Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Submitted by:
Maliha Ashraf (NEDUET, Electronics), Internee Workshop & Ammonia
Submitted to:
Mr.Khan Kashif, Unit Manager L&D
CONTENTS
Figures
Acknowledgment
Introduction to FFBL
What I learned
Safety
DEFINITION:
POLICY:
GOAL:
OBJECTIVE:
SAFETY PHILOSOPHY:
DRESS CODE:
PROHIBITED ITEMS:
VEHICLE MOVEMENT:
Objectives:
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Ammonia
11
Urea
11
DAP
11
Utilities
11
Plant Visit
13
14
Control Systems
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17
Marshalling
18
DCS
18
PLC
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25
Control Valve
25
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Acknowledgment
Acquiring an internship in such a prestigious company as FFBL has been a great
honor and a valuable learning experience for me. It not only honed my technical and
professional skills but also gave me a perspective on the culture of large firms. I
learned a lot even just by observing the environment of the offices. FFBL is unique in
its emphasis on discipline and rules and regulations, being run by ex-military
personnel; this strictness also gave me the much needed regularity and training.
Having said that, all the staff and the crew, from the lowest level to the management
level is very co-operative and supportive. Specially, the staff of L&D center guided me
really well during the first few days of my internship. The engineering and technical
staff in E&I department took special interest in our training and made sure that we
gain something substantial out of this experience. In this regard, I would like to
specially thank Ms. Rabiya Tahir for mentoring me. Besides her, all the managers and
heads were quite humble and helped me in every way possible. I would like to
express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Amanullah Khan, Mr. Abdul Ghaffar, Mr. Faysal
Zuberi, Mr. Imran Kazi, Mr. Zulfiqar Naqvi, Mr. Waseem, Mr. Qamar, Ms. Zoya Khan,
and Mr. Alvi.
This experience would certainly prove fruitful and will serve as a stepping stone for
my engineering career.
-
Maliha Ashraf
Introduction to FFBL
FFBL is one of the largest granular Urea and Dap fertilizer complex in Pakistan, built at the cost
of US$469 Million in November 1993, located in Eastern Zone of Bin Qasim. The plant is approximately
45km south east to Karachi City and it is connected to National High way.
FFBL is the only Fertilizer complex in the Pakistan producing DAP (DiAmonium Phosphate) fertilizer
and Granular Urea thus making significant contribution towards agricultural growth of the country by
meeting 45% of the demand of DAP and 13% of Urea in domestic market. FFBL is one of the most
profitable among the associated companies of Fauji group, one of the largest conglomerates of Pakistan.
FFBL and FFC jointly holds 63% of Urea and 51% of DAP share of Pakistani fertilizer market.
What I learned
My learning experience as an electronic engineering student was quite knowledgeable. FFBL gave me
an opportunity to observe the theoretical knowledge; I have gained so far in university education, being
implemented and applied in industry. Here at the FFBL, there is quite a large scope for electronics,
especially industrial electronics. The whole plant is controlled and monitored through electronic
control and monitoring systems such as PLCs and DCS. The data from the field is collected by field
instruments and then converted into electronic signals; hence, instrumentation and measurement is
also one of the many options, an electronics engineer here can choose from.
I as an internee was sent to Ammonia Plant and Instrumentation Workshop. These are the topics which
I studied and was able to observe on the plant during my time here:
Safety
DEFINITION:
Safety is an organized activity to achieve an acceptable level of risk.
POLICY:
The management of Fauji Fertilizer Bin Qasim Ltd recognizes the significance to conduct its business in
a manner, which will pro-actively ensure the safety of all employees, company assets and interests of its
neighbors and preservation of environment.
GOAL:
Make FFBL an incident free plant.
OBJECTIVE:
Implement safety procedures throughout the complex as OSHA standard (OHSAS 18001).
SAFETY PHILOSOPHY:
Operating Area:-
Process plants (ammonia, urea, DAP, utility, PH&S, TFA), their allied control rooms and electrical sub
stations are operating areas.
Admin block, OCEA/ Sona camps, workshops, warehouse, laboratory, ITET, TSB and offices are non
operating areas.
