Following are recorded lectures from the Process Plant Technology prgram and Montana State University Billings. I record the lectures to accomodate students who can't make it to class due to work, sickness, or other demands. Please contact Andy Sullivan at andrew.sullivan3@msubillings.edu if you are experiencing difficulties with any recordings.
08/19/20: Welcome to PPT / Syllabus Review
08/20/20: Intro to Becoming an Operator
08/24/20: Intro to Becoming an Operator
08/25/20: What is Process Plant Technology?
08/26/20: What is Process Plant Technology?
08/27/20: What is Process Plant Technology?
08/31/20: Flaring Tubing / Compression Fittings
09/01/20: Tubing Bending
09/02/20: Threaded Pipe Fabrication / Fittings
09/03/20: Threaded Pipe Fabrication / Fittings
08/19/20: Syllabus Review / Course Overview
08/24/20: Why learn about boilers
08/25/20: HP CH 1 Steam Boilers
08/26/20: HP CH 1 Steam Boilers
08/31/20: HP CH 2 Boiler Systems
09/01/20: HP CH 2 Boiler Systems
09/02/20: HP CH 2 Boiler Systems
08/19/20: Syllabus Review / Pump Operation
08/20/20: Pump Operation
08/24/20: Pump Rounds
08/25/20: Pump Rounds
08/26/20: Pump Startup
08/27/20: Pump Startup
08/31/20: Motor and Turbines
09/01/20: Motor and Turbines
09/02/20: Motor and Turbines
09/03/20: Tanks
01/15/20: Sour Water Stripping (SWS) - Process Description
01/22/20: SWS - Process Description
01/27/20: SWS - Operator Responsibilities
01/29/20: SWS - Operator Response
02/03/20: SWS - Basic Controls
02/05/20: Industrial Wastewater treating
02/10/20: Industrial Wastewater treating
02/12/20: Career Fair
02/17/20: President's Day
02/19/20: Test #1
02/24/20: Municipal Wastewater Treating
02/26/20: Municipal Wastewater Treating / WWTP Game
03/09/20: Refinery Overview
03/11/20: Phillips 66 Guest Speaker
03/16/20: Refinery Overview
03/18/20: Refinery Overview / Homework Review
03/23/20: PPT 161 Test Review
03/25/20: Flare System Introduction
03/30/20: Test #2 Review / Flare Systems
04/01/20: Test #2
04/06/20: Flare Systems
04/08/20: Flare Systems
04/13/20: Managing emissions from combustion processes
04/15/20: Managing emissions from combustion processes
04/20/20: Managing emissions from combustion processes
04/22/20: Final Review
01/16/20: LOTO and Equipment Prep - Instruments
01/21/20: LOTO and Equipment Prep - Pumps
01/23/20: LOTO and Equipment Prep - Stacked Heat Exchangers
01/28/20: Hazard Classification
01/30/20: LOTO and Equipment Prep - Conoco Tanks
02/04/20: LOTO and Equipment Prep - Debutanizer
02/06/20: Gas Detection Equipment
02/11/20: Interview Skills
02/13/20: Test #1
02/18/20: Gas Detection Equipment - Hands On
02/20/20: Operating Procedures
02/25/20: Incident Investigation / Hot Work Hazard Awareness
02/27/20: Investigation Practice with CSB Incidents
03/10/20: Energy Isolation and Blind Points
03/12/20: ConocoPhillips Guest Speaker
03/17/20: Vertical Heat Exchanger Preparation
03/19/20: More complex energy isolation and blinding
03/23/20: PPT 161 Test Review
03/24/20: Test #2
03/26/20: Furnace Hazards
03/31/20: Furnace Hazards
04/02/20: Furnace Hazards
04/07/20: Furnace Hazards
04/09/20: Spring Mini Break
04/14/20: How Furnace Draft Works
04/16/20: How Furnace Draft Works
