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Process Plant Optimisation and Energy Conservation

Most plants carry losses that never appear on a fault report: excess energy, off target quality and equipment run below its best point. This programme shows engineers how to find those losses, quantify them and close them through practical optimisation and energy conservation. Delegates leave with a structured way to lift plant performance without new capital.

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What you will be able to do

  • Establish a performance baseline for a process and its utilities.
  • Identify energy and yield losses across the plant.
  • Apply pinch and utility analysis to find heat recovery opportunities.
  • Optimise operating conditions within safe and quality limits.
  • Prioritise improvements by cost, effort and payback.
  • Sustain gains through monitoring and targets.

Course outline

  1. 01Performance baselines and benchmarking
  2. 02Mapping energy and yield losses
  3. 03Heat integration and pinch concepts
  4. 04Utilities, steam and compressed air
  5. 05Rotating equipment and drives efficiency
  6. 06Operating within safe and quality limits
  7. 07Prioritising and costing improvements
  8. 08Instrumentation and data for optimisation
  9. 09Monitoring, targeting and reporting
  10. 10Sustaining the gains

Who should attend

Process, production, energy and maintenance engineers and plant managers seeking to raise efficiency and cut operating cost.

Dates, venues and fees

DatesVenueDaysFeeCalendarRegister
28 Sep to 2 Oct 2026Lusaka5US$1,800Register
5 to 9 Oct 2026Harare5US$1,800Register
12 to 16 Oct 2026Accra5US$1,800Register
19 to 23 Oct 2026Lagos5US$1,800Register
26 to 30 Oct 2026Dubai5US$1,800Register
2 to 6 Nov 2026Johannesburg5R18,000Register
9 to 13 Nov 2026Cape Town5R18,000Register
16 to 20 Nov 2026Durban5R18,000Register
23 to 27 Nov 2026Pretoria5R18,000Register
30 Nov to 4 Dec 2026Nairobi5US$1,800Register
7 to 11 Dec 2026Dar es Salaam5US$1,800Register

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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