Ship and Mobile Offshore Unit Automation

Ship and Mobile Offshore Unit Automation: A Practical Guide: A Practical Guide gives engineers a much-needed reference on relevant standards and codes, along with practical case studies on how to use these standards on actual projects and plans. Packed with the critical procedures necessary for each phase of the project, the book also gives an outlook on trends of development for control and monitoring systems, including usage of artificial intelligence in software development and prospects for the use of autonomous vessels.

Rounding out with a glossary and introductory chapter specific to the new marine engineer just starting, this book delivers a source of valuable information to help offshore engineers be better prepared to safely and efficiently design today’s offshore unit control systems.

• Helps readers understand the worldwide offshore unit regulations necessary for monitoring systems and automation installation, including ISO, IEC, IEEE, IMO, SOLAS AND MODU, ABS, DNVGL, API, NMA and NORSOK
• Presents real-world examples that apply standards
• Provides tactics on how to procure control and monitoring systems specific to the offshore industry

Offshore engineers; marine engineers; electrical engineers; graduate-level marine engineering students; engineering superintendents

1. PREAMBLE

2. TYPE OF OPERATION, ENGINE ROOM AND BRIDGE
2.1 Manned Engine Room
2.2 Unmanned Engine Rooms

3. IMO REGULATIONS
3.1 General
3.2 SOLAS regulations for Ship’s Process Control and Monitoring
3.2.1 SOLAS Regulations for ‘MANNED’ Machinery Spaces on Ships
3.2.2 SOLAS Regulations for Periodically ‘UNATTENDED’ Machinery Spaces on Ships
3.2.3 MODU Code Regulations for ‘MANNED’ Machinery Spaces on Mobile Offshore Units
3.2.4 MODU Code Regulations for ‘UNMANNED’ Machinery Spaces on Mobile Offshore Units

4. CLASSIFICATION SOCIETIES RULE REQUIREMENTS
4.1 American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Rules for Building and Classing Steel Vessels
4.1.1 Automatic Centralised Control - ACC Notation
4.1.2 Automatic Centralised Control Unmanned - ACCU Notation
4.1.3 Automatic Bridge Centralised Control Unmanned – ABCU Notation
4.2 American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) Rules for Building and Classing Mobile Offshore Drilling Units
4.3 DNV GL Rules for Classification of Ships
4.3.1 Additional class notation ECO
4.3.2 Additional class notation E0
4.3.3 Supplementary Requirements for Drilling Units
4.3.4 Supplementary Requirements for Production and Storage Units
4.4 International Codes and Standards
4.4.1 International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Standards
4.4.2 Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
4.4.3 European Union Directives
4.4.4 American Petroleum Institute (API) Recommended Practices and Standards
4.5 Coastal State Rules for Offshore Units
4.5.1 Norwegian Maritime Authority (NMD)
4.5.2 NORSOK Standards

5. DESIGNING CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS
5.1 Conceptual Design
5.2 Basic Design
5.3 Detail engineering phase
5.3.1 Drawing Numbering
5.4 Technological Documentation – Installation and Commissioning Instructions
5.5 As-built Documentation

6. PROCURING CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS
6.1 Vendor Quotations
6.2 Technical Agreement (TA)
6.3 Vessel/Offshore Unit Contract and Technical Specification
6.3.1 Scope and form of typical Technical Specification – Ship’s Processes Monitoring, Control, Regulation and Automation
6.4 Systems Functional Descriptions
6.4.1 Scope and Form of Typical System Functional Description - Sea Water Cooling System
6.4.2 Scope and Form of Typical System Functional Description - Fresh Water Generating System
6.5 Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID)
6.5.1 Form of typical Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) - Fuel Oil System
6.5.2 Form of typical Piping and Instrumentation (P&ID) Diagram - Fresh Water Generator
6.5.3 Mimic Diagrams

7. INTEGRATED AUTOMATION SYSTEM (IAS)
7.1 Auxiliary Control System
7.2 Alarm and Monitoring System
7.3 Power Management Systems (PMS)

8. SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
8.1 Fire & Gas Detection (F&G)
8.1.1 F&G System Philosophy
8.1.2 Cause & Effect Diagrams
8.2 Emergency Shut Down System (ESD)
8.2.1 Emergency Shut Down Philosophy
8.3 Public Address/General Alarm Systems (PA/GA)
8.4 Interface with HVAC System Control

9. POSITION KEEPING SYSTEMS
9.1 Dynamic Positioning System
9.2 Position Mooring Systems

10. CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS CERTIFICATION
10.1 Classification Society Certification
10.2 Statutory Certification

11. CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS INSTALLATION
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Standard Practices
11.3 Installation and Commissioning Instructions
11.4 Control and Monitoring Systems in Hazardous Areas
11.5 Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) considerations

12. MECHANICAL COMPLETION AND COMMISSIONING OF CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS

13. CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS MAINTENANCE

14. VESSEL/OFFSHORE UNIT CERTIFICATION
14.1 Classification Society Certification
14.2 Statutory Certification
14.3 Offshore Unit Coastal State Approval
14.3.1 Health and Safety Executive (United Kingdom)
14.3.2 Petroleum Safety Authority and the Norwegian Maritime Authority
14.4 Client and IMCA audits of control and monitoring systems

15. CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS EVOLUTION