Visitors:
All personnel other than FFBL ID card holders including government officials, vendors, auditors etc are
classified as visitors.
Visitors are not allowed to enter the operating areas unless permitted in writing by GMP / RM
and accompanied by an FFBL employee.
No plant equipment should be operated by personnel other than the authorized employees
unless otherwise specifically delegated by the concerned unit manager.
When the plant emergency siren is activated, all available persons follow the respective
instructions as given in the emergency response plan.
DRESS CODE:
Wearing loose clothing (shalwar kameez/robes) inside operating areas is prohibited.
PROHIBITED ITEMS:
Use of mobile phone in operating area of plant (however upon declaration of turnaround,
mobile phone will be permitted in these areas as well).
Use of cameras and recording devices in operating areas except carried by FFBL employees i.e.
inspection, safety, operations or maintenance personnel for official purpose only.
Smoking in operating areas as well as in company & contractor owned vehicles for company
business.
Photography by visitors / outside agencies inside the plant premises unless permitted by GMP /
RM and escorted by a designated FFBL employee.
VEHICLE MOVEMENT:
Vehicle entry permit is mandatory for all vehicles for entering into operating areas.
However fire trucks, emergency response vehicles and ambulances are exempted in case of
emergencies.
In case of declared emergency all vehicles except ambulances, fire trucks & emergency response
vehicles should pull off the road.
Operations and / or safety personnel can instruct the security personnel to prohibit entry of all
or certain vehicles in case circumstances warrant even if the emergency siren has not been
activated.
Stay inside the nearest building and close doors, windows, and block all opening with wet cloth.
Objectives:
Record keeping.
Explosion And Weather Proof: Used in open plant areas and buildings.
Notification Appliances.
Bells (Buildings).
Ammonia
Ammonia plant consumes natural gas, and air as its raw input. Pressurized
air is used to provide nitrogen, as atmospheric air contains 78% nitrogen.
The products thus obtained are Ammonia (NH3), and Carbon dioxide (CO2).
Ammonia is liquefied and stored in storage tanks while the carbon dioxide is
sent to Urea manufacturing plant.
Urea
Fauji Fertilizer is the sole producer of granular urea. The main reactant is
the ammonia gas, which is brought to the urea plant from the storage tanks.
Also carbon dioxide produced at ammonia plant as a by-product is utilized
here in Urea.
DAP
Utilities
Gas Turbines
Emergency Diesel Generator
Water Treatment & Demin. Plant
Natural Gas Distribution
Steam Generation System
Instrument & Service Air System
Ammonia plant is the most important of the four main production facilities. It serves as the backbone of
the whole manufacturing process at FFBL. We spent our time mostly at the Ammonia plant. The plant
consists of a single front-end and two parallel back-end loops. It is a Bechtel 1965 vintage design and
was previously installed in Braun, USA from where it was shutdown in July 1992 and relocated here in
1996. The plant started production after re-commissioning in November 1998. The plant capacity is:
Design:
1,270 MTPD
Revamped:
1,570 MTPD
Plant Visit
Prior to the Ammonia Plant visit an orientation of Ammonia Plant and Instrument workshop took place
in which the basic process of attaining ammonia was explained. This also covered an explanation of
ammonia plant architecture , an introduction to Heat Recovery Steam Generation (HRSG), Hydrogen
Recovery Unit (HRU), F101, K101 A/B, K1001 A/B and control system PLCS. The study process for the
internship duration was also discussed.
An overview of the instrumentation, control systems and fundamentals of control systems technology
was also given. There are two types of Control Systems:
Distributed Control System (DCS) which is used for normal control and monitoring.
Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) which is used as Emergency Shut Down System (ESDS).
The four main parts of the plant i.e. Ammonia, Urea, Utility and DAP and types of compressors i.e. Air
Compressors (K-101 A/B), Syn gas Compressor (K-306 A/B) and Ammonia (K-305 A/B) were also
taught.
