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Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering

This course gives the chemical engineering foundation to people who work on process plant without the degree, and to graduates who need the principles connected to real equipment. Delegates work through units, material balances and energy balances, then fluid flow, heat transfer and mass transfer as the three transport processes everything else is built from. Thermodynamics is covered to the depth needed for phase behaviour and energy accounting. Reaction engineering and separation principles follow, each tied to the equipment that performs them. The course is taught throughout on plant examples rather than abstractions, and closes on reading a process flow diagram as an engineer does.

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Course objectives

  • Work confidently with units, conversions and dimensional consistency
  • Construct material and energy balances
  • Apply fluid flow principles to real pipework and equipment
  • Apply heat transfer to exchangers and fired equipment
  • Explain mass transfer and its role in separation
  • Use thermodynamics for phase behaviour and energy accounting
  • Read a process flow diagram as an engineer reads it

Who should attend

  • Operators and technicians on process plant
  • Engineers from other disciplines working in process industries
  • Graduate engineers needing principles tied to equipment
  • Technical sales and support staff
  • Maintenance staff wanting to understand the process

Course outline

  1. 01Units, conversions and dimensional consistency
  2. 02Material balances
  3. 03Energy balances
  4. 04Fluid flow in real systems
  5. 05Heat transfer and exchangers
  6. 06Mass transfer and separation
  7. 07Thermodynamics and phase behaviour
  8. 08Reaction engineering and reading a flow diagram

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering
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21 to 25 September 2026Cape Town, South AfricaClassroomR19,950 per delegateRegister Now
21 to 25 December 2026Kampala, UgandaClassroomUSD 1,325 per delegateRegister Now
25 to 29 January 2027Pretoria, South AfricaClassroomR19,950 per delegateRegister Now
15 to 19 February 2027Durban, South AfricaClassroomR19,950 per delegateRegister Now
8 to 12 March 2027Lagos, NigeriaClassroomUSD 1,325 per delegateRegister Now
22 to 26 March 2027OnlineOnlineR8,500 per delegateRegister Now

Fundamentals of Chemical Engineering

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