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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Read The Book/ Scan It In/Mark Up Where Obviously Out Of Date/Wrong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Read The Book/ Scan It In/Mark Up Where Obviously Out Of Date/Wrong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Out of Date Text and Pictures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Out of Date Text and Pictures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?