# Presentation: 362942

## AIChE ECC Conference

***AIChE ECC Conference***

*** ***
***Overview of Global STEP Activities***
*** ***
***Mark Palmer***
***Computer Integrated Construction Group***
***National Institute of Standards and Technology***
***e-mail: mark.palmer@nist.gov***
*** ***
***September 4, 1997***

## Objectives

***Objectives***

***Why develop standards for data exchange***
***Explain STEP application protocols (APs) for the Process Industry ***
***Provide an overview of global STEP standards activities***

## Stakeholders in the Process Industry

***Stakeholders in the Process Industry***

***Process Industry includes:***
***chemical, gas processing, petrochemical, petroleum, pharmaceutical, power generation***
***food &beverage, pulp & paper, water & water processing***
***Process Plant Industries include:***
***owners/operators of process plants***
***engineering and construction (E&C) companies***
***equipment and component suppliers***
***information technology suppliers***

## Lifetime use of Plant Information

- Time in Years

- User
- Frequency
- of Data
- Access

- 0

- 4

- 8

- 12

- 6

- 2

- 20-100

- Construction

- Conceptual
- Design

- Detailed
- Design

- Commissioning

- Possible change of duty

## Data Cycle

***Data Cycle***

**Business**
**Opportunities**
**(R&D)**

**Major** **Interfaces**

**Its** **a** **Recycle**
**Process !**

**Notes:**
5
We have to add the procurement cycle with equipment vendors who need to interact electronically with owners, who are doing Pre-project Planning, and design contractors who are performing Production Design, many times simultaneously.
And we have to consider the likelihood of numerous construction subcontractors interacting with the general contractor, including field material suppliers.
And consider the case where plant maintenance is largely contracted, an increasingly popular practice.  The plant is going to want the data associated with maintenance, in systems that are compatible with their databases.
These examples simply illustrate the problem.  I did not include other logical outside entities who will want selected data electronically, such as financial institutions, the EPA and OSHA.

Ok, so the problem is serious.  But we still have to go one more step to completely understand how bad it is.  Let’s look inside just one of the major data cycle steps.

## Need  for Data Interchange Standards

***Need  for Data Interchange Standards***

***Industry faces heterogeneous CAD/CAE environment -- in rapid state of flux***
***Process plant typical life 25-50 years***
***CAD/CAE technology cycle 5 years***
***Technical information is reused over the life of the product, process, and plant***
***Large savings possible when design, procurement, and construction can use diverse CAD/CAE systems***
***Standards enable these savings***

## ISO Standard for Data Exchange

***ISO Standard for Data Exchange***

***STandard for the Exchange of Product model data - ISO 10303,  STEP ******(http://www.nist.gov/sc4)***
***28 nations participating or observing***
***Enable exchange &  sharing of engineering data***
***Formal definition of information requirements***
***Industries define application protocols (APs)***
***Commercial implementations are in use***
***digital pre-assembly of Boeing 777***
***General Motors exchanges part designs with suppliers***
***solid modeling s/w packages come with AP 203 interface***

## What is a STEP Application Protocol?

***What is a STEP Application Protocol?***

***AP: defines the usage of STEP for a defined application context***
***driven by industry information requirements***
***use of activity modeling, usage scenarios, and information modeling ***
***specifies conformance requirements for testing implementations***
***Enables reliable information exchange***

## APs for the Process Industry

***APs for the Process Industry***

***AP 221, Functional Data and their Schematic Representation for Process Plant***
***AP 227, Plant Spatial Configuration***
***AP 231, Process Design and Process Specifications of Major Equipment***
***AP 212, Electrotechnical Design***

## AP 221 - Functional Data and Schematics

***AP 221 - Functional Data and Schematics***

***Scope: functional data and some physical data for plant items and systems***
***schematics, e.g., P&ID, data sheets***
***use of standard data, aka “class library” ***
***ver. 1: piping, valves, vessels, instrumentation, and some equipment***
***Status:***
***started by ProcessBase, ESPRIT***
***Akzo Nobel, Shell, Fluor Daniel, SPI-NL***
***Committee Draft ballot: July- November 1997***

