PLANT AND FACILITIES ENGINEERING WITH WASTE AND ENERGY MANAGEMENT:TECHNOLOGICAL CONCEPTS FOR PLANT ENGINEERING

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TECHNOLOGICAL CONCEPTS FOR PLANT ENGINEERING

Throughout this chapter, reference has been made to many electronic and computer applications with which plant and facilities engineers need to be familiar. Notable among these is the computerized maintenance management system (CMMS), which is often used by plant engineers to schedule and control maintenance and operations in plant engineering areas. This system is described in some detail in Section 3.4.

The second electronic system under the control of plant engineers is the facility management or building automation system, which usually includes an energy controller. These systems are described in Section 5.3.

Depending on the type of operation, process-control computer systems interconnected with man- ufacturing, engineering, and administration are often needed. Key to interconnectivity is the instal- lation of a fieldbus through which data are transmitted among users. Manufacturing execution systems operate on a distributed control network ring (Kamal Zafar 1998).

Another group of electronic systems used by plant engineers pertains to preventive and predictive maintenance. A description of these systems appears briefly in Section 3.4 and is described more fully in Chapter 59, which pertains specifically to maintenance.

The importance of understanding new technologies has been emphasized in this chapter by out- lining the knowledge and skills that a successful plant and facilities engineer needs upon assuming that position. Because the above-mentioned systems are highly varied and extremely complex, it is not within the scope of this chapter to describe these technologies in detail. By being aware of the many possibilities for improvement through technological concepts, the plant engineer can take steps to become competent in the use of electronic equipment and / or to be able to manage persons who are familiar with the details.

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