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Customer
Approval
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Begin Operation
Equipment Selection & Construction
Project Business
Sponsor Input
Project
Manager
Evaluate Economics
& Select Design
Customer
Approval
Detailed Design & Procurement
Begin Operation
Equipment Selection & Construction
List of tasks
Durations, start
and end dates
Predecessor
tasks
Resource
allocations
Gantt
chart
We need to know:
What are we designing? How much of it do we want?
Where will it be built? What are the boundary conditions?
Plant Location
Correspondance Contacts
Address
Telephone / Fax
E-mail
2 Measurement System
4 Primary Products
Product Name
Production Rate
Tons per year
Tons per day
basis
Other units
Additional Specifications
Feedstock availability
Tons per year
Tons per day
Known feedstock impurities Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw
6 Site Information
Theres a template online at:
booksite. Elsevier.com/Towler
Low ambient temperature (F)
High ambient temperature (F)
Hight ambient relative humidity (%)
Site elevation (ft)
Maximum wind loading (mph)
Other site design requirements
http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780080966595/
DESIGN BASIS
Form XXXXX-YY-ZZ
1 General Information
Owners Name
Plant Location
Correspondance Contacts
Address
Telephone / Fax
E-mail
2 Measurement System
English Metric
Project Name
3 Equipment Numbering System
Product Name
Product Grade
MSDS Form Number
Production Rate
Tons per year
Tons per day
Additional Specifications
Feedstock availability
Tons per year
Tons per day
Other units
Known feedstock impurities Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw
Additional specifications
6 Site Information
DESIGN BASIS
Form XXXXX-YY-ZZ
1 General Information
Owners Name
Plant Location
Correspondance Contacts
Address
Telephone / Fax
E-mail
2 Measurement System
English Metric
4 Primary Products
Product Name
Product Grade
MSDS Form Number
Production Rate
Tons per year
Tons per day
Other units
Feedstock availability
Tons per year
Tons per day
Other units Process Unit Name
Feedstock price ($/lb)
(Default: open market price)
Known feedstock impurities Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw
Plant Location
Correspondance Contacts
Additional specifications
Contact information
Company name
Process unit name
Who to contact & where to reach them
DESIGN BASIS
Form XXXXX-YY-ZZ
1 General Information
Owners Name
Plant Location
Correspondance Contacts
Address
Telephone / Fax
E-mail
2 Measurement System
English Metric
4 Primary Products
Product Name
Product Grade
2 Measurement System
MSDS Form Number
Production Rate
Tons per year
Tons per day
Other units
Additional Specifications
English Metric
5 Primary Raw Materials
(Attach additional sheets if needed)
Feedstock name
Feedstock grade
MSDS form number
Known feedstock impurities Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw
6 Site Information
Conventions followed
Units of measurement
Customer specific and may also depend on location
Design engineers have to be able to work with both metric and English units
Plant Location
Correspondance Contacts
Address
Telephone / Fax
E-mail
2 Measurement System
AC
B
Air cooler
Boiler
Metric
G
H
Grinder, mill
Heater (fired or electric)
R
SP
Reactor
Sample point
Production Rate
Tons per year
digit serial number unless otherwise C Compressor, blower, fan J Ejector, jet, turboexpander T Storage tank
indicated CT Cooling tower M Mixer V Vessel (including columns)
D Dryer ME Miscellaneous equipment
First digit - process section E Exchanger P Pump
Second & third digits - equipment count F Filter, classifier PRV Pressure relief valve
Product Name
Product Grade
MSDS Form Number
Other units
Production Rate
Tons per year
Tons per day
Other units
Additional Specifications
Feedstock availability
Tons per year
Tons per day
Other units
Known feedstock impurities Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw
Product Purity (wt%)
Additional specifications
Additional Specifications
Maximum wind loading (mph)
Other site design requirements
DESIGN BASIS
Form XXXXX-YY-ZZ
1 General Information
Owners Name
Feedstock availability
Plant Location
Correspondance Contacts
Address
Telephone / Fax
E-mail
2 Measurement System
English Metric
Tons per year
Tons per day
3 Equipment Numbering System
Other units
D Dryer ME Miscellaneous equipment
First digit - process section E Exchanger P Pump
Second & third digits - equipment count F Filter, classifier PRV Pressure relief valve
4 Primary Products
Product Name
Product Grade
MSDS Form Number
Production Rate
Tons per year
Tons per day
Other units
Additional Specifications
Feedstock availability
Tons per year
Tons per day
Other units
Known feedstock impurities Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw
6 Site Information
Feedstock grades
Safety information
Availability and pricing
Feed impurities and their concentrations
2012 G.P. Towler / UOP. For educational use in conjunction with
Towler & Sinnott Chemical Engineering Design only. Do not copy
Chemical Engineering Design
Whats in the Design Basis?
Project Name
Company Name Project Number Sheet 1
Address REV DATE BY APVD REV DATE BY APVD
DESIGN BASIS
Form XXXXX-YY-ZZ
Owners Name
Plant Location
English Metric
4 Primary Products
Product Name
Product Grade
MSDS Form Number
Production Rate
Tons per year
Maximum wind loading (mph)
Other site design requirements
Tons per day
Other units
Additional Specifications
Feedstock availability
Tons per year
Tons per day
Other units
Known feedstock impurities Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw Name ppmw
Additional specifications
6 Site Information
Site information
Ambient conditions needed for design of insulation, air coolers, etc.