## Scope of AP 221 - Functional Data & Schematics

**AP 221 - Functional**

**AP 221**

***Scope of AP 221 - Functional Data & Schematics***

**Produce Conceptual**
**Process Design**

**Demolish Plant**
**and Restore Site**

**Procure and Control Equipment, Material and Services**

**Produce Detailed**
**Process Design**

**Commission**
**Plant**

**Operate**
**Plant**

**Produce Conceptual**
**Engineering Design**
**(Front End)**

**Suppliers and**
**Fabricators**

**Produce Detailed**
**Engineering Design**

**Maintain Plant**
**and Equipment**

**Construct Plant**
**Pre-commission**

**Decommission**
**Plant**

**Produce and Maintain**
**Financial Case**

**Regulatory**
**Bodies**

**Control**
**Project**

**Management Activities**

**Obtain Agreement with**
**Regulatory Bodies**

**Limited capabilities provided for operating and maintaining plant.**

**Note:**

## AP 227 - Plant Spatial Configuration

***AP 227 - Plant Spatial Configuration***

***Scope: 3D plant design***
***emphasis on piping design***
***includes physical and functional characteristics and references to specs. and stream design cases***
***Status:***
***developed by PlantSTEP, Inc (with NIST)***
***active participation by owners, E&Cs, and IT vendors***
***testing and demonstrations of implementations***
***Daratech Plant Design/Management Automation Conf., Jan’97***
***CAD vendors developing implementations ***
***Draft International Standard ballot: Aug’97 - Jan’98***

## Scope of AP 227 - Plant Spatial Configuration

**AP 227 - Plant Design**

**AP 227**

***Scope of AP 227 - Plant Spatial Configuration***

**Produce Conceptual**
**Process Design**

**Demolish Plant**
**and Restore Site**

**Procure and Control Equipment, Material and Services**

**Produce Detailed**
**Process Design**

**Commission**
**Plant**

**Operate**
**Plant**

**Produce Conceptual**
**Engineering Design**
**(Front End)**

**Suppliers and**
**Fabricators**

**Produce Detailed**
**Engineering Design**

**Maintain Plant**
**and Equipment**

**Construct Plant**
**Pre-commission**

**Decommission**
**Plant**

**Produce and Maintain**
**Financial Case**

**Regulatory**
**Bodies**

**Control**
**Project**

**Management Activities**

**Obtain Agreement with**
**Regulatory Bodies**

**Limited capabilities provided for constructing and maintaining plant.**

**Note:**

## Demo of AP 227 Prototypes - January’97

***Demo of AP 227 Prototypes - January’97***

**1**

**3**

**Part Vendor A**

**Plant Owner**

**2**

**Dassault**

**Intergraph**
**CADCentre**

**Contractor A**

**Bentley**
**Jacobus**

**Contractor B**

**Hitachi**

**4**

- 1. pumps, tank
- 2. #1 + pipe, valve
- 3. complete config.
- 4. #3 + P&ID

**3**

## AP 231 - Process Design & Process Specs of Major Equipment

***AP 231 - Process Design & Process Specs of Major Equipment***

***Scope: process engineering***
***process simulation***
***unit operations***
***conceptual design for major process equipment***
***Status:***
***developed by pdXi (with NIST)***
***active participation by owners, E&Cs, and IT vendors***
***industry review of requirements document: Sept.-Dec. 1996***
***validation and test model library***
***Committee Draft ready for ballot: Jan. 1998***

