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Why Chemical Engineering ?
Refinery
Desalination
Petrochemicals
Gas Plant
Environment
January 2003
Chemical Engineering Department King Fahd
University of Petroleum Minerals Dhahran
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Overview

• What is Chemical Engineering ?
• Major Courses in Chemical Engineering Discipline
• Chemical Engineering at KFUPM
• Chemical Engineering Opportunities
• Future of Chemical Engineering in Saudi Arabia

A Petrochemical Plant
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What is Chemical Engineering ?
Chemical engineering deals with industrial
processes in which raw materials are changed or
separated into useful products.
A view of chemical plant at night
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What is Chemical Engineering ? - Contd.

• Chemical engineers must have knowledge of
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Engineering Concepts to design and safely operate
  chemical plants to produce value added products.

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What is Chemical Engineering ? - Contd.

• Chemical Engineers deal with plant-scale
  production of chemicals
• Involved in both economical and technical
  calculations in chemical industry.
• Design and Fabrication of the Plant to
  accommodate high production capacity

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What is Chemical Engineering ? - Contd.

• The Chemical Engineer has also to consider

• the market value of the product
• possible raw materials how they can be obtained?
  
• regulations for petrochemicals production,
  transportation, and storage.
• Environmental concern of petrochemical products

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What is Chemical Engineering ? - Contd.

• Chemical petrochemical plant operations
• Optimization to increase profitability
• Knowledge of process control for chemical plants
• Familiar with new technology for the
  petrochemical industries

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Major Courses in Chemical Engineering Discipline

• Mathematics
• Physics
• Chemistry
• Mass Conservation Laws
• Energy Conservation Laws

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Major Courses in Chemical Engineering Discipline
-Contd.

• Thermodynamics
• Fluid Mechanics
• Heat Transfer
• Mass Transfer
• Unit Operations such as Distillation Columns, Gas
  Absorbers, Gas Stripping
• Reactor Design and Operation

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Major Courses in Chemical Engineering Discipline
-Contd.

• Computer Applications
• Process Design Economics
• Process Control
• Optimization
• Elective Courses
• - Natural Gas processing
• - Environment
• - Petroleum Refining
• - Corrosion
• - Desalination
• - Petrochemicals

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Chemical Engineering at KFUPM
Our Mission

• Provide Quality Education to Students
• Contribute Effectively in the Development and
  Operation of the Saudi Chemical and Petrochemical
  Industries
• Provide Advanced Technical Knowledge to students
  in Classical Chemical Engineering and other
  related fields
• Prepare students to join the Saudi Industry
  immediately after graduation

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Chemical Engineering at KFUPM -Continued

• Conduct Basic and Applied Research relevant to
  the needs of the Kingdom.
• Students are taught both core and elective
  courses in chemical engineering
• Students study 133 credit hours to earn a B.S
  degree in Chemical Engineering

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Faculty Strength

• Expertise in
• Catalysis Kinetics
• Refining
• Materials Polymer
• Thermodynamics
• Process Control
• Separation Processes
• Computer Simulation
• Transport Phenomena
• Electrochemical Eng.
• Environment

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Chemical Engineering at KFUPM (Facilities)

• Unit Operations

Unit Operations deals primarily with steps used
in either preparing reactants, separating and
purifying the products, recycling unconverted
reactants, or controlling the energy transfer
into or out of the chemical reactor

• Distillation Experiment
• (i.e., separation of chemicals)

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Chemical Engineering at KFUPM (Facilities)
-Continued

• Unit Operation

• Continuous Distillation of a Binary Mixture
  under steady state conditions

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Chemical Engineering at KFUPM (Facilities)
-Continued

• Reaction Kinetics

Chemical aspects of processing are studied in
Reaction Kinetics.

• Neutralization of Aqueous Solution of Acetic Acid

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Chemical Engineering at KFUPM (Facilities)
-Continued

• Dynamics Process Control

Applying control strategies in operating modern
processes safely and profitably, while satisfying
plant quality standards

• Temperature, Level and Flow rate control

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Chemical Engineering at KFUPM (Facilities)
-Continued

• Heat Transfer

Deals with mechanisms of energy transfer and the
fundamental relationships used in evaluating the
rate of the energy transfer.

• Shell Tube Heat Exchanger

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Chemical Engineering at KFUPM (Facilities)
-Continued

• Fluid Mechanics

Involves the study of the motion of fluids and
the forces that produce these motions.

• Fluidized Bed (to promote mixing)

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Chemical Engineering at KFUPM (Facilities)
-Continued

• Mass Transfer

Transport of one-component from a region of
higher concentration to that of a lower
concentration

• Drying Experiment

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Chemical Engineering at KFUPM (Facilities)
-Continued

• PC Applications

Simulation of Petrochemical Plants solution of
chemical engineering problems
Chemical Engineering Computing laboratory
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Chemical Engineering at KFUPM (Facilities)
-Continued

• Reaction Kinetics Research lab
• RISER Simulator

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Chemical Engineering Opportunities

• Refineries

• Research Dev.

• Petrochemicals, Polymers Specialty Chemicals
• Water Resources Dev. Recycle

• Optimization Process Control

• Environmental Health and Safety industries

• Process Design Simulation

• Fertilizers, Cement

• Natural Gas Processing

• Biotechnology Pharmaceuticals
• Pulp and Paper, Food processing

• Desalination

• Air Water Pollution
• Control

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Typical Career Paths

• Process or Technical Engineer (3-5 years)
• Operations Engineer (3-5 years)
• Area Supervisor (3-5 years)
• Technical Manager or Plant Supervisor (3-5 years)
• Plant Manager (3 to 5 years)
• Company Vice-President (3-5 years)
• Company President (i.e., SADAF)

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Major Employers

• Saudi Aramco
• SABIC Industries
• Government Ministries in Petroleum, and
  Petrochemicals.
• Environmental Organizations
• Government Ministries
• Private Industries (hundreds of them)
• Local Supplier Industries to Majors.
• Research Laboratories

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Future of Chemical Engineering in Saudi Arabia

• Chemical Engineers have a very good future in
  Saudi Arabia.
• The Gas projects coming up will provide
  employment to a large number of Chemical Engineers

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Some Employers of Chemical Engineers in Saudi
Arabia
Saudi Aramco Ras-Tanura Refinery
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Some Employers of Chemical Engineers in Saudi
Arabia Contd.
YANPET Saudi-Yanbu Petrochemical Company
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Some Employers of Chemical Engineers in Saudi
Arabia Contd.
IBN HAYYAN National Plastic Company, Al-Jubail
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Some Employers of Chemical Engineers in Saudi
Arabia Contd.
SAFCO Saudi Arabian Fertilizer Company, Dammam
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Some Employers of Chemical Engineers in Saudi
Arabia Contd.
Juaymah Gas Plant
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Chemical Engineering

• Make Plans to become a Chemical Engineer today

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