Pre-Commissioning/Commissioning and Process Plant Start-up

Course Title Pre-Commissioning/Commissioning and Process Plant Start-up
Duration 5 Days
Instructor Hany Ghazal

 

Description:

This course provides a good overview on the different methods of Pre-Commissioning / Commissioning and Process plant Start-up Which includes requirements for inspection and testing (I&T) of plant and facilities during the construction and commissioning phases, acceptance from construction authority to commissioning and handover to operating authority.  This helps in reducing the associated risk As Low as Reasonably Practical (ALARP), which leads to smooth operation and protects the surrounding environment.

 

Day Content/Topics
1
  • Pre-Test
  • Introduction to Process Plant Commissioning
    • Project Details
    • Contracting Strategy
    • Roles and Responsibilities
    • Success Measures
    • Problem Avoidance
  • Planning & Preparation
    • Critical Path
    • Gantt Chart
    • Logic Diagrams
    • Planning Methods
    • Checklists and Spare Parts Planning
  • Cost Estimation
    • Budgeting
    • Estimation Sheets
    • Resource Prediction
    • Extra Costs & Change Orders
    • Spare Parts
    • Inventory/Material Ordering
    • MIS and Cost Control
    • Case studies and relevant, real-life examples

Group discussion & Quiz

2
  • Safety and Environmental Requirements
    • HAZOP
    • HAZAN
    • Process Safety Management
    • Root Cause Analysis/Why Trees
    • Risk Assessment
    • Hazard Identification
    • Safety Training
    • HSE Problems and Contingency Plans
    • Safety Procedures and Implementation
  • Process Plant Start-up Management
    • Roles and Responsibilities
    • Manpower & Staffing
    • Coordination Procedures
    • Leadership
  • Process Plant Commissioning Strategy
    • Commissioning Team
    • Training
    • Commissioning Strategy
    • Start-up Procedures & Logic
  • Mechanical Integrity Testing & Pre-commissioning
    • Hydraulic Testing
    • Flushing
    • Breaking-in Pumps
    • Drying Heaters
    • Case studies and relevant, real-life examples
    • Group discussion
3
  • Technical Inspection & Dynamic Hydraulic Testing
    • Vessel & Column Internals
    • Dynamic Loop Testing
    • Tightness Testing
  • Construction Completion/Beginning of Start-up
    • Construction Schedules vs. Start-up Needs
    • Start-up by Systems
    • Punch Listing
    • Handover
  • Machinery Commissioning
    • Types of Process Equipment Plant Machinery
    • Preparation of Machines
    • Compressor Commissioning
    • Compressor Surge
  • Case studies and relevant, real-life examples
  • Group discussion
4
  • Start-up Operations
    • Isolation of Vessels and Pipes
    • Types of Isolation
    • Initial Start-up Activities
    • Steaming
    • Fuel Gas or Nitrogen Purge
    • Feed-in
  • Start-up Progress Monitoring and Control
    • Planning for Success
    • Sequence by Units
    • Sequence by Systems
    • Recovery from False Starts
  • Instrumentation & Control Systems
    • Instrument Commissioning
    • Start-up Problems and Causes
    • Case studies and relevant, real-life examples
  • Group discussion & Quiz