Master's Thesis Project: FACILITY SITING AND LAYOUT OPTIMIZATION BASED ON PROCESS SAFETY
For any process, safety is the prime concern. For safe operation of a process plant, first it has to be build in such a way that incorporate inherent safety measures. So Facilitiy siting is very important. In a processing area, each equipments and facilities have to maintain a save separation distance between each other. This adequate separation distance is maintained generally by grouping similar equipments and facilities together. However, space is limited and it will increase the capital cost (land, piping, instrument, etc.) and operating consts as the units are separated. So, it is very important to determine the optimum location of each facilities and equipments in processing area.
