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Synthetic Diesel Fuel Production Facility

DesignerShip Architects Inc., USA

ProjectChemical Plant

Project HighlightsShipConstructor, well-known for its eciency and quality for

ships and oshore projects, has now proven its capabilities onthe successful completion of the rst land-based chemical plantproject. Cello Energy produces synthetic diesel fuel by using wastewood, hay, straw, paper, plastic and tires within a reactor system.The plant is sized to produce 20 million gallons of synthetic dieselper year.

Cello Energy and the local community government are planningto divert city solid waste to the Cello Energy facility, to savelandll space, reduce transportation costs for the city and provideraw materials for the diesel production, creating a “win-win”situation.

ShipConstructor was chosen by Ship Architects Inc., Alabama,to prepare a detailed 3D piping model for the process part of theplant. The intent was to develop a process plant that requires verysmall volume for proper operation. The owner, a former US Navyocer and Chief Engineer, said, “I want an ecient “engine room”layout that is functional, easy to operate and very easy to maintain.”To complete the ShipConstructor piping and equipment model,CAD drawings from the building manufacturer containing wireways and structure were included. Navisworks was then usedto check for interferences and to communicate with the owneron operational requirements and maintenance envelopes. Thedeliverables included 3D model drawings, arrangement drawings,as well as pipe spool drawings for pre-fabrication.

Cello Energy intends to build additional plants, with futureplant systems to be skid mounted and installed on sites withminimal local fabrication required. There are more than 200 valvesin the system covering approximately 4800 square feet of processarea. As the rst production plant operates, the model will becorrected to as-built conditions and process improvements will beincorporated. The following plants site plans and support systemswill be developed using the updated product model information.

The ShipConstructor 3D Product Information Model with theincorporated database together with the integration with Autodeskproducts such as Navisworks and Inventor provides essentialfunctions to make this optimization process throughout the lifecycle a simple process.

Suezmax Tankers

ShipbuilderEstaleiro Atlântico Sul (EAS) Brazil

ProjectTen Suezmax Tankers

Project HighlightsConstruction of the EAS Shipyard on Brazil’s east coast began

in mid-2007 and will be the largest shipyard in the southernhemisphere. Upon completion it will have a drydock measuring400 metres long and 73 metres wide and have a ship productioncapacity of 160,000 tons. The shipyard is expected to be completed

 by September 2009 but EAS has already received orders to design

and build ten Suezmax tankers.

The Suezmax vessels are part of a batch of 26 ships to be built inthe rst phase of the Programme of Modernization and expansionof the eet of Transpetro, a subsidiary of Petrobras.

ShipConstructor 2008 was chosen to design the Suezmaxtankers and platform aer extensive reviewing and testing bySincronia, a Brazilian IT consultant and integrator for the oshoreand shipbuilding sectors. Sirconia found ShipConstructor to bethe clear leader in terms of exibility, customer support, pricingand its ability to meet the cuing-edge technology requirements oEAS. As well, ShipConstructor is easily learned which expedites afully operational 3D CAD/Cam engineering environment to meeproject demands and production schedules.

Project Split and Merge (PS&M) is another ShipConstructorinnovation which is being used by EAS. PS&M enables EAS tooptimize utilization of their workforce by allowing work on asingle project to be split and delegated to designers in dierenlocations while maintaining the regularly updated master projectBy using Project Split and Merge EAS will increase eciency andreduce or eliminate costly production delays.

3D model of a chemical plant design Image courtesy Cello Energy LLC, Alabama, USA

 A Suezmax tanker in port 

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Super M2 Jack-Up Rig

ShipbuilderMaritime Industrial Services Co. Ltd. (MIS) Engineering,

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

ProjectSixteen new-build jack-up rigs

Project HighlightsConstruction of MIS’s third Super M-2 rig began with the hull

components being cut on the CNC machines using the directinterface with ShipConstructor. The entire 3D product modelwas successfully developed using ShipConstructor 3D modelingsoware. The changeover to the new soware was so smooththat MIS was able to start the steel cuing one month ahead ofschedule. Following the steel cuing, the keel for the Hull waslaid, once again ahead of contract schedule.

The capability to directly provide CNC information to theautomatic cuing machines is a signicant step toward thedevelopment of a truly ecient shipyard. Integrating all aspects ofproduction engineering in a single clash-free 3D ShipConstructor

environment drastically reduces the design process enabling platenesting and component prefabrication to begin earlier.

The increased productivity on the new-build jack-up rigprogram at MIS is testimony to the eectiveness, eciency andvalue of using the ShipConstructor suite for shipbuilding projects.

P-55 Semi-submersible Platform

ShipbuilderEstaleiro Atlântico Sul (EAS) Brazil

ProjectHull construction for a P-55 semi-submersible productionplatform

Project HighlightsConstruction of the EAS Shipyard on Brazil’s east coast began

in mid-2007 and will be the largest shipyard in the southernhemisphere. Upon completion it will have a drydock measuring400 metres long and 73 metres wide and have a ship productioncapacity of 160,000 tons. The shipyard is expected to be completed

 by September 2009 but EAS has already received orders to designthe Hull for a p-55 semi-submersible production platform.

The P-55 semi-sub production platform being built for Petrobrashas a production capacity of 180,000 barrels per day, and is destinedto be anchored at the Roncador eld at a depth of 1,790m, locatedwithin the Bacia de Campos. The P-55 hull construction alone wilconsume 21,000 tons of steel.

ShipConstructor 2008 was chosen to design the platformaer extensive reviewing and testing by Sincronia, a BrazilianIT consultant and integrator for the oshore and shipbuildingsectors. Sirconia found ShipConstructor to be the clear leaderin terms of exibility, customer support, pricing and its abilityto meet the cuing-edge technology requirements of EAS. Aswell, ShipConstructor is easily learned which expedites a fully

operational 3D CAD/Cam engineering environment to meetproject demands and production schedules.

Project Split and Merge (PS&M) is another ShipConstructorinnovation which is being used by EAS. PS&M enables EAS tooptimize utilization of their workforce by allowing work on asingle project to be split and delegated to designers in dierenlocations while maintaining the regularly updated master projectBy using Project Split and Merge EAS will increase eciency andreduce or eliminate costly production delays.

Example of a semi-submersible production platform

Super M2 jac k-up rig Image cour tesy Maritime Ind ustrial Ser vices Co. Ltd. (MIS) Engineering