Specifically, for projects involving chemical processing equipment, the design should match the business needs with the best compromise possible. The business needs to match include:
• Incoming and outgoing delivery times, frequency. shipment size, and desired inventory
• Tankage or storage needed for RMs, intermediates, and finished goods
• Market needs on product purity and specifications and effects on process design
• Process capability and desired operating windows
• Variability in RMs and utilities
• Energy use minimization vs capital cost
• Capital vs operating costs
• Throughput needed now and likely in future
• A map of bottlenecks for all process steps
• Environmental, code, and safety compliance
• Capital project Return on Investment ,and profit drivers
This list is normally customized to match each project.
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