Today the Comos PE module is the leading workbench in the market for design of the process technology part of a plant or unit. The aim is to create a consistent Basic Engineering data model within the FEED (Front End Engineering and Design) phase. The integration of the leading simulation and calculation tools plays a vital role here.

The system allows the user to specify multidisciplinary data such as substance streams and mass flows, equipment, and also I&C devices. Both simulated and calculated data can thus be considerably refined. Here the module thus makes available a knowledgebase from planned and engineered projects.

The process engineer can develop the unit with simple handling and without redundancy. Among other things, bills of quantities, technical data sheets with details of the flow information, equipment specifications and also process flow diagrams (PFD’s) can be created. The data and documents revision process that works on the feature level allows the user to have uniform control all the way through over the work involved. Thus the PFD forms the basis for further Basic and Detail Engineering, in which, for example, a basic 3D model or a P&ID can be generated quickly and easily. The data is thus embedded seamlessly in further Comos modules such as CM, P&ID, RM and E/I&C.

Comos PE releases new potentials for optimization and rationalization through its object-oriented view of process technology. The resulting savings in the design of the plant or unit have an important knock-on effect over the course of the entire project.

The development and the success of this module have been substantially helped by the partnership and collaborative arrangements with leading engineering companies operating worldwide.

Key Benefits

• The use of quality-assured standard interfaces for current simulation and calculation tools, which relieves the process technician of the need to carry out time-consuming and cost-intensive ancillary tasks
• An increase in the effectiveness of the development work through improved workflows, variant engineering and the application of reusable process technology modules
• Intelligent flowcharts allow a new view of the process technology model, which greatly increases the amount of transparency within the enormous amounts of data
• Seamless and trouble-free integration into the entire engineering process through the open interfaces model.