Volume+1+Report




 * Complete set of Volume 1 Stuff**


 * __Volume 1 Report - Last Edited 23/01/2012__**


 * __Objectives of the Report__**

(a) Title page

(b) Contents list (including section authors and page numbers)

(c) Project design brief/ basis of design (The basic design brief is supplied by the academic supervisors, but the group should expand and comment on it.)

 This is the first portion of the mark scheme, anyone who wants to proof read feel free. gareth

(d) A reasoned summary of the Group’s process selection and conclusions (This should include a brief description of alternatives, a SWOT, or similar, analysis and a justification of the choice(s) made).

(e) A description of the process(es) designed by the group, accompanied by a process flowsheet to which the description should refer.

(f) A section on the chemistry, thermochemistry and thermodynamics of the chosen process, including a discussion of the separation processes used and the available data.

(g) Process flow diagram(s) showing all main plant items (MPIs) and the main process and utility lines connected to them. Each item should have a unique number and a name which describes its function.

(h) Material and energy balances in tabular form, referred to stream numbers on the process flow diagram. It is important to include a list of the assumptions made in generating these balances. Operating and design pressures and temperatures should be given with the mass balance

(i) An equipment list for all MPIs, including key design data for cost estimation (materials of construction, flow rate/capacity/heat load, operating __and__ design temperatures/pressures, basic dimensions/heat transfer surface area, utility (fuel, steam, CW, electrical power) consumption rates, and a brief comment on ‘extras’ (type/number of actual trays, height of packing, weight of catalyst charge, agitator, or type of heat exchanger – whatever may be relevant.).

(j) Data sheets for the MPIs, including the Basis of Design, design data and sketches. Along with the specification sheet, giving the technical data, another sheet is often included giving a description of the duty/service for the item along with the basis of design and any other relevant notes for the equipment design.

(k) A description of the procedures for normal operation of the plant (whether continuous or batchwise) and for startup & shutdown (continuous processes). This should be confined to general principles, such as the order in which units are to be started, the time taken to reach steady state and whether there are any significant safety considerations or additional equipment required, and not details such as the operation of individual valves.

(l) Plant layout proposals, with justification. (m)Environmental Impact Assessment ( EIA ) of the Plant. Rates, including compositions and phase (gaseous, liquid or solid) of by-product and waste streams, and the group’s proposals for treatment, cleanup, substitution or elimination.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">(n) Hazards of the process (flammable/toxic properties of the chemicals used/made, their inventory and operating conditions in the process). Recommended safety protection systems (e.g. blowdown/quench drums, flarestacks) & emergency shutdown procedure(s).

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">(o) Economic assessment of the project This will include a summary list of raw materials/feedstocks, catalyst and utilities consumptions leading to the variable costs of production, capital and installed costs of equipment and income from sale of the product(s). Net Present Value, Discounted Cash Flow Rate of Return or other economic indicators should be used to judge the attractiveness of the project.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 14.6667px;">The tasks involved in compiling Volume 1 will be divided among the individual members of the group, with each member contributing to a small number of the above headings. If students feel that they have not been assigned enough work to be credited with a proper mark for Volume 1, they should contact the academic supervisors well before the hand-in date. It is the Editor’s duty to make sure that group members are credited with the work they have actually done.