## Scope of AP 231, Process Design Information

**AP 231 - Process Design**

**AP 231**

***Scope of AP 231, Process Design Information***

**Produce Conceptual**
**Process Design**

**Demolish Plant**
**and Restore Site**

**Procure and Control Equipment, Material and Services**

**Produce Detailed**
**Process Design**

**Commission**
**Plant**

**Operate**
**Plant**

**Produce Conceptual**
**Engineering Design**
**(Front End)**

**Suppliers and**
**Fabricators**

**Produce Detailed**
**Engineering Design**

**Maintain Plant**
**and Equipment**

**Construct Plant**
**Pre-commission**

**Decommission**
**Plant**

**Produce and Maintain**
**Financial Case**

**Regulatory**
**Bodies**

**Control**
**Project**

**Management Activities**

**Obtain Agreement with**
**Regulatory Bodies**

**Limited capabilities provided for operating plant.**

**Note:**

## Functional Relationships of Process Plant APs

**AP 231 - Process**

**AP 221 - Functional**

**AP 221**

**AP 227**

**AP 231**

**Produce Conceptual**
**Process Design**

**Demolish Plant**
**and Restore Site**

**Procure and Control Equipment, Material and Services**

**Produce Detailed**
**Process Design**

**Commission**
**Plant**

**Operate**
**Plant**

**Suppliers and**
**Fabricators**

**Maintain Plant**
**and Equipment**

**Construct Plant**
**Pre-commission**

**Decommission**
**Plant**

**Produce and Maintain**
**Financial Case**

**Regulatory**
**Bodies**

**Control**
**Project**

**Management Activities**

**Obtain Agreement with**
**Regulatory Bodies**

**Limited capabilities provided for constructing, operating, and maintaining plant.**

**Note:**

**Produce Conceptual**
**Engineering Design**
**(Front End)**

**AP 227 - Spatial**

**Produce Detailed**
**Engineering Design**

## Process Plant APs Coverage and Overlaps

- j:\proc-ind\ppt-pres\pp_over3.ppt   1/97

- Note - Piping System information is also covered in AP 221.  The detailed engineering design of piping systems is a primary focus of AP 227.

- Plant
- Plant System
- Assembly
- Stream
- Equipment
- Plant Item
- Connection
- Specification
- Construction Material
- Approval Status
- Change

- Process
- Unit Operation
- Control Scheme
- Process Material
- Chemical Reaction
- Process Simulation
- PFD

- Location
- Site

- Shape
- Reserved Volume
- Interference Result
- Piping System

- Catalogue

- Equipment Data Sheet
- P&ID
- Schematic
- Standard Classes
- Audit Trail

## STEP Programs - Europe

***STEP Programs - Europe***

***CIMsteel: AP 230, Steelwork***
***EPISTLE  (European Process Industry STEP Technical Liaison Executive) ***
***data modeling and standard class libraries***
***PIPPIN: data repository demonstration***
***POSC/CAESAR: data standards for oil ***
***	******and gas facilities, Norway***
***SPI-NL: data standards for plant ***
***information, Netherlands***
***AP 221, Functional data***
***	******and schematics  ***

## STEP Programs - Japan

***STEP Programs - Japan***

***Power Plant SWG of Japan STEP Center***
***early work on General Plant Application Protocol ***
***ENAA ***
***requirements analysis and review of draft APs***
***Plant CALS/STEP ******(http://www.pcals.cif.or.jp)***
***new program to advance information technology***
***part of MITI NCALS program***
***information sharing over the life cycle of plants***
***assess and demonstrate APs***
***investigate need for extensions and new APs***

## STEP Programs - USA

***STEP Programs - USA***

***PlantSTEP ******(http://cic.nist.gov/plantstep)***
***Industry consortium, founded in Dec. 1994***
***DuPont, Eastman Chemical, Merck, Bechtel, Black &Veatch, H.B. Zachry, Air Products, Hitachi, ...***
***over 90% of the 3D plant design CAD/CAE vendors:***
***AP 227, Plant Spatial Design***
***Process Data eXchange Institute (pdXi)***
***AIChE program of operating, E&C, and process engineering s/w and h/w companies (http://www-chen.tamu.edu/pdxi)***
***AP 231, Process Engineering***
***NIST: STEP for the Process Plant Industries***

## International Cooperation

***International Cooperation***

***Challenge to develop the needed suite of APs***
***data exchange and data sharing over the plant life cycle***
***Many countries have active R&D programs***
***alignment of objectives and requirements***
***International cooperation and review***
***Process Plant AP Planning Project in ISO TC184/SC4 ***
***cooperation across AP projects***
***harmonizing requirements and conformance classes***

## PIEBASE

***PIEBASE***

***Industry consortia established PIEBASE***
***Process Industry Executive for achieving Business Advantage using Standards for data Exchange***
***Global, business driven initiative***
***PISTEP (UK), Plant CALS (Japan), PlantSTEP (US), POSC (Int’l/US), POSC/CAESAR (Norway), SPI-NL (Netherlands)***
***Provide oversight and coordination***
***Develop industry roadmap and ensure delivery of needed standards ***
***Industry leaders committed to using STEP and motivating others to participate***

## The Goal

***The Goal***

***Deliver STEP APs that owners/operators, contractors and suppliers use to realize benefits of IT over the life of processes and plants***
***Requires:***
***Participation and review by industry***
***AP 221 CD ballot: July - Nov. 1997***
***AP 227 DIS ballot: Aug. 1997 - Jan. 1998***
***Demand for implementations by stakeholders***
***Industry alignment & support***