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CfPA - The Center for Professional Advancement, 90 Minute Accredited Online Training
October 25, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (ET)
Who Should Attend
This course is designed for professionals in natural gas, environmental, energy, petroleum, petrochemical, governmental, and chemical processing areas. Although not limited to these, some typical job functions that would benefit from this course include:
• Process Engineers
• Project Engineers
• Process Chemists
• Environmental/Energy Auditors
• Engineering Educators
• Engineers and Municipal Officers
• Managers at Natural Gas Companies
• News Media (Print, TV, Radio, Internet) Covering Natural
Gas Issues Description
For maximum training benefit, participants are encouraged to attend the entire series. However, each session may also be taken individually.
Maximize learning and minimize expense: Register for all 4 parts and save $200 OR take any one as a stand-alone course.
Series Description: Natural gas is defined as methane and associated light hydrocarbons that have been recovered from natural gas fields or extracted during petroleum processing. Historically the gas was an unwanted byproduct since there was no ready market and it could not be transported as the oil could. This gas used to be flared, but is now usually reinjected into the well. In the United States interstate pipelines exist to take the gas to market. Consequently, natural gas has become a vital component of the energy mix. Hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) is the process of using a fluid to create cracks in sedimentary rock and a proppant (small solid) to hold open the crack, releasing trapped oil and gas. EHS concerns have developed over the process of fracking, with some of the biggest issues being the contamination of drinking water with natural and synthetic toxins as well as potential radioactive material.
Part 4: In the process of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) for the recovery of natural gas, high pressure fluids with suspended small solids stimulate a shale formation for the evolution of gas. The fluid is mostly water although hundreds of chemical have been added in order to uniformly disperse the solid and perform other process functions in the wellbore. Key elements in performance are functions of the composition of fracking fluids and the specifics of the application. Classical equations and empirical correlations help in understanding the performance of the system. In this 90-minute accredited training will provide a review of the theoretical and experimental approaches to fracking fluids and proppants. This training will include opportunities for learning assessment.
Review of Learning Objectives
Module 1: Current snapshot of the design of the recovery of shale gas:
• Fracking fluid composition and physical properties
• Chemical additives impact on physical properties
• Proppants manufacture and properties
Module 2: Single and Two phase calculations:
• Velocity Profiles
• Pressure Drop
• Settling Velocity and Void Fraction
• Analogy to collagen beads; accounting for non-ideal flow
Module 3: Research and Development
• Sensitivity analysis; physical properties versus
performance
• Dynamic analysis of fracked gas composition
• Dynamic approach to water issues
• Use of STELLA and HYSYS in fracking analysis
Question and Answer Session
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Organized by:
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CfPA - The Center for Professional Advancement |
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Invited Speakers:
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Dr. Gennaro (Jerry) Maffia, Professor of Chemical Engineering, Manhattan College
After twenty years as a process engineer and manager in the petrochemicals industry, mostly with Atlantic Richfield, Inc., Dr. Gennaro (Jerry) Maffia joined Widener University in the fall of 1992 as Chairman of the Department of Chemical Engineering. He retired in 2010 and was made Professor Emeritus at Widener University. In the fall of 2010, Prof. Maffia joined Manhattan College as Professor of Chemical Engineering. Over the past 10 years, Prof. Maffia has been honored with a Lindback Award, a Zandi Award, and a Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh Award for excellence in teaching. Prof. Maffia has broad interests in petroleum, petrochemicals, environmental, energy and biotechnology industries and is an active consultant in these areas. He has offered short courses and training seminars/webinars on process engineering and related topics at sites around the world.
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Deadline for Abstracts:
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n/a
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Registration:
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Please click here for registration information.
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E-mail:
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sberg@cfpa.com
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