Plant Layout: A Guide to the Layout of Process Plant and Sites

Layout is concerned with spatial arrangement and good layout practice achieves an economic balance of the requirements of safety, the environment, construction, maintenance, operation, room for future expansion and of process relationships. Prepared by a team of experts Plant Layout is a guide to the achievement of good layout, particularly for those without relevant experience to draw upon, such as the student of chemical engineering or the industrialist confronted with a new layout problem. In two parts, the book deals first with the general aspects of site and plant layout and with methods for preparing layouts, using drawings, models and computers. The second part contains information about detailed layout of plant items, such as reactors and columns, and pipework and storage.