Piping course

CHAPTER-8 PLOT PLAN

 DEFINATION OF PLOT PLAN

Plot is the master plan locating each unit / facility within the battery limit for a process
industry. It shows all the equipment & supporting facility like pipe rack, buildings etc. to the
scale. Usually this arrangement is shown in the plan views.

 BASIC DATA / INFORMATION REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPING PLOT PLAN

 Civil information

 Site location

 Contour survey map.

 Soil survey
 Process data

 Process units & their capacities.  Material handling philosophy.

 Storage philosophy.
 PFD
 Number of flares.
 Project design data.

 Equipment list.

 Equipment size.

 Type of plant. Indoors or out door.

 Nature of plant.

 Operating philosophy
 Metrological data.

 Minimum & maximum temperature.

 Wind direction & its intensity.

 Rainfall.

 Seismic information.

 Flood level.
 Utility data.

 Source of water supply & supply point

 Requirement of different kind of utilities like Steam. Air, nitrogen, DMW, Cooling
water, chilled water etc.

 Grouping philosophy for utilities.

 Electrical supply point.

 Non-plant facility.

 Administrative block.

 Workshop

 Canteen.

 Laboratory.

 Vehicle parking

 Warehouse.

 Scrap yard

 Fire station

 Staff colony
 Statutory requirement.

 State Industrial Development Corporation. (SIDC)

 Central / State Environmental pollution control board.(PCBS)

 Factory inspectorate

 State electricity board.(SEB)

 Chief controller of explosive. ( CCOE)

 Static & mobile pressure vessel rules. (SMPV)

 Tariff advisory committee. (TAC) & Aviation law

 Chief inspector of boiler.(CIB)

 Oil industry safety directorate. (OISD)

 Food & drug administration. (FDA) & Ministry of environment & forest. (MoEF)
 PLOT PLAN DEVELOPMENT

 The block dimension of all the plant & non-plant facility is worked out considering
expansion philosophy.

 Contour map is studied to establish the grade levels.

 Plant North in relation to geographical north is established.

 N-S, E-W ( X-Y ) grid is established at 10 meter each.

 Following points to be considering while placing this block on plot plan. The process
block should be placed in sequential order of process flow so that piping is minimum.
Process block should be placed considering wind direction. So that flammable gas
could not reach the source of ignition.

 Process block should be centrally located.

 Utility block should be close to process block.

 Group storage tank as per process classification.

 Centralized control room should be located at a safe place near to the process
plant.

 Two adjacent process unit location shall be decided based on the annual shut
down philosophy for the maintenance of the units.

 Electrical sub station should be at the center for minimum cabling.

 Process unit should be located at higher ground level served by peripheral road.

 Warehouse should be located close to material gate to avoid truck traffic within
the process area.

 Locate fire tanks near to main gate.

 Provide two gate one for man entry and other for material handling.
 Effluent plant shall be located away from the other units on the down wind location.
The preferred location is at lower elevation than the other plant units in order to
facilitate gravity flow.

 Fire station and firewater pump house should be at a safe place away from
hazardous areas. Fire station shall be near to the main gate with straight approach
to process units and other critical areas.

 Flares, Furnaces/Heaters, Dusty operations and Cooling towers should be oriented

depending on the prevailing wind direction. The first two should be located upwind
of Process units and the last two on the down wind directions of process units
 Flare location 90 meter away from any process unit in downward of wind direction.

 Due consideration of construction and erection of the plant shall be given while deciding
the plant layout, especially Tall Towers, Reactors, Furnaces, etc. shall not be at congested
areas and sufficient open space shall be provided to have erection at any stage.

 Equipment requiring frequent maintenance shall have easy accessibility. So also

equipment having removable parts shall have free access for removal of the part and
also for the free access for hoisting equipment.

 Green belt should be 1/3 of the plot area.

 Provisions for future expansion shall be considered. Usually 50%

 Inter space distance should be as per statutory authorities guidelines.

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