Benefits of a good layout and design of plant, Mechanical Engineering

Assignment Help:

Q. Benefits of a good layout and design?

The benefits of a good layout and design cannot be overemphasized. They provide an irreplaceable safety factor throughout the life of the plant, often at very little increase in initial cost. Good plant layout should achieve an economic balance of the requirements of safety, environmental, construction, operations, maintenance, vehicle movements within and to main public highway, future expansion and process relations that meet the owners' and regulatory code requirements. Where new facilities are planned within an existing live plant, minimum disruption to the existing plant must be a priority. The spatial arrangement of plant items is a critical feature in the design of any facility and has a significant impact on safety and both the installation and running costs.

These following elements will start to define the site:

• Location of main gate and personnel buildings, with regard to access to existing roads.

• Location of flare and process areas to be crosswind of one another and downwind of personnel areas.

• Location of pipelines for import and export facilities.

• The situation of power lines entering the site will suggest the location for the substation.

• Interfaces with associated process and utility plants.


Related Discussions:- Benefits of a good layout and design of plant

Pressure, relation between fluid pressure and velocity

relation between fluid pressure and velocity

Evaluate natural frequency of damped vibrations, What are various types of ...

What are various types of damping ? Explain viscous damping. A vibrating system is defined by the following parameters : m = 4Kg, K = 10N/m, C =3N-Sec/m Evaluate (a) Na

Geometric defects-undercut-excess reinforcement-distortion, Geometric Defec...

Geometric Defects   Undercut Undercut represents a depression into the base metal adjacent to the toe of the weld and if it forms a notch, it is a potential danger for th

Find power transmitted by cross type belt, Find power transmitted by cross ...

Find power transmitted by cross type belt: Find power transmitted by cross type belt drive connecting two pulley of diameter 45.0cm and 20.0cm that are 1.95m apart. The max

Graphics, offset method to draw parabola

offset method to draw parabola

Friction is undesirable, Friction is Undesirable: A friction is undesi...

Friction is Undesirable: A friction is undesirable at the time of ice skating or when the block is lifted or put down on the truck with the help of inclined plane. If friction

Determine the rf on the scale, Determine the RF on the scale: A length...

Determine the RF on the scale: A length of 3 km on the ground is presented via 6 cm length on a map. Determine the RF on the scale on that it has been drawn.  RF = Length o

Vessel rigging analysis, Impact Factor on Vessel rigging analysis? Unle...

Impact Factor on Vessel rigging analysis? Unless otherwise specified by the user, a minimum impact factor of 1.5 shall be applied to the lift weight for designing the lifting d

Write Your Message!

Captcha
Free Assignment Quote

Assured A++ Grade

Get guaranteed satisfaction & time on delivery in every assignment order you paid with us! We ensure premium quality solution document along with free turntin report!

All rights reserved! Copyrights ©2019-2020 ExpertsMind IT Educational Pvt Ltd