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CfPA - The Center for Professional Advancement, 90 Minute Accredited Online Training
March 13, 2013 at 11:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. (ET)
Who Should Attend
This online introductory training webinar will benefit operating and design professionals in the following industries: refining, chemicals and petrochemicals processing. The material should also be pertinent for industry, academia, and government operators of pressure vessels and reactors.
This webinar is designed for engineers and technicians who use, install, and design safety valves. Managers responsible for equipment procurement, and detailed equipment design and operation would find the webinar useful. This webinar will enable the participant to understand the performance parameters and to troubleshoot problematic safety valves in pressurized equipment and systems.
Other disciplines who would find this webinar of interest include boiler and process plant operators, maintenance engineers, and plant/project engineers. Description
This 90-minute accredited training is an introduction to safety relief valves, and as such some general background on plant operations, valves, process control and this type of equipment is recommended.
The following topics are discussed:
• Principles of safety valve design and operation
• Installation and troubleshooting
• Examination of P&IDs and examples of process locations
for such valves
• Assembly, repair and disassembly
• Explanation of relevant codes
• Steam and air testing
Additionally, this webinar will enable the student to correctly identify and troubleshoot problematic safety valves as it relates to pressure controlled process equipment.
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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 principal 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. In 2010 Prof. Maffia joined his alma mater Manhattan College as Professor of Chemical Engineering. He also continues as Adjunct Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Drexel University. Prof. Maffia is an active consultant in chemical and bio-based processes, and is an associate of several consulting firms. He has offered many short courses, webinars and training workshops on process engineering and related topics at industrial and academic sites around the world. Prof. Maffia has degrees from Dartmouth College (DE), NYU (MBA), and Manhattan College (BE & ME). He is the holder of seven US patents, several world patents and is a contributor to another 50. Prof. Maffia has supervised 55 graduate theses and has been in residence during 4 world scale petrochemical plant start-ups.
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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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