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Chemical and Process Plant Commissioning Handbook

A Practical Guide to Plant System and Equipment Installation and Commissioning

  • 2nd Edition - March 13, 2021
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Martin Killcross
  • Language: English

Chemical and Process Plant Commissioning Handbook: A Practical Guide to Plant System and Equipment Installation and Commissioning, Second Edition, winner of the 2012 Basil Bre… Read more

Description

Chemical and Process Plant Commissioning Handbook: A Practical Guide to Plant System and Equipment Installation and Commissioning, Second Edition, winner of the 2012 Basil Brennan Medal from the Institution of Chemical Engineers, is a guide to converting a newly constructed plant or equipment into a fully integrated and operational process unit. The book is supported by detailed, proven and effective commission templates and includes extensive commissioning scenarios that enable the reader to good commissioning practices. Sections focus on the critical safety assessment and inspection regimes necessary to ensure that new plants are compliant with OSHA and environmental requirements.

Martin Killcross has comprehensively brought together the theory of textbooks and technical information obtained from sales literature to provide engineers with what they need to know before initiating talks with vendors regarding equipment selection.

Key features

  • Outlines how to organize and commission a process plant
  • Includes extensive examples of successful commissioning processes with step-by-step guidance that enables readers to understand the function and performance of the wide range of tasks required in the commissioning process
  • Offers an understanding of supplementary factors of commissioning such as risk and hazard management
  • Reviews commonly asked commissioning questions
  • Includes the basis of the commissioning paperwork system

Readership

Process Engineers, Project Managers, Operations personal, Commissioning Engineers and Managers. Possible textbook for university courses/supplementary text

Table of contents

1. Appointing the Commissioning manager

2. Commissioning Scope

3. Contracts

4. Commissioning in highly regulated industries

5. Budget Estimation

6. Prioritized asset Systemization

7. Support design

8. Develop Initial Commissioning Plan, Philosophy and Strategy

9. Commissioning Risk Management

10. Appointment and composition of the Commissioning Team, Roles, responsibilities, organisation chart and interview considerations

11. Suitable, Qualified and Experienced Personnel (SQEP), for commissioning

12. Documentation and sign off requirements, required for commissioning preparation

13. Devise assignment details, site and office requirements, consumables and procure commissioning chemicals

14. Create commissioning documents and the System File

15. Control, Instrument, Electrical commissioning document preparation

16. Mechanical commissioning document preparation

17. Develop Training Materials

18. Develop Standard Operating Procedures

19. Developing Commissioning Schedules and Contingency plans

20. Determination of Commissioning Readiness and Commissioning Team Audits

21. Devise Handover Procedure

22. Devise commissioning tagging system

23. Commissioning Terminology

24. Capturing Lessons Learnt

25. Factory Acceptance Testing

26. Check Construction and Quality of Build

27. Tracking Progress and System Status

28. Fault Management

29. Temporary Commissioning Defeat systems

30. Simultaneous Construction and Commissioning considerations

31. Cleaning procedures and drying

32. Pre-commissioning procedures

33. Logs, Reports and Dashboards

34. Vessel Check Sheets

35. Instrument Loop, Electrical and Control system testing

36. Commissioning Punch listing

37. Handover from construction to commissioning

38. Project Documentation Check Sheet Prior to Introduction of Safe Chemicals

39. Introduction of Safe Chemicals and Simulant Testing

40. Pre-commissioning HAZOP Studies or Pre-Start-Up Safety

41. Commissioning Leak Testing

42. Commissioning and initial Start-up plus Procedures

43. Re-commissioning of plant after an event or delay in commissioning activities

44. Laboratory analysis

45. Handover to operations and transition of ownership

46. Close out reservations

47. Complete Commissioning Documentation

48. Complete Training and update documents to “as commissioned”

49. Update Operating Procedures to “as commissioned”

50. Assist continued operation, troubleshooting and or debottlenecking projects

51. Close down all commissioning temporary defeats commissioning faults and modification paperwork systems

52. Close Down Commissioning Team

53. Complete close out Hazard Study

Product details

  • Edition: 2
  • Latest edition
  • Published: March 18, 2021
  • Language: English

About the author

MK

Martin Killcross

Current Manager of Commissioning in the UK energy sector, a world scale Nuclear Deconversion Project (circ £1B) which is in the final commissioning stages. With over 41 years in the Chemical, Nuclear and related business sectors, 38 of those years specifically commissioning, de-commissioning and operating assets world-wide, including 25 years with ICI, subsequently working in both the client and contracting commissioning leadership capacities. The author has commissioned most unit operations and handled many hazardous chemicals. Since the publication of the 1st edition of this book, the author has presented at conferences and training events worldwide
Affiliations and expertise
Commissioning Manager, URENCO ChemPlants, UK

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