Guidelines for Facility Siting and Layout

✍ Scribed by Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS)

• Publisher: Wiley-AIChE
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 163
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

A resource for individuals responsible for siting decisions, this guidelines book covers siting and layout of process plants, including both new and expanding facilities. This book provides comprehensive guidelines in selecting a site, recognizing and assessing long-term risks, and the optimal lay out of equipment facilities needed within a site. The information presented is applicable to US and international locations.Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Front Matter......Page 2
Preface......Page 7
Acknowledgments......Page 8
Table of Contents......Page 4
1.1 Objectives......Page 10
1.2 How to Use This Book......Page 11
1.3 Layers of Safety......Page 13
1.4 References......Page 15
2.1 Implications of Siting and Layout......Page 16
2.3 Basis for Facility Siting and Layout......Page 17
2.4 Changing World......Page 20
3. Preparing for the Site Selection Process......Page 21
3.1 Project Description......Page 22
3.2 Assembling a Site Selection Team......Page 24
3.3 Preliminary Site Size Determination......Page 27
3.4 Preliminary Hazard Screening......Page 28
3.5 Guidelines for the Survey and Data Collection Effort......Page 34
3.6 Environmental Control Issues......Page 37
4.1 Information Required to Select a Site......Page 41
4.2 Transportation Issues......Page 47
4.3 Utilities......Page 52
4.4 Electrical and Communications Systems......Page 55
4.5 Environmental Controls......Page 57
4.6 Fire, Safety, and Security......Page 59
4.7 Site Features......Page 61
4.8 Multi-Chapter Example......Page 63
6. Equipment Layout and Spacing......Page 70
6.1 Spacing Tables......Page 71
6.2 General......Page 72
6.3 Single- and Multilevel Structures......Page 73
6.5 Layout and Spacing to Minimize Vapor Cloud Explosion Effects......Page 74
6.6 Relative Location of Equipment......Page 75
6.7 Equipment with Air Intakes......Page 76
6.8 Equipment-to-Equipment Separation Distances......Page 77
6.9 Multi-Chapter Example......Page 85
7.1 Layout Method Review......Page 89
7.2 Layout Issues Resolution......Page 91
7.3 The Right Answer......Page 93
8. Case Histories......Page 94
Appendix A: Typical Spacing Tables......Page 106
Appendix B: Site Selection Data Requirement List......Page 117
References......Page 145
Glossary......Page 149
Index......Page 156

✦ Subjects

Финансово-экономические дисциплины;Организация производства;