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#1 AyrtonB

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Posted 22 January 2018 - 02:42 PM

Hello everyone,

 

I'm currently doing my 3rd year design project, specifically trying to estimate the number of employees on the plant. Are there any specific literature resources you would recommend or any anecdotal figures I would be allowed to quote?

 

Plant Context:

  • The plant is an Ammonia, Urea and Ammonium Sulphate production facility producing 300,000 t/yr, 280,000 t/yr and
  • 200,000 t/yr respectively.
  • We are transporting the final products via rail.
  • The plant will be based in Canada.
 
Thank you in advance for all replies.
 
 
 


#2 Pilesar

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Posted 22 January 2018 - 02:49 PM

Do you have a textbook for the course? If I remember, my old copy of 'Plant Design and Economics' by Peters and Timmerhaus had some estimating info for this.



#3 AyrtonB

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Posted 22 January 2018 - 06:55 PM

Thank you I will look for Timmerhaus.
 
Our textbook book is 'Chemical Engineering Design' by Sinnott, the labour section under costings is minimal, I've copied it in below.
 
Extract from Sinnott:
 
Labor Costs
The wages paid to plant operators and supervisors are a fixed cost of production, as
described in Section 6.2.4. Almost all plants are operated on a shift-work basis (even
batch plants), with typically 4.8 operators per shift position. This gives a four-shift
rotation with allowance for weekends, vacations, and holidays and some use of
overtime. Most plants require at least three shift positions: one operator in the
control room, one outside, and one in the tank farm or other feed/product shipping
and receiving area. Plants that use more mechanical equipment, particularly solidshandling
plants, typically require more shift positions. More shift positions are also
needed when handling highly toxic compounds. In some cases two or more smaller
plants may be grouped together with a common control room and tank farm to reduce
the number of operators needed. Very few plants run entirely unattended though,
with the exception of gas processing plants, which hold no inventories of feed or
product and are usually automated to allow a single control room operator to watch
over several plants.
Operator salaries vary by region and experience level. For initial estimates, an
average USGC salary of $50,000 per shift position per year, not including overhead,
can be used. Supervision and overhead costs are discussed in Section 6.2.4.


#4 pavanayi

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Posted 23 January 2018 - 03:42 AM

A good starting point will be Nexant PERP reports, but I'm not sure if your university will be having a subscription. 

If your department/project team is collaborating with the industry, you should be able to get a copy through them



#5 Napo

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Posted 25 January 2018 - 05:07 PM

AyrtonB,

 

Another old reference from: Chemical Engineering Plant Design by Vilbrandt-Dryden, 4th ed. 1959.

 

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#6 breizh

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Posted 25 January 2018 - 08:12 PM

Hello,

another one could be "Process engineering economics" by James R Cooper .

 

Breizh



#7 AyrtonB

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Posted 28 January 2018 - 08:58 AM

Thank you Pavanayi, Napo and Breizh



#8 Zauberberg

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Posted 28 January 2018 - 10:29 AM

See also:

 

http://www.frms.co.n...24-7_Operations

http://www.psrgroup....55_7DEC2010.pdf

https://books.google...agement&f=false



#9 Technical Bard

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Posted 31 January 2018 - 11:02 PM

Call someone at Agrium...






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