November 2016
Intermediate to advanced
756 pages
32h 9m
English
The approach to plant design and layout given in Chapters 1–8 and implicit in all other chapters is a generalized, slightly idealized, and somewhat formal one.
In reality, it is not possible to write a single universally applicable plant layout and review methodology. Approaches vary from sector to sector, by lead discipline, by size of plant and, to a lesser degree, by location. The degree of formality varies and is, to some extent, dependent on the severity of process safety regulation in the sector.
These variables are not, however, independent. Oil and gas and traditional bulk chemical engineering projects tend to be larger, and the layout process in these sectors tends to be driven ...
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