REVIEW AND APPROVAL

OF ENGINEERING
DOCUMENTS

CHAPTER 11 OF YOUR TEXT

WHO PREPARES THE DOCUMENTS TO

BE REVIEWED?
Engineering Documents are prepared by :
Process Licensor
EPC firm/Engineering Contractor/General Contractor
Vendors
Package Unit Manufacturers

ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS ARE TO BE APPROVED

BY CLIENT ENGINEERS ( or Consultants?)

WHAT ARE THE CONTENTS OF

ENGINEERING DOCUMENTS?
Design Basis , Codes and Standards
Flow Sheets, PFDs
Material, Heat and Utilities Balances
P & I Diagrams, Piping Diagrams, etc.
Plot Plan/ Plant Layout
Equipment List, Data Sheets and Drawings
Civil Engineering Design and Underground
Construction
All Instruction Manuals : Performance Test,
Operation, Safety, Quality Control, etc.

FLOWSHEETS
Things to be noted :
1. Estimated pressure drops, leakages, gas composition
2. Difference between expected and guaranteed values
3. Metering inaccuracies and others

Review Methods:
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5.

Check streams for correct sequence

Check material balance
Check process conditions with process description
Check equipment with given Equipment List
Check guaranteed consumption figures

PIPING & INSTRUMENTATION

DIAGRAMS (P&ID)
Basically it is an extended process flowsheet with
valves, fittings, instruments, etc.
1. Piping design and material specification
2. Continuity check
3. Controls : Instruments for Start ups and Shut downs,
Equipment and Catalyst performance, Location of
Control Panels & sampling points, By passes on
control valves, Alarm Systems
4. Electrical
5. Maintenance: Blocking, Venting, Draining,
Purging, Cleaning, Change of catalysts/packings

PLOT PLAN/PLANT LAYOUT

CHECK FOR THE FOLLOWING:
1. Ease of access during construction, operation and
maintenance (including overhead and
underground pipes and cables)
2. Hazardous areas identification
3. Location of rotary m/c, stacks/flares, effluent,
control room, offices, EMERGENCY EXITS, space for
expansion
4. Easy view of plant from control room

EQUIPMENT DATA SHEETS AND

DRAWINGS
CHECK:
1. Design data used
2. Codes and standards
3. Material of construction (corrosion aspects)
4. Surface treatment
5. Heat Treatment and stress relief
6. Instrument connections
7. Means of access to vessels
8. Inspection needs
9. Insulation

DISCUSSION
1. Local engineering personnel MUST be
involved in the process
2. For externally funded projects consultants
appointed by aid agencies should not
have the final say!
3. Technology transfer to local personnel
should be a continuous process and held
very important throughout the process of
process design, plant construction,
commissioning, start ups and operation
including maintenance.