- Gasoline and Diesel
Specifications
- Current and Future Green Fuels
- Bio-blendstocks, Bio-Fuels, Wells-to-Wheels Life-Cycle
- Sustainability Refining and Trading Blend Components and
Additives
- Determining Blendstock prices
- Calculation of Blend Gross Profit
- Practical Blending Equipment and
Software
- Ethanol and Bio-Diesel Properties and Blending
Techniques
- Calculating Costs/Benefits of Improved Blending
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- Blend Performance Monitoring and Troubleshooting
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References, Glossary of
Blending Terms, and Other Material
- Blending Control and Blend Profit Optimization Techniques,
and Off-line/On-line Optimization
- Blending Non-linear Property Correlation Equations and Their
Impact on Profit
- Quality Assurance, ASTM Test Methods, Lab Testing, On-line
Analyzers, and On-line Certification
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Environmental Specs, and the Use
of EPA Complex Model to Insure Compliance
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The
program content is designed for organizations in the petroleum refining,
fuel/product trading, petrochemical and automotive industries, refinery
instrumentation and automation, refined product marketing, storage
terminal operators, bunker operators, and government agencies
responsible for fuel regulations. A scientific background IS NOT
REQUIRED.
It will be especially useful for the following personnel/positions in:
- Middle
and Senior Management:
VP, General Manager, Superintendent, Manager
- Engineers:
Blending, Planning, Process, Facilities Planning, Analyzer, Auto
Industry Fuels
- Traders:
Products, Blendstocks, Renewables, Fuels
- Refineries:
Planners, Operators, Supervisors, Chemists, Lab Personnel and
Research
- Biofuels:
Producers, Blenders
- Analysts:
Financial, Business, Commercial
- State
and Regional Environmental Protection Agencies
- Policy
Makers and Legislators
involved in energy and environmental sectors
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Ara Barsamian has 39 years of
practical, "oil on his hands" experience in blending gasoline,
diesel and bunkers, including biofuels. Currently, Ara is President of
Refinery Automation Institute, LLC (RAIL), a fuels blending automation
consulting company in Morristown, New Jersey, USA. Ara, the developer of
the blending course, is one of the world's leading experts in blending
operations and technology. His 39 years of hands-on experience in the
petroleum refining industry, particularly in computer-controlled optimized
blending, oil movement and tank farm automation insures that you get
valuable "how-to" insights for headache-free fuels blending. He
designed, implemented, started up and commissioned over 60 blending and
oil movement systems in the US, Europe, South America, ,the Middle East
and Asia. Previously, he was a group head and section head with Exxon
Research and Engineering Company, President of 3X Corporation, and Vice
President of ABB Simcon, all in the area of blending automation and
optimization. He is an active member of ASTM, ISA, ILTA and AIChE,
participating in committee / subcommittee work relevant to blending and
offsites automation equipment, software, installation, and measurements
test standards and practices. Ara holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in
Electrical Engineering from City University of New York.
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