A small demonstration of the safety measures was shown that is essential while visiting the plant. I got
familiar with the field instrumentation of the plant during the visit to the Ammonia Plant. An
explanation of the inputs and outputs of the ammonia plant was given i.e. natural gas (for carbon), air
(for nitrogen) and steam to help in combustion and the provision of heat for the mixture of gases to
oxidize easily. The output is the ammonia gas which serves as the intermediate product in the
production of urea, and DAP fertilizers. Carbon dioxide is also obtained as the by-product which is sent
to the urea plant as an input.
Visited the control room where the working of the control room was explained along with observing the
front end and the back end in detail. Visited the rack room and familiarized with the software, DCS and
PLCs in use. The DCS were designed by Bentley while the PLCs used in Ammonia plant are
manufactured by Modicon.
The objective is to provide electrical maintenance services at plantsite as per international standards of
quality, health & safety and to ensure smooth functioning of plant with reduced downtimes.
Two gas turbines are responsible for the generation of power to fulfill the plants needs. Both the
turbines bear half the load of the plant, and operate in parallel. In case of failure of one of the gas
turbines, the entire load shifts to the healthy turbine. In case, both the gas turbines fail, there is a diesel
driven emergency generator and an Uninterruptable Power Source (UPS) too. The CCR (Central Control
Room) has also a set of backup batteries to keep the control systems running in emergency situations.
The specifications of the gas turbine are as under:
MAKE
GENERAL ELECTRIC
FRAME
INSTALLED QTY
02 EACH
POWER
26.3 MW
VOLTAGE
13.8 KV
CURRENT
1223 A
FREQUENCY
60 HZ
SPEED
3600 RPM
Following are the specifications for the Diesel Driven Emergency Generator:
MAKE
SIMPOWER
INSTALLED QTY
01
POWER
2.0 MW
VOLTAGE
13.8 KV
CURRENT
105 A
FREQUENCY
60 HZ
SPEED
1800 RPM
The UPS system is present to back up the diesel driven generator. Ups system is provided to cater for
the following loads:
Control Systems
The proper working of the plant to ensure safe and high-quality manufacturing of the products, control
and monitoring systems are used. These control systems are primarily based upon DCS (Distributed
Control System) and PLCs (Programmable Logic Controllers). Here in FFBL, DCS is employed for the
routine control and monitoring procedures while PLCs are used for ESDS (Emergency Shut-Down
System) control.
DCS and PLC are identical in their basic functioning; they take inputs in digital form, process them and
then make decisions according to the programming that has been fed in their processors. But PLCs are
employed only for ESDS because the "scan-time" for PLC is much less than that of DCS, i.e. PLCs are
faster and therefore critical machines (such as turbine, compressor, and boiler) which can cause serious
damage to the plant and the plant personnel are connected to the PLC with an emergency shutdown
sequence. Moreover, DCS is less costly compared to PLC hence it is used for all the other control and
monitoring purposes.
Control systems works in levels. The foremost and the most basic level of the control hierarchy are the
field instruments. These field instruments, as the name suggests installed on the field and are used to
measure physical parameters such as pressure, level, flow, temperature, vibration etc. These field
instruments send the respective signals to the proper transducer which converts it into electrical
signals. The standard electrical signal is from 4mA to 20mA which is equivalent to 3psi to 15psi
pneumatic signal.
The reason for using the standard current signal is that it is easy to find open circuit because this signal
level starts from 4mA. If the circuit is open, the output shows 0mA so open circuit can be found easily.
There is less noise interference and the current measure remains same at any point on the signal line. If
0mA is used then we won't know whether it corresponds to the initial measurement or is due to fault in
the transmission lines. Transmission lines to the control rooms are long so signal drops here and it is
not an accurate signal. Some amount of voltage is required for truning it on from 0 to 4mA. It is a nonlinear region and beyond 4mA it is a linear region. This current signal is transmitted through field
transmitters.
Marshalling
The field transmitters transmit the current signal from each of the field instruments. All the signals
from the entire field are collected and terminated at the junction box (JB). A multi-core underground
cable carries these signals from JB to the control room, where there are terminated at the marshaling
panel. Marshalling is the processing of transforming the memory representation of an object to a data
format suitable for storage or transmission and it is typically used when data must be moved between
different parts of a complete program or from one program to another. After that it is fed to the DCS and
the PLC.
