The document discusses important factors to consider when laying out a plant, including construction and operating costs, process requirements, convenience of operation and maintenance, safety, and future expansion. It notes that costs can be minimized by adopting a layout with the shortest pipe runs between equipment and least structural steel. Equipment requiring frequent attention should be near the control room, and valves, samples, and instruments should be conveniently located. The layout must also allow for future expansion and modular construction.

1. Plant layout:
The economic construction and efficient operation of a process depend on how well the plant and
equipment specified on the process flow sheet is laid out. The principal factors to be considered
are:
1. Economic consideration: construction and operating costs.
2. The process requirement.
3. Convenience of operation.
4. Convenience of maintenance
5. Safety.
6. Future expansion
7. Modular construction
Costs:
The cost of construction can be minimized by adopting a layout that gives the shortest run of
connecting pipe between equipment, and the least amount of structural steel works.
Operation:
Equipment that needs to have frequent operator attention should be located convenient to the
control room. Valves, sample points and instruments should be located at convenient positions and
heights. Sufficient working space and headroom must be provided to allow easy access to
equipment.
Safety:
Blast walls may be needed to isolate potentially hazardous equipment, and confine the effects of
an explosion. At least two escape routes for operators must be provided from each level in process
buildings.
Plant expansion:
Equipment should be located so that it can be conveniently tied in with future expansion of the
process.
Modular construction: In recent years there has been a move to assemble sections of plant at the
plant manufacturer’s site. These modules will include the equipment, structural steel, piping and
instrumentation. The modules are then transported to the plant site, by road or sea.

2. General consideration
Open, structural steelwork, building is normally used for process equipment; closed buildings are
only used for process operations that require protection from the weather.
Ideal Location: Within the refinery where there is option for upgrading of heavy crude
residue.
Based on the above mention conditions, automotive fuels manufacturing plant can be located
nearby Vadodara, Dahej, Ankleshwar.
There is an easy transportation of raw material because of easy availability of Railway and
Road
This location is very near to sea so cheap availability of water and shipment in international
market is also major advantage.
It is industrially developed area so we can also get land by comfortable price.
At this location, unskilled labors are easily available.

3. Fig. 8.1: Plant Layout