Engineering Assurance

Design Desktop Reviews

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Context

  • Greenfield and brownfield facility systematic HAZOP style review of potential integrity, operability, and safety aspects of power system design end-to-end from power source to electrical load consumer.

Scope

  • Normal power source including generation

  • Selection of power transmission and distribution equipment

  • Network studies

  • Redundancy and maintainability in network topology

  • Power management philosophy

  • Emergency and essential power arrangements

  • Black and brown start provision

  • Lighting and habitation facets

  • Process winterisation and trace heating demand

  • Earthing and lightning protection arrangements

  • Human aspects of alarm and escalation management

  • Explosive atmosphere considerations

Impact

  • Identify deficiencies in design and attribute appropriate risk mitigation strategy to reduce consequence effect

  • Highlight erosion of flexibility in operating envelope

  • Facilitate informed choices based on asset risk profile