Basic Process Design

Process Safety support during basic process design and Hazard Study 2 (HazID)

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What is Basic Process Design?

Once the process route has been decided, Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) are created which show the main pieces of process equipment and where material is flowing. The basic design conditions are likely to be known at this point, such as operating temperatures and pressures.

The design of the main pieces of process equipment will have been chosen by this stage.

Depending on the project, there may still be a number of options for consideration at this point, taking into account economic, practical, and safety matters to decide on the best overall design.

As only basic design parameters are known at this point, a HS2 Hazard Study 2 , or HazID Hazard Identification Study can be carried out at this stage. See HS2 definition.

What =Method can do for you

Experienced study facilitators
Provide experienced study facilitators for HS2 (HazID) studies.

Training and mentoring support
Train and give mentoring support to aspiring study leaders.

Hazard study team member training
Train hazard study team members – our hazard study for team members course runs publicly, or can be run in-house to prepare your team for carrying out a hazard study 2 or 3.

Design partner selection support
=Method does not carry out process design, but can assist clients in selecting a suitable design partner.

Technical author

David Sparkes

Technical Director, Method Process Safety

David is an experienced process engineer with a solid background in plant support, capital projects and control system design.

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4 x Recent =Method Process Safety Basic Process Design Projects

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Project to facilitate a Hazard Study 2 (HazID) on the installation of new saturated steam package boilers.

Industry: Mining / Metal / Cement
Topic: Hazard Study 2 - Hazard Identification

A Process Risk Assessment 2 (PRA2) study and associated report for a new herbicide process, with raw material supply from isotankers. The PRA2 was carried out by a multi-disciplinary team comprising representatives from the client and =Method wit...

Industry: Agrochemical
Topic: Hazard Study 2 - Hazard Identification

Hazard Study

Industry: Chemical
Topic: Hazard Study 2 - Hazard Identification

=Method facilitated a HS2 for a new, novel chemical process. The completion of this HazID identified key information required for HazOp, and ultimately saved significant time at the HazOp stage as a number of key safety concerns had already been ...