Chemical and Process Plant Commissioning Handbook: A Practical Guide to Plant System and Equipment Installation and Commissioning

by Martin Killcross

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
ISBN: 0080971741

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Book Description

The Chemical and Process Plant Commissioning Handbook, winner of the 2012 Basil Brennan Medal from the Institution of Chemical Engineers, is a guide to converting a newly constructed plant or equipment into a fully integrated and operational process unit. Good commissioning is based on a disciplined, systematic and proven methodology and approach that achieve results in the safest, most efficient, cost effective and timely manner.

The book is supported by detailed, proven and effective commission templates, plus extensive commissioning scenarios that enable the reader to learn the context of good commissioning practice from an experienced commissioning manager. It focuses on the critical safety assessment and inspection regimes necessary to ensure that new plants are compliant with OSHA and environmental requirements. Martin Killcross has brought together the theory of textbooks and technical information obtained from sales literature, in order to provide engineers with what they need to know before initiating talks with vendors regarding equipment selection.

• Unique information from a respected, global commissioning manager: delivers the know-how to succeed for anyone commissioning new plant or equipment
• Comes with online commissioning process templates that make this title a working tool kit as well as a key reference
• Extensive examples of successful commissioning processes with step-by-step guidance enable readers to understand the function and performance of the wide range of tasks required in the commissioning process

About the Author

Commissioning manager for Sasol, Louisiana, USA

Customer Reviews

Warning: Although I went to school for ChemE, it's been decades and I have not worked in the field for eons so my knowledge has slipped, though I have no trouble grasping the info once it pools into my mind for a bit. With that said, the book is well written without a lot of pretentious methods such as massive equations floating around (which I always thought was nonsense in books like these). Emphasis appears to be on safety and best practices. I appreciate the managerial aspects as this cannot be overlooked these days (maybe it could have long ago). Only downside is that some illustrations or photos would have been helpful for those who need some visual diagrams to help their understanding.

A book of this nature is perhaps something that a plant commissioning engineer needs the most in his field of work. Written very systematically this book should be referred at every stage of plant commissioning which is the last milestone to achieve completion of a project