Process engineering from FEED to operation – consistently in Engineering Base

In the process industries, the quality of engineering data determines whether plants are commissioned on schedule and remain maintainable. TechnologiX supports your project from the FEED study and the P&ID through to complete E&I detail engineering, in basic engineering as well as in detail engineering. Throughout, we work on one central data basis in Engineering Base. Every measuring point, every valve and every cable is maintained there exactly once and appears consistently in all documents.

Our services along the project phases

We take on project management and interface coordination with process engineering, piping, civil works, mechanical engineering and control system suppliers across all phases.

1. 1

   Concept, FEED and basic engineering

   We establish a robust basic structure early on, on which all disciplines will later build.

   • Block diagrams and functional structure of the plant
   • Process flow diagrams (PFD) with initial quantity and mass flows
   • Adoption of simulation results
   • Initial data sheets for apparatus, machines and instruments
   • Control concepts and outline of the automation structure
2. 2

   Process engineering (P&ID)

   The P&ID is the starting point for all other disciplines. That is why we treat it as a maintained data object, not as a drawing.

   • Creation and ongoing maintenance of P&IDs
   • Pipelines with medium, flow direction, pressure and temperature, and rule-based design via pipe classes
   • Instrumentation and measuring point structure with uniform designation
   • Release and freeze workflows for P&ID revisions, so that downstream disciplines work on a defined, released status
3. 3

   E&I detail engineering

   This is where the benefit of the shared data basis shows most clearly. What is defined in the P&ID flows directly into E&I design.

   • Measuring point, signal, actuator and I/O lists
   • Device and instrument data sheets
   • Loop diagrams
   • Cause & effect matrices and interlock descriptions
   • Consumer lists and power balances
   • Design of low-voltage power distribution
   • Circuit diagrams, terminal diagrams and wiring diagrams
   • Cable lists and cable plans
   • Cable route and cable tray planning, also in the 3D model
   • PLC and control system overviews
   • Typical-based design: for recurring measuring points, loops, motor feeders and valve controls, we define reusable standard solutions known as typicals. New plant sections are created from tested typicals instead of being redrawn every time. This is faster, more consistent and less error-prone.
4. 4

   Control cabinet design and Ex engineering

   • Control cabinet design with EPLAN: layout drawings, terminal diagrams and parts lists as complete manufacturing documents for your panel builder
   • Design for hazardous areas, including separation of intrinsically safe and non-intrinsically safe circuits
   • Intrinsic safety verification for intrinsically safe circuits (Ex i) in accordance with IEC/EN 60079-14 (VDE 0165-1)
   • Hardware and software design in one system, so that I/O assignment, wiring and control system configuration demonstrably match.
5. 5

   Commissioning and operation

   • Support with commissioning and site supervision, and optimisation during start-up
   • Incorporation of red-line mark-ups and as-built reconciliation: the documentation shows the actual plant status.
   • Modifications, functional extensions and minor conversions during operation, on the same data basis as the original engineering
   • Provision of plant data for your maintenance and servicing systems