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McNeese State University

Institute for Industry-Education Collaboration

Box 91834

Lake Charles, LA 70609

Norman and Elizabeth Lieberman's Troubleshooting Process Operations seminar has been presented to over 21,000 attendees since 1983. The material presented focuses on the Liebermans' book, A Working Guide to Process Equipment (McGraw-Hill), and Norm's book, Troubleshooting Process Operations (PennWell), and is based on their ongoing personal troubleshooting experiences in refineries and petrochemical plants. This interactive seminar is intended for experienced plant operators and process engineers. Plan to answer and ask questions. Individual process problems can be discussed after class each day.

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Experienced plant operators and process engineers.

Troubleshooting Process Operations is a 3-day seminar with the option to attend via Zoom. Select your option at registration.

Norm Lieberman is a chemical engineer with over 57 years of experience in process design and plant supervision. He troubleshoots oil refinery and chemical plant process problems and prepares revamp designs. In 2018, Norm was Hydrocarbon Processing Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, and in 2023 he received an award by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers for distillation technology.

Norman has taught more than 1020 technical seminars on process equipment and has authored eleven books, which include: Troubleshooting Process Operations, Troubleshooting Natural Gas Processing, Process Design for Reliable Operations, and Process Equipment Malfunctions. To learn more about his books, visit website www.lieberman-eng.com.

Elizabeth T. Lieberman is a chemical engineer with more than two decades of experience in the process industries. Currently working as a consultant troubleshooting oil refinery and chemical plant process problems, she also has experience in ceramic clay processing, refractories processing, and the conveying of non Newtonian fluids (slurry flow).

She holds a Chemical Engineering BSc from the University of Wales (Swansea College), and LRIC in Chemistry and is the co-author of the book A Working Guide to Process Equipment (McGraw-Hill).