PROCESS DESIGN BASIS

ISSUED FOR COMMENTS (IFC)

ANY ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING

1. TENDER DOCUMENT INCLUDING PROCESS DETAILS

2. OVERALL PROCESS DESCRIPTION / DIAGRAM INCLUDING PLANT / UNIT CAPACITY
3. LICENSOR PROCESS DETAILS 4. CONCEPT OR PRE-FEED REPORT

AVAILABLE - START

NO IS STANDARD YES
FORMAT
AVAILABLE

ADOPT STANDARD FORMAT WITH GENERATE WORD DOCUMENT. PROCESS DESIGN BASIS MAY
FOLLOWING HEADINGS INCLUDE BASIS FOR BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO:
1. ABBREVIATIONS & DEFINITIONS 1. DESIGN PRESSURE
2. INTRODUCTION 2. DESIGN TEMPERATURE
3. PROCESS DESCRIPTION 3. DESIGN OR MAXIMUM VELOCITIES FOR PIPING / PIPELINES
4. PROJECT SCOPE 4. NPSHA (PUMP HYDRAULICS)
5. DESIGN 5. FOULING FACTORS (HEAT EXCHANGERS)
6. DESIGN PHILOSOPHY 6. NOZZLE MOMENTUM VALUES (VESSELS / SEPARATORS)
7. DESIGN CRITERIA 7. PIPING ROUGHNESS VALUES
8. CODES & STANDARDS 8. OPERATION, CONTROL & SAFEGUARDING PHILOSOPHY
9. REFERENCES 9. ISOLATION PHILOSOPHY
10. LIST OF HOLDS 10. DRAIN PHILOSOPHY
11. APPENDICES 11. MATERIAL & CORROSION PHILOSOPHY
12. UTILITY REQUIREMENT & BATTERY LIMIT CONDITIONS FOR ISBL
13. CHEMICAL DOSING REQUIREMENT
14. FIRE, SMOKE & GAS DETECTION PHILOSOPHY
15. INSULATION REQUIREMENT

Almost 9 years back I COMMENTS

1. BACK CHECK
had posted an article on 2. SDC

how to prepare a " REVISE TO NO COMMENTS

Process Design Basis" INCORPORATE
ISSUED FOR “IDC” IN FOLLOWING SEQUENCE
on my blog along with a 1. PIPING
flow chart. The flow chart 2. C&A
3. MECHANICAL
provides the process flow 4. ELECTRICAL
of preparing this very 5. CIVIL
6. PIPELINE (IF APPLICABLE)
important project 7. PROJECTS
document by the process
engineering discipline.
The links below the
article originally posted YES
COMMENTS
and the flow chart is
attached with this post.
1. REVISE TO INCORPORATE
Some abbreviations in IF IN AGREEMENT NO
the flow chart needs 2. DISCUSS TO REMOVE IF
NOT IN AGREEMENT
explanation:
SDC: Single Discipline CHECK AGAINST DISICIPLINE CHECK LIST &
CORRECT IF NECESSARY
Check or Self-Check (by
the process engineer)
IDC: Inter-Discipline ISSUE TO CLIENT AS
Check (Checking by “ISSUED FOR COMMENTS” (IFC)

other engineering
disciplines)
 PROCESS DESIGN BASIS

APPROVED FOR DESIGN (AFD)

“IFC” – MASTER COPY - AVAILABLE

START

COMMENTS
CLIENT

e.g. UTILITY MECHANICAL

REQUIREMENT
PIPING / e.g. MOC, INSULATION,
REVISE TO
PIPELINE ISOLATION, DRAIN INCORPORATE
PHILOSOPHY
e.g. CHANGED SOW, PROJECTS
e.g. CONTROL &
SAFEGUARGING CODES & STANDARDS
C&A
FIRE, SMOKE & GAS
DETECTION

1. BACK CHECK
2. “SDC”

YES
COMMENTS

NO

REVISE TO ISSUED FOR “IDC” IN FOLLOWING

INCORPORATE SEQUENCE

1. PIPING
2. C&A
3. MECHANICAL
4. ELECTRICAL
5. CIVIL
6. PIPELINE (IF APPLICABLE)
7. PROJECTS

YES
COMMENTS

1. INCORPORATED & REVISE

IF IN AGREEMENT
2. DISCUSS TO REMOVE IF
NOT IN AGREEMENT NO

PREPARE DISCIPLINE CHECKLIST

WITH “AFD” REVISION

ISSUE TO CLIENT AS “APPROVED

FOR DESIGN” (AFD)