September 2024
Environment and Safety
Alarm management and operator training: Case studies for a sulfur recovery unit
This article will provide an in-depth insight of an operator training simulator, as well as the basic features of creating a virtual plant in which the operators are allowed to train and test various operating scenarios. It will also highlight the inbuilt scenarios inside the model—most importantly, the startup, shutdown and specific upset scenarios.
The Authors
Pranay Veer Singh is a process engineer for Fluor New Delhi with 15 yr of experience in petroleum refining, petrochemicals and fertilizer projects. Singh earned an MS degree in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur, India.
Debopam Chaudhuri is a Process Engineer with Fluor Daniel India in New Delhi, and is subject matter expert and a Fluor Fellow of sulfur recovery processes. He has 24 yr of experience in petroleum refining, petrochemical complexes and upstream projects. His experience ranges across all phases of a project for an SRU: he has worked in licensor selection, as a licensor, executed front-end engineering and design (FEED) and completed detailed design. His other expertise includes H2 generation via the conventional SMR route and hydrotreaters for middle distillates. Chaudhuri earned BSc and BTech degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering from the University of Calcutta.
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