Key issues:
- Determine location and type of different measurement instruments.
- Reduce commissioning time.
- Design control philosophy for wide range of tests – no mass flow vacuum vs. pressurized forced mass flow.
- Protect capital investment and reduce operating cost.
- Safety of personnel.
- Thermal inertia and heat transfer of plant may influence testing schedule.
Methodology:
- Model plant and predict dynamic behaviour and time required from start up and during specified transients.
- Identify and manage hot spots in test section through simulation.
- Connect plant DCS with soft plant in Flownex to design control philosophies.
- Root cause analysis of plant commissioning issues.
