Fundamentals of Coking

This is a crash course covering fundamentals of coking, key issues and best practices. This course will swiftly get you up to speed on all aspects of cokers – from Coker feed, process, products, chemistry, equipment and operation. Antifoam, blowdown and coke cutting systems will be covered. Finally, drum switching cycle steps will be explained in details. A number of commercial trouble shooting examples will be discussed. 

June 27-28, 2023 

Holiday Inn Express 

11303 Westheimer Road. 

Houston, TX 77077 

Phone 832-617-8048

  Introduction

1. Commercial Cokers – A virtual Tour

2. Safety – Incident Photographs,

Statistics and Health Assessment

Program.

3. Coking Process – Concept, History,

Latest, Cycle Steps

4. Coker Feed – Sources, names, Qualities

5. Coker Products – Yields, Qualities,

Processing Outlets

6. Chemistry of Coking – Molecules,

Reactions, Fate of Elements in Feed,

7. Economics of Coking – Simple

8. Coking Drivers

Coker Equipment

9. Furnace – Types, Operating

Parameters, Fouling

10. Drums – Typical Accessories, level

Detectors, Quench System, Acoustic

system

11. Fractionator and Gas Plant – Short

Review

12. Antifoam System

13. Blowdown System

14. Drum Decoking System

15. Coke Handling System

16. Other Equipment

including:

Commercial cokers, Safety, Coking Process, Coker Feed, Coker Products, Chemistry of Coking, Economics of Coking, Coking Drivers, Coking Equipment including Furnance, Drums, and Blowdown System