Study of the Life Cycle Requirements for an Information Model of the ComponentsThat Are Incorporated in Process Facilities

摘要

This paper reports the results of research that explores product modeling issuesfor components that are incorporated in process plant facilities. This project begins with an information requirements study that identifies the industry stake holders, the business and technical processes involved in component information exchange, and life-cycle information requirements of a typical process plant component, the control valve. The findings for the study are described through a review of the business issues, and through a process description of the 'life-cycle' of a valve within a hypothetical project context. In the final phase of the project, an information model and component selection test case for one component type is developed. Based upon the results of the information requirements study, the test case explores the integration of a explicit description of product data (including form, function, and behavior) and a task based process in a component information model.