Title: Product Design Specification
1Product Design Specification
- Eng. Nabil Ahmed Mourad
- B.Sc. Cairo University Mechanical
Engineering.M.Sc. Arts Et Metier, France,
Thermodynamics.Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil
Operation.Engineering Services
Department.March 2006
2Product Specification
- Table of Content
- Types
- Structure
- Forms
- Typical Content of specification
- Preparation of specification
- Continual improvement
3Types of Specifications
- International Standards
- Industrial Standards
- Company Specification
- Project / product specific
4International Standards
- ISO Definition
- Document, established by consensus and approved
by recognized body that provides for common and
repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristic
for activities or their results, aimed at the
achievement of the optimum degree of order in
given context.
5International Standards
- Examples
- British Standards. BS
- American Petroleum Institute. API
- American Society for Mechanical Eng. ASME
- Dutch Industrial Norm. DIN
- International Standard Organization ISO
6Industry Standards
- Document developed by a recognized international
industrial organization operating in specific
industry to formalizes polices and provide rules
and guidance for the initiation, generation and
maintenance of design and Engineering practices,
learned over a period of time and resulted from
diversified application.
7Industry Standards
- Examples
- Shell DEP
- British Petroleum BPS
- Mobil Standards MS
- Exxon Standards ES
8Local / Company Standard
- Document developed by an operating company to
provide technical guidance and recommendations
based on the experience gained in the company,
for specific operation, over a considerable
period of time and in a specific geographical
location. - Examples
- Gulf standard for cars.
- Saudi Operation Specification. SOS
- Petroleum Development Oman. POD
9Project / Product Specification
- Document developed to define the technical
requirements that apply for specific project or
product. - Examples
- Abu Dhabi North East Oil development
- Rolls-Roys Cars.
- GE refrigerators.
- Masafi bottled water.
10Engineering Standards - Structure
International Standards
Order of Precedence
Industry
ADCO Engineering Standards
Progressive development
Project Specification
11Forms of Specification.
- Stand-alone specifications
- Fully elaborated document contains all technical
requirement. They requires extensive efforts to
prepare and maintain with lot of repetition. - Amendment to applicable standards
- Brief document referring to the existing
standards and specify changes as applicable - Functional specifications.
- It is a statement of requirement.
12Typical content of Specification.
- Technical requirement
- Process - Design - Material - Testing
- Code requirement
- Health Safety and Environment
- Customer needs
- Market requirement
- Manufacturer-ability/Construct-ability
- Operability / Maintainability
- QA / QC requirement
13Development of Product specification
- Preparation.
- This is the most critical engineering activities
where customer requirements are defined by
experienced engineers. - Review.
- This includes the multi discipline review for
checking correctness, completion and maximizing
value. - Approval.
- Authorization of the document by the most senior
technical authority in the organization. - Revision control.
- A mechanism that control the changes to
specification and sustaining the technical
integrity of the specification.
14Preparation of Specification
- Define the basic functions using Verbs and Nouns
Ex. Pump - Water Cool - Air - Transport - Goods Cut -
Metal - Define the basic duties using quantities and
units. - Ex. Flow 1000 M3 /
hr. - Inlet Temp. 40.0 Degree
Centigrade. - Inlet Pressure 2.0 bars
- Outlet Pressure 20 bars.
15Tank / pump Assembly
120 m
95 m
80m
79 m
A
B
30 m
Tank Motor Pump
Pipeline (60 Km)
16Pump and motor sizing
17Preparation of Specification
- Check process conditions
- Ex. Water composition Alkalinity/Acidity
- Solid content Gas/water ratio.
- Operation conditions
- Ex. Fixed / Variable duties Variances.
- Site conditions
Reliability. - Determine design features
- Ex. Pump type Driver
type. - Protection systems
installation.
18Wind Load
Wind pressures on closed or fully clad structures
at high Z is Pz Pz 0.637 x (Uz)2 x Cf x K
(KN/m2) Uz F x V10 x (Z/10) 1/y F and y vary
with gust duration as follows Category Topography
F3 F10 y 1 Extreme
exposure 1.5 1.3 14 2 Open
country with 1.7 1.4 11
low obstruction. 3 Built up
areas with 2.0 1.6 8 high
obstruction V10 is the mean hourly speed (m/s)
at high of 10 m. Cf the shape coefficient K
Correction factor for aspect ratio (L/W of the
object)
19Preparation of Specification
- Select Material
- Ex. Serviceability Availability
- Manufacturing Maintenance
- Durability Cost.
- Testing
- Criticality Mech. String test.
Performance test Durability test. - Code requirement
- Basically listing the applicable codes and
standards
20Preparation of Specification
- HSE requirement
- Ex. Noise level Safe distance
- Leaks / Vents Safeguarding
- Customer needs
- Ex. Service-life Availability
- Utilities Painting
- Dimensions Weight
- Market requirements.
- Consider your competitors, Customer expectation
and market trends. -
21Noise Level
Noise level in building shall not exceed the
following Area MASP
db(A) Areas in workshops and machinery house
70 Workshop offices 60 Control
rooms 50 Offices and conference
rooms 45 Accommodation
40 HVAC equipment 10 Notes 1) If noise
has an impulsive and or tonal character, the
above limits should be lowered by 5 db(A) 2)
Noise generated by the user of the various area
need not to be considered.
22Safe distance
23Preparation of Specification
- Manufacturing
- The proposed design should be checked for ease of
manufacturing i.e. the industry can realize the
product at the most cost effective matter using
proven technologies with minimum risk. - Operability / Maintainability
- The design should provide operation friendly
product that will deliver its objective over the
intended service life without any major break
down or excessive frequent maintenance efforts. -
24Preparation of Specification
- Quality Assurance
- Assess the supplier by requesting information
on - - Quality system - Technical know-how
- - Production capacity - Financial status
- Quality control
- Specify the Q/C requirement in the requisition
- - Periodic audits - Inspection
- - Witnessing tests - Review Q/C
documents - - Audit Q/C procedure - Certification
25Continual Improvement
- New Technology
- Latest industrial developments that enhance
value. - Customer feedback
- User feed back is the most valuable information
for improvement - Competitive specification
- Benchmark with others to be the world class
- Market trends
- Reading the future market trends will make you
the front runner.
26Remember
- Standards exist
- to be used
- to be critically examined
- to be modified if not suitable
- We are most at risk with complex systems whether
during manufacturing, use or modify. Standards
are our save guarding system.