04/21/20: Furnace Flooding
04/23/20: Final Review
01/15/20: Course Introduction / Mechanical Aptitude
01/16/20: Mechanical Aptitude
01/21/20: Why internships fail / Strength of materials
01/22/20: Units, Dim. Analysis, Sci. Notation, Sig. Figures
01/23/20: Atoms and the Periodic Table
01/27/20: Atoms and the Periodic Table
01/28/20: Resume Workshop for Refining
01/29/20: Molecules and Chemical Formula
01/30/20: Molecules and Chemical Formula
02/03/20: Molecules and Chemical Formula
02/04/20: Molecules and Chemical Formula
02/05/20: Naming Compounds (sorry, missed this one)
02/06/20: Naming Compounds
02/10/20: Naming Compounds
02/11/20: Chemical Reactions / Types of Reactions / Stoichiometry
02/12/20: Chemical Reactions / Types of Reactions / Stoichiometry
02/13/20: Chemical Reactions / Types of Reactions / Stoichiometry
02/17/20: President's Day
02/18/20: Chemical Reactions / Types of Reactions / Stoichiometry
02/19/20: Chemical Reactions / Types of Reactions / Stoichiometry
02/20/20: Test #1
02/24/20: Solutions and Concentrations
02/25/20: Solutions and Concentrations
02/26/20: Solutions and Concentrations HW Example Practice
02/27/20: Solutions and Concentrations HW Example Practice
03/09/20: Advising / Ideal Gases
03/10/20: Ideal Gases Class Examples
03/11/20: Vapor-Liquid Equlibrium and Steam Stripping
03/12/20: ExxonMobil Refinery Tour
03/16/20: PPT Online Plans for COVID-19 / Steam Stripping
03/17/20: Heat of Reaction
03/18/20: Heat of Reaction
03/19/20: Distillation
03/23/20: Distillation
03/24/20: Distillation
03/25/20: Test 2 Review
03/26/20: Test 2
03/30/20: Distillation
03/31/20: Distillation
04/01/20: Distillation Column Operation
04/02/20: Distillation Column Operation
04/06/20: Distillation Column Operation
04/07/20: Distillation Column Operation
04/08/20: Distillation Column Operation
04/09/20: Spring Mini Break
04/13/20: Chemical Kinetics
04/14/20: Chemical Kinetics
04/15/20: Chemical Kinetics
04/16/20: Chemical Kinetics
04/20/20: Chemical Kinetics
04/21/20: Chemical Kinetics
04/22/20: Acids, Bases, and pH
04/23/20: Final Review
09/04/19: Welcome to PPT / Syllabus
09/05/19: Intro to Becoming an Operator
09/09/19: What is Process Plant Technology
09/10/19: What is Process Plant Technology
09/11/19: Flaring Tubing / Compression Fittings
09/12/19: Tubing Bending
09/16/19: Threaded Pipe Fabrication / Fittings
09/17/19: Valves
09/18/19: Valves
09/19/19: Valves
09/23/19: Valves
09/24/19: Valves
09/25/19: Valves
09/26/19: Process Plant Sciences
09/30/19: Process Plant Sciences / Test Review
10/01/19: Process Plant Sciences
10/02/19: Process Plant Sciences
10/03/19: Test #1
10/07/19: Heat Transfer
10/08/19: Heat Transfer
10/09/19: Pumps (introduction)
10/10/19: Pumps (introduction)
10/14/19: Pumps (introduction)
10/15/19: Pumps (introduction)
10/16/19: Pumps (Sealing Systems)
10/17/19: Pumps (Sealing Systems)
10/21/19: Pumps (Sealing Systems)
10/22/19: Pumps (Operation and Troubleshooting)
10/23/19: Pumps (Operation and Troubleshooting)
10/24/19: Flange Assembly
10/28/19: Pump Procedures and Registration
10/29/19: Compressors / Turbines / Filters
10/30/19: Compressors / Turbines / Filters
10/31/19: Test #2
11/04/19: Compressors / Turbines / Filters
