoon Break
  
• 15:00 – 15:45 Amine Treating – Blended Amines 
  
• 15:45 – 16:30 Amine Treating – Heat Stable Salts  
• 16:30 – 17:00 End of Day 1 Q&A

Day 2: Gas Treating (Continued)

• 09:00 – 09:45 Acid Gas Enrichment and Selective Treating
  
• 09:45 – 10:30 MDEA and formulated MDEA based solvents for bulk and deep CO2 removal (Syngas and LNG)
  
• 10:30 – 11:00 Morning Break
  
• 11:00 – 11:30 CO2 Capture — How it differs from traditional treating & unusual behaviors
  
• 11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
  
• 12:30 – 13:00 Physical Solvents including HotPot and amine promoted HotPot 
  
• 13:00 – 13:30 Glycol Dehydration including modeling Stahl columns
  
• 13:30 – 14:00 Afternoon Break
  
• 14:00 – 14:30 Caustic Treating
  
• 14:30 – 15:15 Corrosion
  
• 15:15 – 16:00 Sour Water Stripping including 2-stage stripping
  
  • i. Important parameters and differences from amine regeneration
  • ii. Tray efficiencies - the moving target
  • iii. Phenolic vs. Non-phenolic Water
    • 1. Common Contaminants
      • a. HCN
      • b. Phenols
      • c. Alkanolamines
      • d. Alkali metal cations
      • e. Strong acid anions
      • f. Hydrocarbons
    • 2. Optimal Caustic Injection Points
  • iv. Corrosion and Metallurgy Considerations
  • v. 2-Stage Stripping
• 16:00 – 17:00 Gas Treating Wrap-Up, Q&A

Day 3 : Sulphur Recovery Units

• 09:00 – 09:30 Claus Process Overview
  
• 09:30 – 10:00 Feed Preparation
  
  • a. Refinery vs. gas plant feeds
  • b. Acid Gas knockout
  • c. Combustion air 
• 10:00 – 10:30 Morning Break
• 10:30 – 11:30 Reaction Furnace
  
  • a. Overview of one and two zone furnace designs
  • b. Ammonia destruction
  • c. BTEX & hydrocarbon destruction
  • d. CS2 formation 
• 11:30 – 12:30 Lunch
• 12:30 – 13:15 Waste Heat Boiler
  
  • a. H2 & COS recombination reactions
  • b. Sizing & rating
  • c. Corrosion & reliability considerations
• 13:15 – 13:45 Condenser
  
  • a. Sizing & rating
  • b. Turndown studies
  • c. Emphasis on differences vs. WHB
• 13:45 – 14:30 Converter
  
  • a. Deactivation mechanisms
  • b. Interpreting temperature profiles
  • c. COS and CS2 hydrolysis
  • d. Catalyst types and selection parameters 
• 14:30 – 15:00 Afternoon Break
  
• 15:00 – 15:45 TGU
  
  • a. SO2 breakthroughs
  • b. pH – to control or not to control
• 15:45 – 16:00 Integrating the SRU with Upstream and Downstream Amine Units
  
• 16:00 - 16:15 CAPE-OPEN Capabilities in ProTreat/SulphurPro and Upcoming Features
  
• 16:15 – 16:30 Closing remarks
  
• 16:30 – 17:00 Sulphur Recovery Wrap-up, Q&A