From Front-End to Final Testing: Detailed Heat Tracing from Plant 3-D Models

Author

Smith, Darryl ; Baen, Peter ; Duval, David

Author_Institution

Fluor Canada, Ltd., Calgary

fYear

2007

fDate

17-19 Sept. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

8

Abstract

The development of detailed engineering deliverables on large refinery and petrochemical projects is an activity requiring extensive effort, particularly for electrical heat tracing (EHT). In the past, EHT systems have required an intensive effort involving manually selecting correct heat tracing and accessories, as well as presentations of the heat trace design data and layouts based on piping isometrics.

Keywords

CAD; electric heating; heat pipes; oil refining; petroleum industry; CAD; EHT systems; computer aided drafting; electrical heat tracing; front-end to final testing; heat tracing; petrochemical projects; piping isometrics; plant 3-D models; refinery projects; Design automation; Design engineering; Electric resistance; Heat engines; Process design; Reliability engineering; Resistance heating; Technical drawing; Temperature control; Testing; "Plant World Coordinates" or "WoCo"; 3D platforms [these could be .pds, .pdms, .dwg, .dgn, and/or .idf (info data format)]; APC (Ambient Proportional Control); CAD (Computer Aided Drafting); EHT (Electrical Heat Tracing); RTD (Resistance Temperature Detector); Spoolgen and ISOgen tools to create drawings;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Petroleum and Chemical Industry Technical Conference, 2007. PCIC '07. IEEE

Conference_Location

Calgary, Alta.

ISSN

0090-3507

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1140-5

Electronic_ISBN

0090-3507

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PCICON.2007.4365796

Filename

4365796