11/05/19: Distillation
11/06/19: Distillation
11/07/19: Distillation
11/12/19: Distillation
11/13/19: Distillation
11/14/19: Cooling Towers
11/18/19: Cooling Towers
11/19/19: Cooling Towers
11/20/19: Heat Exchangers
11/21/19: Heat Exchangers
11/25/19: Heat Exchangers
11/26/19: Heat Exchangers
12/02/19: Instruments
12/03/19: Instruments
12/04/19: Instruments
12/05/19: Instruments
09/05/19: Case Study: Chemical Splash
09/10/19: Job Hazard Analysis
09/12/19: Lab Safety
09/17/19: Safe Work Practices: Operator Hand Tools
09/19/19: Safe Work Practices: Operator Hand Tools
09/24/19: Bleeder Rodders
09/26/19: Safe Work Practices: Operator Power Tools
10/01/19: Safe Work Practices: Operator Power Tools
10/03/19: Safe Work Practices: Operator Power Tools
10/08/19: Test #1
10/10/19: (OSHA 10) Introduction to OSHA (1a)
10/15/19: (OSHA 10) Machine Guarding (2c)
10/17/19: (OSHA 10) Hazardous Materials (2a)
10/22/19: (OSHA 10) Hazard Communication (1f)
10/24/19: (OSHA 10) Personal Protective Equipment (1e)
10/29/19: (OSHA 10) Walking and Working Surfaces including fall protection (1b)
10/31/19: (OSHA 10) Fall Protection (2h)
11/05/19: (OSHA 10) Exit routes, emergency plans, fire prevention plans, fire protection (1c)
11/07/19: (OSHA 10) Electrical (1d)
11/12/19: (OSHA 10) Industrial Hygiene (2d) (sorry. no recording)
11/14/19: Test #2
11/19/19: Lockout / Tagout
11/21/19: Lockout / Tagout
11/26/19: Equipment Preparation
12/03/19: Permitting
12/05/19: Permitting
09/04/19: Refinery Configuration
09/09/19: Refinery Configuration
09/11/19: Refinery Configuration
09/16/19: Petroleum Characteristics
09/18/19: Petroleum Characteristics
09/23/19: Distillation Startup
09/25/19: Distillation Startup
09/30/19: Test Review / Refinery Configuration and Crude Assay
10/02/19: Test #1
10/07/19: Product Blending
10/09/19: FCC Units
10/14/19: FCC Units
10/16/19: FCC Units
10/21/19: FCC Units
10/23/19: FCC Units
10/28/19: Amine Systems
10/30/19: Amine Systems
11/04/19: Amine Systems
11/06/19: Test #2
11/13/19: Merox Units
11/18/19: Merox Units
11/20/19: Merox Units
11/25/19: Coking Overview
12/02/19: Hydrotreating
12/04/19: Hydrotreading
09/04/19: Temperature indicators, transmitters, and TI guns
09/09/19: DP Transmitters for Pressure, Flow, and Level Measure
09/11/19: DP Transmitters for Pressure, Flow, and Level Measure
09/16/19: Pumping issues in a system
09/18/19: Low flow to a drum scenario
09/23/19: Response to plugged level taps in different scenarios
09/25/19: Response to plugged level taps in different scenarios
09/30/19: Binary Distillation Response
10/02/19: Test #1 Review
10/07/19: Test #1
10/09/19: Binary Distillation Response
10/14/19: Homework #4 Review (Binary Distillation Response)
10/16/19: Multi-Draw Distillation Response
10/21/19: Multi-Draw Distillation Response
10/23/19: Multi-Draw Distillation Response
10/28/19: Furnace Abnormal Operation
10/30/19: Furnace Abnormal Operation
11/04/19: Furnace Procedures
11/06/19: Multi-Draw Distillation Practice
11/13/19: Test #2
11/18/19: General Scenarios
11/20/19: General Scenarios
11/25/19: Heat Integration / Fin-Fans
12/02/19: Interview Skills / Pre-Employment Troubleshooting
12/04/19: Phillips 66 Guest Speaker