Process Control Engineering Consultant with Design & Optimisation

1. Process Control Engineering Consultant with Design & Optimisation Role of a process control engineering consultant in plant design & operational phases Process engineering & control consultants are responsible for providing specialist input during the designing of the manufacturing & processing plants or mineral processing facilities. Process Control Engineers can help with Instrument Engineering and Process Engineering problems by challenging and refining control strategies, highlighting issues learned from incidents and previous improvements. Unfortunately, it is common to see a reoccurrence of problems from project to project which can occur due to a 'cookie-cutter approach'. A tier one organisation will yearn for seeking knowledgeable professionals as part of their design reviews and commissioning and operational phases. These professionals can often be embedded within a clients/owners team within engineering contractors offices or via remote support. Additionally, they can aid in complex plant start-up and optimisation. Responsibilities of a Process control Engineering Consultant While considering a plant’s design, the responsibility of a process control engineering consultant can be vast. Manufacturing companies hire process control engineering consultants to handle their

2. projects for managing the different stages of the plant design and engineering reviews. This would include designing the process control schemes/strategies and commenting on control issues, cost and schedule estimates, the equipment selection & layout, supervising control system programming and the construction of plants equipment that may affect its controllability. Engineering Studies & Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) The conceptual phase is the initial step to plan any plant design project. Problem-solving and workarounds are the main concerns where a process control engineering consultant can assist. If a design contractor has a process flow diagram (PFD) or just a conceptual scheme, the process control engineering consultants can aid with design matters and prevent issues that may occur at start-up or operational plant phases. The early collaboration will help the design contractor, client and associated vendors will typically see improvements in the shortening testing and commissioning timelines. Before the project starts rolling, the process control engineer can recommend a suitable area of study helping prioritise what to address first. A process control engineer can also carry out or contribute additional engineering studies like HAZOP, CHAZOPS area classification, safety, ergonomics and much more. Process Control Engineering and Design of the Systems The primary role of a process control engineering consultant is to complete the in-depth process control scheme design and control system design. They can also provide essential input to process engineering and instrument engineering disciplines. This should include the review & developing documents: • Functional Detailed Design Specifications • Control and Safeguarding Narratives and Control Schemes • Process Historian Trending Systems • Alarm management and threshold reviews • Control simulations and calculations via process modelling and digital twin technologies • Control specific input in the development of P&ID's (piping and instrumentation diagrams) & PFD's (process flow diagrams) Process Control Engineering Process control engineering consultants are responsible for the control panel designs, the electrical design, the data collection systems, power distribution to fully automate the industrial processes. They are also responsible for the programming of the programmable logic controllers (PLC), the

3. distributed control systems (DCS), the human-machine interfaces (HMI) as well as other industrial self-regulation equipment. Turn Key Process Systems Sarom Global can also develop and deliver Turn-Key systems covering control valve supply & selection, and manufacture, construction and commissioning of complete control and process equipment systems. Contact us should you wish to know more. References:https://saromglobal.weebly.com/blog/process-control-engineering-consultant-with- design-optimisation Sarom Global HQ Australia, supporting EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Asia Pacific, Americas https://www.saromglobal.com/ info@saromglobal.com 61283175089