[...]... photos, tables etc • Students contributing to this book within the framework of student research projects Process Plant Design Project Management from Inquiry to Acceptance Frank Peter Helmus Copyright © 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA, Weinheim ISBN: 978-3-527-31313-6 1 1 Introduction 1.1 General remarks on process plant design In process plants, source materials (reactants) are converted into... and operation of the designed plant 1.2 Project The goal of plant design is the realization of process plants within the framework of projects /1.2/ Here, as a rule, two parties have to be distinguished: first the plant operator who wants to procure and operate a process plant, and secondly the plant constructor who, according to the agreed scope of delivery and service, takes 1.2 Project on the planning,... written for students of process engineering and chemical engineering as well as professional newcomers of these disciplines working in the field of process plant engineering Process Plant Design Project Management from Inquiry to Acceptance Frank Peter Helmus Copyright © 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co KGaA, Weinheim ISBN: 978-3-527-31313-6 2 1 Introduction Nowadays, process plant engineering is characterized... technical details are not exhaustive, but are rather intended to give a broad coherent view Process engineers are also required to have a certain basic knowledge of economics, and this is given in Chapter 3, “Contract”, in terminology which, I hope, will be comprehensible to engineers Process Plant Design Project Management from Inquiry to Acceptance Frank Peter Helmus Copyright © 2008 WILEY-VCH Verlag... different plant versions Apart from the kind of process plant, there are large differences with regard to size in respect to plant capacity This usually refers to the annual quantity of manufactured products According to the plant size, different planning activities and, above all, different project structures are required For the sake of clarity, the following types of plants are going to be distinguished... the plant have to be carried out With acceptance after the successful test, the project is completed This is where the actual operation of the plant is going to start The interface between project planning and project execution is the conclusion of the contract This means the signing of the contract worked out by the plant operator and the plant constructor stipulating all commercial and technical project. .. Large-scale plants differ from medium-sized plants mainly in their higher degree of complexity Thus project management /1.6, 1.7, 1.8/ gains even more importance A very comprehensive depiction of the activities involved in the design of process plants is to be found in the work of K Sattler /1.9/ 1.3 Demands on project engineers It is quite improbable that an entrant will be immediately put onto the management. .. utilities employ only little or no staff with plant- engineering qualifications Therefore they are forced to outsource even those activities usually carried out by the operator Often engineering companies that have to be independent from the future plant constructor are entrusted with this task 2.1 Operator It is the goal of the plant operator to draw the utmost profit from his products For this purpose, the... possible to balance the costs, i.e expenses accrued over time more than by the accumulated sales revenues, does the company reach the profit-making zone This point in time which will be later discussed in more detail is called the break even point It is essential to reach it as quickly as possible and to expand the net income area as much as possible Process Plant Design Project Management from Inquiry to Acceptance. .. of the designed process plant which is to be stipulated, this becomes clear In order to avoid disputes that may arise from this conflict situation, comprehensive contracts binding for both sides are executed in the majority of cases Since a lot of technical aspects are treated in a sales contract, too, Chapter 3, “Contract”, deals with this topic in a way that is designed to be comprehensible to engineers . tables etc. • Students contributing to this book within the framework of student research projects. Process Plant Design. Project Management from Inquiry to Acceptance. Frank Peter Helmus Copyright. , in terminology which, I hope, will be compre- hensible to engineers. XI Process Plant Design. Project Management from Inquiry to Acceptance. Frank Peter Helmus Copyright © 2008 WILEY-VCH. Basic and process fl ow diagram 34 2.2.2.4 Materials concept 36 2.2.2.5 Main apparatus 42 2.2.2.6 Layout 45 2.2.3 Quotation 48 VII Process Plant Design. Project Management from Inquiry to Acceptance.