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Process Plant Layout
Mecklenburgh's Process Plant Layout 2nd Edition is an in-depth guide to Process Plant Layout, which begins with general fundamentals and then becomes progressively more detailed; the same progression followed by process designs. It explains how to lay out process equipment and piping relative to each other and to environmental features in a safe, economical way. It is supported with tables of separation distances, rules of thumb, and descriptions of design stage reviews.
Sean Moran has thoroughly re-written this book to reflect advances in technology and best practice; for example changes in how designers balance layout density with cost, operability and safety considerations. The content covers the why underlying process design company guidelines, and understanding this will provide a firm foundation for career growth for process design engineers.
Process plant designers in contracting, consultancy, and operating companies at all stages of their careers are the primary audience for this book. The work is also of importance for operations and maintenance staff involved with a new build, to guide them through the plot plan reviews. Project engineers, plant and project managers will also find the work of great interest. It is written in a style suitable for use as a student textbook, as well as a reference for graduate engineers.
— Computer aided design and using CAD tools for plant layout
— Layout of off-shore facilities, modular plants and multipurpose/multifunctional batch plants
— Complying with worldwide risk management legislation
Sean Moran has thoroughly re-written this book to reflect advances in technology and best practice; for example changes in how designers balance layout density with cost, operability and safety considerations. The content covers the why underlying process design company guidelines, and understanding this will provide a firm foundation for career growth for process design engineers.
Process plant designers in contracting, consultancy, and operating companies at all stages of their careers are the primary audience for this book. The work is also of importance for operations and maintenance staff involved with a new build, to guide them through the plot plan reviews. Project engineers, plant and project managers will also find the work of great interest. It is written in a style suitable for use as a student textbook, as well as a reference for graduate engineers.
— Computer aided design and using CAD tools for plant layout
— Layout of off-shore facilities, modular plants and multipurpose/multifunctional batch plants
— Complying with worldwide risk management legislation
735 pages, Paperback
Published November 23, 2016
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March 13, 2017
Sean Moran outlines a comprehensive review of good plant layout design principles, based on his own vast professional experience as a practicing engineer. This book lays out fundamental considerations as well as delving into detailed practical methods and rules of thumb to adhere to when setting out how a plant should be transformed from a drawing to construction. The core pillars of design –safety, cost & robustness- are kept within the heart of this book, to ensure all relevant considerations are met when delivering an efficient layout design.
After the first “General Principles” section, the book explores specific areas of plant layout in more detail, for example: consideration into utilities, hazard assessment & equipment layout. As a process & logistics engineer, I look at people and material flows through a plant and therefore found the “Warehouse Storage” chapter particularly interesting. This chapter provided familiar and accurate or new and useful guidelines for warehouse layout design, which I will definitely refer to in future warehouse layout projects.
I highly recommend this book to engineers who are concerned with plant layout, whether they are at the start or end of their career, or even studying. This book can be used as an encyclopaedic reference as it does not necessarily need to be read back-to-back, but instead areas of interest can be pinpointed. In summary, it was a very good and insightful read, providing relevant information which I will be able to use in future layout designs.
After the first “General Principles” section, the book explores specific areas of plant layout in more detail, for example: consideration into utilities, hazard assessment & equipment layout. As a process & logistics engineer, I look at people and material flows through a plant and therefore found the “Warehouse Storage” chapter particularly interesting. This chapter provided familiar and accurate or new and useful guidelines for warehouse layout design, which I will definitely refer to in future warehouse layout projects.
I highly recommend this book to engineers who are concerned with plant layout, whether they are at the start or end of their career, or even studying. This book can be used as an encyclopaedic reference as it does not necessarily need to be read back-to-back, but instead areas of interest can be pinpointed. In summary, it was a very good and insightful read, providing relevant information which I will be able to use in future layout designs.
December 14, 2016
This is my attempt at a comprehensive handbook and encyclopaedia of plant layout. Two man years of work went into updating and revising Mecklenbergh's classic text, assisted by over two hundred other professional engineers. In my (perhaps not so humble) opinion, this is the finest book on the subject as of now, bar none.
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