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Process Simulation and Modelling

A process simulation is only as good as the thermodynamic package behind it and the data used to tune it, and a confident but wrong model is worse than no model at all. This course covers building trustworthy ones. Delegates work through model construction, unit operation models and their assumptions, and thermodynamic package selection as the decision that most affects the answer. Convergence problems and how to resolve them are covered practically. Model validation against plant data receives full attention, including reconciling data that does not close. The course closes on using models for debottlenecking, case studies and operator decision support.

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Course objectives

  • Build a process model and select appropriate unit operation models
  • Choose a thermodynamic package suited to the system
  • Diagnose and resolve convergence problems
  • Validate a model against reconciled plant data
  • Recognise where a model's assumptions break down
  • Use models for debottlenecking and case studies
  • Present model results with their uncertainty stated

Who should attend

  • Process and technical services engineers
  • Design and project engineers
  • Optimisation and planning engineers
  • Graduate engineers building models
  • Operations engineers using simulation output

Course outline

  1. 01What makes a simulation trustworthy
  2. 02Model construction and unit operations
  3. 03Thermodynamic package selection
  4. 04Physical property data and its limits
  5. 05Convergence problems
  6. 06Data reconciliation and validation
  7. 07Debottlenecking and case studies
  8. 08Presenting results with uncertainty

Scheduled sessions

Scheduled sessions for Process Simulation and Modelling
DatesVenueFormatPriceRegister
28 December 2026 to 1 January 2027Cape Town, South AfricaClassroomR19,950 per delegateRegister Now
1 to 5 February 2027Durban, South AfricaClassroomR19,950 per delegateRegister Now
8 to 12 February 2027Maseru, LesothoClassroomR19,950 per delegateRegister Now
15 to 19 February 2027OnlineOnlineR8,500 per delegateRegister Now
22 to 26 February 2027Kigali, RwandaClassroomUSD 1,325 per delegateRegister Now
15 to 19 March 2027Johannesburg, South AfricaClassroomR19,950 per delegateRegister Now

Process Simulation and Modelling

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