Process Plant Layout

Process Plant LayoutProcess Plant Layout

What’s Changed In Layout Practice Since 1985?What’s Changed In Layout Practice Since 1985?

Part 1: InputsPart 1: InputsWhat did I start with?What did I start with?

Starting PointsStarting Points

Hardcopy Of Mecklenburgh’s Process Plant Layout

20+ Years Of Plant Design/Operation/Troubleshooting Experience

4 Years Experience As Associate Professor /Coordinator Of Design Teaching

4000 Social Media Contacts

Hardcopy Of Mecklenburgh’s Process Plant Layout

20+ Years Of Plant Design/Operation/Troubleshooting Experience

4 Years Experience As Associate Professor /Coordinator Of Design Teaching

4000 Social Media Contacts

What Was Wrong?What Was Wrong?And How Did I Find Out?And How Did I Find Out?

InvestigationsInvestigations

Read The Book/ Scan It In/Mark Up Where Obviously Out Of Date/Wrong

Survey Of A Few Tens Of Practitioners On Certain Key Questions

Production of Rough Draft of Updated Chapters

Collection Of A Redundant Database Of Practitioners Willing To Assist

Sending out Draft Chapters to Practitioners: Is this “Correct, Complete and Current”?

Conversations and Correspondence

Read The Book/ Scan It In/Mark Up Where Obviously Out Of Date/Wrong

Survey Of A Few Tens Of Practitioners On Certain Key Questions

Production of Rough Draft of Updated Chapters

Collection Of A Redundant Database Of Practitioners Willing To Assist

Sending out Draft Chapters to Practitioners: Is this “Correct, Complete and Current”?

Conversations and Correspondence

Problems: Structure and ContentProblems: Structure and Content

Written By Committee: Inconsistency

Overemphasised Certain Areas, Ignored Others

Writing Style

Definitions

Single Methodology, Rather Academic

Out of Date Text and Pictures

Old (And Rather Academic) References

Written By Committee: Inconsistency

Overemphasised Certain Areas, Ignored Others

Writing Style

Definitions

Single Methodology, Rather Academic

Out of Date Text and Pictures

Old (And Rather Academic) References

What Has Changed?What Has Changed?And How Do I Know That It Has?And How Do I Know That It Has?

What’s New?What’s New?

Use of Computers (But Not How You Think)

In-House vs Outsourced Design

Process Architects and Pipers

Speciation

Layout No Longer Taught

Layout No Longer Researched

Use of Computers (But Not How You Think)

In-House vs Outsourced Design

Process Architects and Pipers

Speciation

Layout No Longer Taught

Layout No Longer Researched

What Has Not?What Has Not?And How Do I Know That It Hasn’t?And How Do I Know That It Hasn’t?

What’s Old?What’s Old?

The Nature of The Design Process

The Importance of Drawings

Layout Designers

The Importance of Good Layout

The Nature of The Design Process

The Importance of Drawings

Layout Designers

The Importance of Good Layout

Fixing The ProblemsFixing The ProblemsHad its own problems…Had its own problems…

What’s NewWhat’s New

Definition Of Terms and Consistent Use

Several Hundred New Pics

Case Studies

Appendixes

Multiple Methodologies

A Couple of Hundred New Pages

Conservative Restyling

SI Units etc.

Definition Of Terms and Consistent Use

Several Hundred New Pics

Case Studies

Appendixes

Multiple Methodologies

A Couple of Hundred New Pages

Conservative Restyling

SI Units etc.

The Common MethodologyThe Common MethodologyLook Behind The DifferencesLook Behind The Differences

Stages Of DesignStages Of Design

A Wide Range of Opinions But Basically Three or Four

Concept

FEED

Detailed

For Construction

These Stages Are Strongly Conserved As They Serve To Minimise Abortive Design Costs

A Wide Range of Opinions But Basically Three or Four

Concept

FEED

Detailed

For Construction

These Stages Are Strongly Conserved As They Serve To Minimise Abortive Design Costs

ConceptConcept

Define Project

Identify Technologies

PFD

P+ID

Unit Ops

Layout

Review

Propose

Define Project

Identify Technologies

PFD

P+ID

Unit Ops

Layout

Review

Propose

FEEDFEED

PFD

P+ID

Unit Ops

Layout

Multidisciplinary Review

Redesign

Review

Propose

PFD

P+ID

Unit Ops

Layout

Multidisciplinary Review

Redesign

Review

Propose

DetailedDetailed

Review

Identify Team

Discipline Level Design

Detailed Layout

Reviews

Conservative Redesign

HAZOP

Propose

Review

Identify Team

Discipline Level Design

Detailed Layout

Reviews

Conservative Redesign

HAZOP

Propose

For ConstructionFor Construction

Review with Construction Team Input

Very Detailed Design and Layout

Simultaneous Procurement/Construction/Design

Reviews

Build

Review with Construction Team Input

Very Detailed Design and Layout

Simultaneous Procurement/Construction/Design

Reviews

Build

Layout ProcessLayout Process

Iterative

Mecklenbergh Proposed Site Then Plot, Followed By Plot Then Site

Identified Exact Positions For Various Types Of Review

Reality May Well Be Messier

Iterative

Mecklenbergh Proposed Site Then Plot, Followed By Plot Then Site

Identified Exact Positions For Various Types Of Review

Reality May Well Be Messier

Why Teach Layout?Why Teach Layout?Isn't It Old-Fashioned?Isn't It Old-Fashioned?

Pedagogic ReasonsPedagogic Reasons

Exercises “Spatial Intelligence”

Opportunity For An Additional Dimension to Design Evaluation

Makes Hydraulic Calculations Meaningful

Exercises “Spatial Intelligence”

Opportunity For An Additional Dimension to Design Evaluation

Makes Hydraulic Calculations Meaningful

Professional ReasonsProfessional Reasons

Layout Still Important, But Skills Are Rare in Younger Engineers

Enhanced Employability

Testing Whether Students Have a Professional Engineer’s Spatial Intelligence

Layout Still Important, But Skills Are Rare in Younger Engineers

Enhanced Employability

Testing Whether Students Have a Professional Engineer’s Spatial Intelligence

Questions?Questions?