PROCESS PLANT DESIGN
AN INTRODUCTION
ROLE OF A CHEMICAL
ENGINEER
Design a plant
Expansion
Revision
Optimize
Economics
Safety
Commissioning
Production
CREATIVE ASPECTS OF
PROCESS DESIGN
• Production of procured raw material
• Waste to resource
• Synthesis of new material
• Development of a novel technique
• New technology
• Exploitation of new material of
construction
SUCCESS RATE
• Commercialization of new ideas
• Research stage (1 - 3%)
• Development stage (10 - 25%)
• Pilot plant stage (40 – 60%)
WHAT DOES A CHEMICAL
ENGINEER KNOW?
Science
Core Chemical Engineering Courses
Economics and Management
Computer tools
PROCESS DESIGN DEVELOPMENT
• Inception of an idea
• Preliminary research
• Process research
• Commercial development
• Capital cost estimates
• Capitalized and expensed engineering
• Detailed design
• Development of design project
• Heat Integration
INCEPTION OF AN IDEA
• Sales department
• Aim and goals of company
• Research program
• Offshoot of a research program
• Operating division
• Engineering division
PRELIMINARY RESEARCH
• General survey
• Physical and chemical condition
• Economic aspects
CREATIVE ASPECTS OF PROCESS DESIGN
• Preliminary market survey
• Lab scale experiments
• Sample production
PROCESS RESEARCH
• Preliminary market survey
• Lab scale experiments
• Sample production
COMMERCIAL
DEVELOPMENT
• Pilot plant
• Commercial plant
• Design data
• Process information
• Complete market analysis
• Samples sent to customers
• Capital cost estimates
CAPITAL COST ESTIMATES
• Capital cost
• Probable returns
• Complete cost and profit analysis is
developed
CAPITALIZED AND
EXPENSED ENGINEERING
• Commitment of investment
• Pre-liminary design work
• Oral and written reports
• Capitalized and expensed
engineering
DETAILED DESIGN
• Complete design
• Controls
• Services
• Piping layouts
• Firm price quotations
• Equipment Specifications
• Miscelleneuos
CONSTRUCTION DESIGN
• Elevation drawings
• Plant-layout arrangements
• Others
COMMISSIONING OF
PLANT
• Procurement of the equipment
• Construction of the plant
• Startup of the plant
• Overall improvements in the
operation
• Development of standard operating
procedures
CHEMICAL ENGINEERS
Cost
Engineer
Process
Engineer
Design Engineer
THANK YOU!