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Process Plant Optimisation and Energy Conservation

Energy is often the largest controllable cost in a process plant, and much of it is lost to causes that are well understood and rarely addressed. This course builds the method for finding and closing that gap. Delegates carry out energy accounting across a plant, apply pinch analysis to heat integration, examine steam and condensate systems, compressed air, pumping and fired heaters for the losses each typically hides, and work through debottlenecking to raise throughput without capital. The course finishes on the harder part: quantifying a saving credibly, building the case for it, and putting monitoring in place so the saving does not quietly disappear over the following year.

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Course objectives

  • Carry out energy accounting across a plant and locate the significant losses
  • Apply pinch analysis to identify heat integration opportunities
  • Assess steam, condensate, compressed air and pumping systems for recoverable loss
  • Evaluate fired heater and boiler efficiency
  • Identify debottlenecking opportunities that raise throughput without capital
  • Quantify a saving credibly and build the investment case
  • Establish monitoring that keeps a saving in place after the project ends

Who should attend

  • Process and plant engineers
  • Energy managers and utilities engineers
  • Operations and production managers
  • Maintenance and reliability engineers
  • Technical staff responsible for plant cost

Course outline

  1. 01Energy accounting and establishing the plant baseline
  2. 02Pinch analysis and heat integration
  3. 03Steam and condensate systems: traps, losses and recovery
  4. 04Compressed air and pumping systems
  5. 05Fired heater and boiler efficiency
  6. 06Debottlenecking to raise throughput without capital spend
  7. 07Quantifying and defending a saving
  8. 08Monitoring and targeting so the saving persists

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Process Plant Optimisation and Energy Conservation
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
18 to 22 September 2026Lilongwe, MalawiClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
21 to 25 October 2026Gaborone, BotswanaClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
26 to 30 October 2026Port Louis, MauritiusClassroomR11,995 per delegateRegister Now
9 to 13 December 2026Online, OnlineOnlineR7,500 per delegateRegister Now

Process Plant Optimisation and Energy Conservation

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