Project Engineering Primer for Chemical Engineers

✍ Scribed by Sampa Chakrabarti

• Publisher: Springer
• Year: 2022
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 246
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book discusses financial, managerial and engineering aspects associated with project engineering. The book is a text/reference book on courses related to project engineering for undergraduate students of Chemical Engineering programmes. The author has utilized her decade-long professional experience with reputed project consultancy organizations and her academic experience in writing this book. The background of project engineering is described with special emphasis on its interdisciplinary nature. Project management techniques are discussed with the help of worked-out examples. It includes multiple choice questions and information regarding relevant courses in different institutes. The book is useful for undergraduate degree and diploma students as well as for fresh graduate engineering trainees in various process consulting organizations.

✦ Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
Contents
About the Author
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
1.1 Preamble
1.2 Engineering, Science and Chemical Engineering
1.3 Project and Project Engineering
1.3.1 Characteristics of a Project
1.4 Different Parties Involved in a Chemical Engineering Project
1.5 Categories and Phases of a Chemical Engineering Project
1.6 Life Cycle of a Chemical Engineering Project
1.6.1 Pre-project Work
1.6.2 Starting the Project
1.6.3 Starting and Carrying Out Engineering Work
1.7 Project Engineering and Process Engineering
1.8 Duties and Responsibilities of Project Engineer—Various Perspectives
1.9 Engineering and Environmental Ethics in Project Engineering
1.10 Risk and Reliability Analysis
References
2 Pre-project Work
2.1 Preamble
2.2 Feasibility Study—A Brief Overview
2.3 Preparation of Bid Documents—A Guideline
2.4 Codes and Standards
2.5 Site Selection
2.5.1 Availability of Raw Materials
2.5.2 Location Concerning the Market
2.5.3 Transportation Facilities
2.5.4 Availability of Workforce and Labours
2.5.5 Availability of Utilities—Water, Fuel and Power
2.5.6 Climatic Conditions
2.5.7 Environmental Impacts Including Waste Disposal Facilities
2.5.8 Site Characteristics Concerning Potential Hazards
2.5.9 Taxation and Legal Aspects
2.5.10 The Political Situation and Local Community Consideration
2.6 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
2.7 Optimization in Design
2.7.1 Trade-Offs
2.7.2 Objective Function and Constraints
2.7.3 Degree of Freedom
2.7.4 Mathematical Programming Techniques for Optimization
2.7.5 Optimization of a Single-Variable Problem-Problem Statement
2.7.6 Application of Optimization in Process Design
2.8 Scaling Up and Scaling Down
2.8.1 Scaling Factors
2.9 Safety and Hazard Issues
2.9.1 Toxicity
2.9.2 Flammability, Fire and Explosion
2.9.3 Ionizing Radiation
2.9.4 High Pressure and Vacuum
2.9.5 Temperature Deviation
2.9.6 Noise
References
3 Basic Engineering
3.1 Preamble
3.2 Process Drawings
3.2.1 Block Flow Diagram (BFD)
3.2.2 Process Flow Diagram (PFD)
3.2.3 Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID)
3.2.4 Plot Plans or Layouts
3.3 Design and Selection of Equipment
3.4 Safety, Hazard and Environmental Considerations in Design
3.5 HAZOP Analysis
References
4 Detailed Engineering
4.1 Preamble
4.2 Drawing and Documents for a Project
4.3 Specification or Data Sheets for Equipment
4.3.1 Specification for an Atmospheric Storage Tank
4.3.2 Specification for a Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger
4.3.3 Specification for a Centrifugal Pump
4.4 Worked Out Examples on Pump Heads
4.4.1 Pressure Drop Calculation Sheet for Pumps
4.5 Specification of the Instruments and Control Valves
4.6 Line and Valve List or Schedule
4.7 Equipment List
4.8 Engineering Change Notice
4.9 Evaluation of Quotations from Vendors—Procurement Assistance
4.10 Plant Commissioning and Start-up
4.11 Operation and Maintenance Manual
References
5 Financial Aspects of Project Engineering
5.1 Preamble
5.2 Cash Flow
5.2.1 Capital Investment
5.2.2 ISBL Plant Cost
5.2.3 Offsite Cost or OSBL Investment
5.2.4 Depreciation Charges and Other Investment Incentives
5.3 Estimation of Capital Investment
5.3.1 Cost Indexes
5.3.2 Cost Components of Capital Investment
5.3.3 Estimation of Purchased Equipment Cost
5.3.4 Methods of Estimating Capital Investment
5.4 Methods for Calculation of Depreciation Charges
5.5 Economic Analysis and Profitability Study
5.5.1 Methods for Calculating Profitability
5.6 Alternative Investments
5.7 Replacement
5.8 Worked Out Examples
References
6 Management Aspects of Project Engineering
6.1 Preamble
6.2 Project Planning
6.3 Project Scheduling
6.4 Project Scheduling and Progress Control
6.4.1 Bar Chart
6.4.2 Gantt Chart
6.4.3 Network Analysis
6.5 Project Crashing and Cost-Time Trade-Off
6.6 Risk Management
References
Appendix A Case Study—Developing PFD and P&ID
A.1 Preamble
A.2 Example-I
A.2.1 Preliminary Process Flow Diagram (PFD)
A.2.2 Preliminary Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID)
A.3 Example–II
A.3.1 Preliminary Process Flow Diagram (PFD)
A.3.2 Preliminary Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID)
Annexure I Multiple Choice Questions with Answers
Annexure II Project Engineering and Similar Courses—Syllabi (Collected from Open Sourced Websites of the Respective Institutions)
Index