Special conditions such as wind loads, hurricane and earthquake
conditions that are needed for mechanical and civil engineering
design
Form XXXXX-YY-ZZ
DESIGN BASIS
Sheet 2 of the Design Basis has
utility information
7 Utility Information
Fuel Gas
Gas source or operation mode Nat Gas
Supply header temperature (F)
Supply header pressure (psia)
Net calorific value (BTU/lb)
Marginal availability (lb/h)
Marginal fuel cost ($/MMBTU)
Fuel gases
Sulfur content (wppm)
Nitrogen content (wppm)
Chlorine content (wppm)
Gas composition (vol%)
H2O
O2
N2
CO
CO2
H2S
Fuel oils
H2
CH4
C2H4
C2H6
C3H6
C3H8
C4H8
iC4H10
nC4H10
Steam levels
C5H10
C5+
Fuel Oil
Fuel source or operation mode #2 Heating Oil
Supply header temperature (F)
Supply headder pressure (psia)
Net calorific value (BTU/lb)
Marginal availability (lb/h)
Coolants
Marginal fuel cost ($/MMBTU)
Fuel viscosity at F
Fuel viscosity at F
Flash point (F)
Pour point (F)
Sulfur content (wppm)
Nitrogen content (wppm)
Ash content (wt %)
Steam
Process water
Steam header classification VHP HP MP LP
Operating pressure (psia)
Operating temperature (F)
Mechanical design pressure (psia)
Mechanical design temperature (F)
Marginal availability (lb/h)
Marginal cost ($/Mlb)
Coolants
Electricity
Coolant classification Cooling Tower Water Once-Through Water Chilled Water
Operating pressure (psia)
Supply temperature (F)
Maximum return temperature (F)
Marginal availability (lb/h)
Marginal cost ($)
Marginal cost units
Process Air
Water feed stream Raw Water Process Water Boiler Feed Water Condensate
Supply pressure (psia)
Supply temperature (F)
Marginal availability (lb/h)
Marginal cost ($/1000 gal)
Total dissolved solids (wt%)
Hardness as CaCO3 (ppmw)
Chloride as Cl (ppmw)
Metallurgy
Standard sizes for piping & equipment, compositions, etc. are given in
standards
Tubing dimensions, valve sizes, exchanger layouts, screw threads, wire gauges, screens,
Always consult the current (latest) edition of the code. Always make
sure that the codes and standards used comply with local legal
requirements.
By convention, feeds
enter at left, products exit
right
Often summarized as a
table at the bottom of the
PFD
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C
120 kPa 121 kPa 122 kPa 123 kPa 124 kPa 125 kPa 126 kPa 127 kPa 128 kPa 129 kPa 130 kPa 131 kPa
kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol%
Hydrogen
Helium
Lithium
Beryllium
Boron
XYZ Co.
Nitrogen
Carbon
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Fluorine
Neon
Total
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C 25C
120 kPa 121 kPa 122 kPa 123 kPa 124 kPa 125 kPa 126 kPa 127 kPa 128 kPa 129 kPa 130 kPa 131 kPa
kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol% kg/h kmol/h wt% mol%
Hydrogen
Helium
Lithium
Beryllium
Boron
Nitrogen
Carbon
Nitrogen
XYZ Co.
Oxygen
Fluorine
Neon
Total
7. Equipment specification
Flow velocity ft/s
Number of passes
Film transfer coefficient Btu/h.ft2.F
Fouling coefficient Btu/h.ft2.F
sheets
Heat duty Btu/h
FT factor
Effective mean temperature difference F
Minimum surface required ft2
diagram
Design pressure at max temp psia Test pressure psia Max external pressure psia
Number of tubes blanked
Shell
Material
9. A cost estimate
Length ft I.D. in Wall thickness in
Design pressure at max temp psia Test pressure psia Min internal pressure psia
Baffle material Baffle type Baffle pitch in
Tubesheet material Tubesheet thickness in
Bonnet material Bonnet type
NOTES
in N.B.
in N.B.
Shell side outlet
Tube side outlet
in N.B.
in N.B.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
summary information
Surface per unit ft2 Surface per shell ft2
DATA PER UNIT
for design
Dynamic viscosity lbm/ft.s
Specific heat capacity Btu/lb.F
Thermal conductivity Btu.ft/h.ft2.F
Latent heat Btu/lb
Normal temperature F
Max temperature F
Min temperature F
Pressure psia
Calculated design
Pressure drop allowed psi
Pressure drop calculated psi
Flow velocity ft/s
Number of passes
equipment
Effective mean temperature difference F
Minimum surface required ft2
Tubes
Material
Count Pitch in Square Triangular Welded
Dimensions and
Length ft O.D. in Wall thickness in
Design pressure at max temp psia Test pressure psia Max external pressure psia
Number of tubes blanked
Shell
construction details
Material
Length ft I.D. in Wall thickness in
Design pressure at max temp psia Test pressure psia Min internal pressure psia
Baffle material Baffle type Baffle pitch in
Tubesheet material Tubesheet thickness in
Bonnet material Bonnet type
Branches
Notes
Shell side inlet in N.B. Shell side outlet in N.B.
Tube side inlet in N.B. Tube side outlet in N.B.
NOTES
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
booksite.Elsevier.com/Towler
http://booksite.elsevier.com/9780080966595/
Capital costs
Working capital
Installed capital cost
Royalty costs
Annual capital charge