Plot plans equipment spacing

Equipment Selection Criteria and Guidelines A number of factors should be considered in order to determine when to select a blowdown drum, cyclone separator, or quench tank to handle a multiphase stream from a relief device. Among these are the plot plan space available, the operating limitations of each type, and the physicochemical properties of the stream. 

To start a detailed planning study, space requirements must be known for various products, by-products, and r iw materials, as well as for process equipment. A starting or reference point, together with a directional schematic flow pattern, will enable the design engineers to make a trial plot plan, as e.xplained below, A number of such studies will be required before a suitable plot and elevation plan can be chosen. 

The final step in the plot plan arrangement is to space equipment and supporting facilities for operator and maintenance access, safety, piping flexibility and support, and platforming requirements. At this stage, the layout designer must rely on experience because the final information is not available for calculating... 

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