DCS
The DCS used in the Ammonia plant are manufactured by Bentley and ABB symphony. I studied the DCS
architecture, infi net layout and different modules such as INNIS, INNPM and IMMFP.
The INNIS Network Interface module and the INNPM Network Processing module are communication
modules that make up the Infi net-to-PCU Communication interface. The INNPM Network Processing
Module acts as a gateway between Infi net and Control way. The module holds the PCU database and
directs the communication process between the modules residing on Control way and the INNIS
module.
IMMFP communicates with the I/O modules. It has three modes of operation: configure, execute and
error.
The DCS architecture diagram was explained. The main parts of the architecture are:
CTU: This is a signal conditioning unit. It reduces noise, and modifies all the signals, so that they
are on the same level. It also converts the current signal in the standard voltage signal that is from
0-5 V.
I/O Cards: Each CTU is connected to a single I/O card. The input of the I/O card is the analog
voltage signal from the CTU. They covert the analog signal in the binary form, so that the processor
can read it.
I/O Expand Bus: it is used to provide an access between HCU and all the I/O cards connected to
that HCU.
Harmony Controller Unit: The digital signal obtained from the I/O cards is fed to the HCU. 64
I/O cards can be connected below a single HCU. HCU is the brain of the processor. The programming
of the DCS is stored here in the ROM. The processor reads the input, process it, and then carry out
the executions accordingly, sending appropriate output signals via the control way.
Controlway: It is used to provide a link between HCUs. Controlway is the spinal cord of the DCS
system.
NIS: The INNIS01 Network Interface Module is the front end for all the different Control
Network, Cnet. It is the intelligent link between a node and Cnet. The INNIS01 module works in
conjunction with the transfer modules and the network processing module. This allows any node to
communicate with any other node within the Symphony system.
NPM: The INNPM12 or INNPM11 Network Processing Module acts as a gateway between Cnet
and Controlway. The module holds the Harmony control unit database and handles the
communication between controllers residing on Controlway and the INNIS01 module.
PLC
Various manufactures make PLCs. In FFBL, PLCs by Siemens, Alan Bradley, Modicon, Hima etc. are used.
At the ammonia plant, Modicon PLCs are used in Ammonia while Hima is used for the control of Urea,
DAP, and utilities.
We studied Hima PLC in detail. It stands for HIlderbrandt Mannheim. It is called PES i.e. Programmable
Electronic Systems in which the programming is based on Function Blocks Language. At FFBL, HIMA
systems are used in Furnace Controls and Emergency Shutdown Systems. The family used is Hiquad
Family, H51q-H/HS. Following is the architecture of H51q-HS:
Benefits:
HIMA H51q systems have the lowest probability of failure of all safety systems.
H41q/H51q systems are the first 2oo4D/QMR systems in the world.
Modules can be replaced online.
Programs can be upgraded online.
Easy to integrate into all DCS
Module Mounting Unit:
MMU of HIMA is of two types:
Microprocessor.
Dual port Ram for communication with the central module via CPU bus.
Microprocessor
Dual port Ram for communication with the central module via CPU bus
Dual port RAM (DPR) to communicate with the second central device via bus.
Supply of the IO module via the cable plug on the front side
The data connection of the I/O level with the central device is established via I/O bus
Miscellaneous - vents, drains, special fittings, sampling lines, reducers, increasers and swagers
Flow directions
Interconnections references
Seismic category
Quality level
Annunciation inputs
We should know the instrumentation symbols in order to be able to read and understand the P&IDs.
Table 3 Instrumentation Symbols
Mechanical Line (Pipeline)
Electrical Signal
Pneumatic Signal
PLC I/O
I/P
P/I
'O'
'X'
Input to PLC
ESO
ESX
The control systems transmit output signals to the control valves and switches to regulate the plant
parameters. These signals can either be analog or digital. Some important types of switches and valves
are:
Control Valve
A control valve is most commonly used final control element to regulate flow in a process. It is simply a
variable opening used to regulate the flow of a process. In a control valve an actuator is connected to
the valve stem to provide force required to be open to the valve by means of operating mechanism.
Different types of actuators are used to operate the valve.