Process commissioning occurs between the time construction is complete and plant startup commences. Process control valves must be stroked$ sensors and analy'ers must be calibrated$ relie valve settings must be checked$ and controller tuning coeicients must be checked. Piping and e!uipment must be either hydrostatically tested or tested with inert gas to ind and eliminate any leaks.
Process commissioning occurs between the time construction is complete and plant startup commences. Process control valves must be stroked$ sensors and analy'ers must be calibrated$ relie valve settings must be checked$ and controller tuning coeicients must be checked. Piping and e!uipment must be either hydrostatically tested or tested with inert gas to ind and eliminate any leaks.
Process commissioning occurs between the time construction is complete and plant startup commences. Process control valves must be stroked$ sensors and analy'ers must be calibrated$ relie valve settings must be checked$ and controller tuning coeicients must be checked. Piping and e!uipment must be either hydrostatically tested or tested with inert gas to ind and eliminate any leaks.
Process commissioning services are provided by Global Solutions Engineering
(GENG). Process commissioning occurs between the time construction is complete and plant startup commences. During this period process commissioning managers are occupied with the task o ensuring the acilities have been constructed and assembled according to the engineering design and the e!uipment manuacturer"s directions. #eore any process commissioning activities can be undertaken$ procedures that describe in detail how the various tests will be conducted and evaluated must be written. %he process commissioning procedures must also describe saety precautions that must be taken beore$ during$ and ater the commissioning process. GENG provides !ualiied and e&perienced commissioning engineers and specialists in process commissioning to speciy the tests to be conducted and to then ollow the progress o this work in the ield. Process commissioning begins with a detailed plan to synchroni'e construction turnover o process units with the commissioning eort as described or plant start(up. )hen construction on each process unit is declared as complete$ process commission activities can then begin. Pro*ect planning sotware$ such as Primavera$ can be used to organi'e and control the commissioning process$ so that resources can be scheduled and deployed in the most eective way to ensure that all elements are eventually commissioned and declared operable. +ust as with the actual construction o the process acility$ process commissioning is a comple& activity covering all aspects o the newly constructed acilities. %he ob*ective is to ensure that the e!uipment has been properly installed and is ready to receive process materials and operate as originally conceived. Each element o the process unit is e&amined and tested. Process control valves must be stroked$ sensors and analy'ers must be calibrated$ relie valve settings must be checked$ and controller tuning coeicients must be checked. Piping and e!uipment must be either hydrostatically tested or tested with inert gas to ind and eliminate any leaks that might occur. %ramp metal collectors must be installed at critical locations in the piping system to prevent damage to pumps and control valves. ,nsulation must be inspected and steam tracing tested. Electrical connections must be checked and electrical e!uipment tested where and when it can be done saely. -otating e!uipment must be checked or alignment and manually rotated to ensure there are no intererences. Electrical motors need to be run to ensure the connections are correctly installed and that the motor rotates in the right direction. .ny deects ound during the commissioning process must be corrected by the contractor beore the process unit commissioning can be declared as complete. %roubleshooting guides should be prepared or mechanical e!uipment to help identiy and correct any mechanical malunctions that might occur. . ma*or part o process commissioning is in preparing the operating instructions or the startup o the process. %he procedures or a newly constructed plant oten dier rom the procedures that would be placed in service ater a successul production campaign. ,n the case o a newly constructed plant$ the procedure may call or each upstream unit to be brought up to operating temperatures and pressure and held or a period o time to validate the integrity o the unit beore process material is allowed to low to the ne&t downstream unit. GENG can provide e&perienced and skilled operators to undertake this initial startup$ and can maintain the operation until the process stabili'es and the regular operators are prepared to take over. Should problems develop during the startup phase$ written plans and procedures should be in place to empty each process unit in a sae and environmentally compliant manner so that whatever problems occurred can be i&ed. Process %echnical Services has the management e&pertise and the skilled and e&perienced engineers and specialists to handle all aspects o process commissioning and plant startup. GENG operates as the pro*ect owner"s representative in all respects.