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PMAOPS301B
Produce product by distillation
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Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
In a typical scenario an operations technician would be monitoring and controlling the distillation section of a plant from a central control room. The process may involve one or more distillation columns and their associated equipment, piping and controls.
The distillation column may be trayed or packed and may be performing cryogenic gas distillation, liquid distillation, azeotropic distillation, fractional distillation, vacuum distillation or molten metal distillation.
Each tower may be provided with:
reboiler/heater
feed at an appropriate temperature
over head product condenser
reflux equipment
tower internals
instrumentation.
The operations technician will be able to:
identify and correct operational problems
determine the impact of composition changes and adjust accordingly
direct members of the operational team under start-up and running conditions.
Generally the operations technician would be part of a team during start up and shut down procedures and would be expected to be capable of demonstrating competence in all parts of this unit. At all times they would be liaising and cooperating with other members of the team.
This unit does not require the operation of a central control panel.
This unit covers the monitoring and controlling of a distillation unit, which is separating two or more components to achieve finished product, which meets a predetermined specification. The process may or may not be controlled from a central control room.
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