Information Needed to Build a Facility Process Model
The following information is needed to create a process model:
- Plant Configuration: Plant-wide block flow diagram including:
- Process Units
- Blending Units
- Fuel Gas System - Own Produced / Purchased / Consumers
- Fuel Oil System - Own Produced / Purchased / Consumers
- Flare System
- Slop System
- Interconnecting Flows
- Flow Meters showing designation and location
- Storage tanks showing designation and location
- Material Data: Material (Product) table including the following information:
- Product code
- Product description
- Physical State- Gas / Liquid / Solid
- Physical Properties - Liquid Gravity, Gas Molecular Weight
- Process Unit Data: List of process units including the following information:
- Process unit designation
- Location and connections shown in the block diagram
- Tank Data: List of tanks including the following information:
- Tank designation
- Inventory unit of measurement
- Minimum and maximum inventories
- Tank capacity
- Strapping tables for gauged tanks
- Location and connections shown in the block diagram
- Flow Meter Data: List of flow meters including the following information:
- Flow meter designation
- Service (gas, liquid or solid flow measurement)
- Flow unit of measurement
- Location and flow connections shown in the block diagram
- Analyzer Data: List of analyzers including the following information:
- Analyzer designation
- Service (gas, liquid or solid flow measurement)
- Composition unit of measurement
- Location and flow connections shown in the block diagram
- Receipt and Shipment Data: list of receipts / shipments including the following information:
- Type of transaction - Receipt or Shipment
- Receipt / Shipment Point designation
- Mode of movement - Across-the-Dock, Pipeline, Rail, Trucks, Other
- Unit of Measure Data: Table defining units of measure for:
- Gases
- Liquids
- Solids
- Mass
- Density
- Temperature
- Pressure
- Standard Temperature
- Standard Pressure