General Plant Layout and Equipment Selection Principles

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General Plant Layout and Equipment Selection Principles

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PLANT DESIGN GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

PLANT REFERENCED STANDARDS AND CODES

• • Watercare standards
  • National and international standards
  • Regulations

MATERIAL SCHEDULES – MATERIAL SELECTION AT DESIGN
DESIGN REQUIREMENT EXEMPTIONS

1. Premises access control
2. Chemical management and storage
3. Hazardous areas
4. Cross-connection control
5. Process and potable water in plant piping
6. Common wall construction
7. Confined spaces
8. EQUIPMENT GENERAL POSITIONING

Mechanical design Plant Layout

1. Guards
2. Maximum equipment noise levels
   • Acceptable Decibel Levels Neighbours.
   • Acceptable Decibel Levels Residential.
   • Construction Equipment Noise Levels.
   • Noise Level Standards.
   • Acceptable Noise Levels in the Workplace.
   • Typical Noise Levels of Construction Equipment.
   • Osha Noise Level Standards.
   • Noise Level Measurement Standard.
3. Piping layouts
4. Frames and mountings
5. Acoustic louvers
6. Material and equipment handling
7. Platforms and access structures
8. Gantries and cranes
9. Loading materials, hoppers and conveyors for handling
10. Coating colours

Seismic design of equipment, equipment supports and tanks

1. General
2. Tanks outside buildings
3. Specific earthquake analysis
   • How Do Earthquakes Affect Plants.
   • Trees and Earthquakes.
   • Do Trees Prevent Earthquakes.
   • Can Earthquakes Uproot Trees.
   • How Does Vegetation Affect Earthquakes.
   • Earthquake Proof Buildings.
   • How Do Trees Survive Earthquakes.
   • Earthquake Proof House Model.
4. Seismic loading coefficient
5. Equipment supported by building structures
6. Free standing equipment
7. Pressure vessels

Specific materials considerations for processes

1. Introduction
2. Materials that may not be used
3. Piping systems
4. Pipe fittings
5. Jointing selection
6. Valve selection
7. Fixings and brackets
8. Dose pumps
9. Corrosion control