Fabrication method of a plant facility

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11732963-B2
Application number	US-201917628547-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2019
Priority date	Aug 14, 2019
Publication date	Aug 22, 2023
Grant date	Aug 22, 2023

Abstract

To reduce work at an installation site when a plant facility is manufactured, modules are conveyed in order from a fabrication yard to the installation site, and expansion and contraction amounts of pipe spools are calculated based on a temperature difference between a temperature at the fabrication yard when the modules are manufactured and a temperature at the installation site when the modules are installed at the installation site. Further, an installation position of a foundation is adjusted toward a direction to cancel out the expansion and contraction amounts of the plurality of pipe spools, and the pipe spool is moved toward the direction to cancel out the expansion and contraction amounts of the plurality of pipe spools. The modules are installed with the positions of the end portions of the pipe spools being adjusted.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A fabrication method of a plant facility, which is to be provided in a plant configured to perform fluid treatment, and includes a pipe through which fluid is allowed to flow, the method comprising the steps of:
fabricating a plurality of modules at a fabrication yard differing from an installation site of the plant facility, the plurality of modules including:
a plurality of pipe spools that configures the pipe;
frame structures, each configured to support the plurality of pipe spools; and
hook up surfaces, formed on side surfaces of the frame structures,
wherein end portions of the plurality of pipe spools are positioned on the side surfaces of the frame structures, the end portions of the plurality of pipe spools are exposed on the hook up surfaces, at least a part of the end portions of the plurality of pipe spools are protruded from the hook up surfaces, and the plurality of modules is configured to be coupled to each other in a horizontal direction via the hook up surfaces to form the plant facility;

transporting each of the plurality of modules manufactured at the fabrication yard to the installation site of the plant facility;
calculating, in advance, for the each of the plurality of modules, expansion and contraction amounts of the plurality of pipe spools caused by a temperature difference between a temperature at the fabrication yard before start of transportation of the each of the plurality of modules and a temperature at the installation site after the transportation of the each of the plurality of modules;
installing the each of the plurality of modules while performing at least one of the steps of:
adjusting an installation position of the each of the plurality of modules with respect to a foundation toward a direction to cancel out the expansion and contraction amounts of the plurality of pipe spools, the foundation being arranged in advance at the installation site so that the hook up surfaces to be coupled to each other of the plurality of modules are allowed to be adjacently opposed to each other; and
adjusting a position of an end portion of at least one pipe spool of the plurality of pipe spools supported by the frame structures toward the direction to cancel out the expansion and contraction amounts of the plurality of pipe spools; and

connecting end portions of the plurality of pipe spools opposed to each other of the plurality of modules having the hook up surfaces arranged adjacently to each other to form the pipe, to thereby manufacture the plant facility.

2. The fabrication method of a plant facility according to claim 1 , wherein, when the step of adjusting the installation position of the each of the plurality of modules is performed and an adjustment amount of the installation position of the each of the plurality of modules with respect to the foundation is exceeded an allowable range of 10 mm to 15 mm, the step of adjusting the position of the end portion of the pipe spool is performed.

3. The fabrication method of a plant facility according to claim 2 ,
wherein, in the step of installing the each of the plurality of modules while adjusting the installation position, the adjustment amount of the installation position is set so that a gap of 3 mm to 6 mm, which is a weldable gap, is arranged between a position of an end portion of a selected pipe spool selected from the plurality of pipe spools supported by the frame structures and a position of an end portion of an pipe spool to be connected, and
wherein the step of adjusting the position of the end portion of the pipe spool is performed for at least a part of the plurality of pipe spools other than the selected pipe spool.

4. The fabrication method of a plant facility according to claim 2 , wherein the step of adjusting the position of the end portion of the pipe spool is performed on installed pipe spools of a module installed earlier at the installation site.

5. The fabrication method of a plant facility according to claim 1 , wherein the step of fabricating the each of the plurality of modules includes a step of fabricating the plant facility at the fabrication yard, and then dividing the plant facility into the plurality of modules.

Assignees

• Jgc Corp

Inventors

• Kishimoto Hiroshi
• Tsutsui Takuya
• Mikami Makoto
• Koito Hiroyuki

Classifications

• F25J1/0259 Primary

  Modularity and arrangement of parts of the liquefaction unit and in particular of the cold box, e.g. pre-fabrication, assembling and erection, dimensions, horizontal layout "plot" · CPC title

• E04B1/34815

  Elements not integrated in a skeleton · CPC title

• E04B1/34869

  Elements for special technical purposes, e.g. with a sanitary equipment · CPC title

• E04H5/02

  Buildings or groups of buildings for industrial purposes, e.g. for power-plants or factories (buildings forming part of cooling plants E04H5/10) · CPC title

• F25J1/0022

  Hydrocarbons, e.g. natural gas · CPC title