June 7th Hazardous Liquids Pipeline Control Room Class

June 7th, Tom Miesner taught the PKD Hazardous Pipeline Control Room Class to 6 recently hired controllers working at a refined products pipeline company.  

Comments included the following:

• Gave me a better/clearer understanding of the process form a hydraulics and operational standpoint
• Enjoyed how in depth we got with operational hydraulics
• Got a better understanding of the application of gradients and elevations in regards to optimizing performance
• The AOC scenarios were a great way to see how bad/quickly things can escalate
• Got a better grasp of leak detection and feel I'm better able to perforn in that senario
• I enjoyed teh flow and set-up of presentation - made it easier to spend all day on
• Very informative
• I liked how in the beginning of every subject you gas a brief basic background of the topic before going into more detail
• I enjoyed the Advanced Operational Hydraulics lesson
• Having multiple examples and getting everyone involved with answering complex questions was a plus
• Central Control Room lesson was informative
• Really liked the hydraulic profile topic
• Case studies were awsome and instructional