COMMISSIONING
PROJECT DELIVERY GROUP
STAGE 3 – DYNAMIC SYSTEM TESTING (HOT COMMISSIONING)
During Stage 3 testing, equipment and controls that have been individually
tested during Stage 2 are now grouped and tested as functional scoped systems.
System boundaries facilitate handover and provide safe isolation points.
SYSTEM TESTING
Testing of the control logic features a complete test of the system with water or
inert material in order to reach steady-state operation. These tests include:
Power house generators at a plant site in
the Canadian arctic completely assembled
and ready for pre-operational testing
• Validation of functional description
♦ Testing of equipments and system interlocks
♦ Verification of alarms and trips
♦ Functional testing of start and stop sequences
♦ Tuning and filtering of control loops and signals
• Bringing plant to steady-state operation
♦ Conveyors run unloaded
CONTACTS
♦ Pumps run with water and flow verified
♦ Entire plant tested with water or inert material
Rick Plotzki
Global Director - Commissioning
Tel: +1 604 629 9514 x6514
[email protected]
METHODOLOGY
Tarik Haroon
Western North America
Tel: +1 403 920 3102
[email protected]
• Safety: areas of the plant are now functional while others are still under
construction or in Stage 2 testing.
Elmer Maquiling
Central North America
Tel: +61 8 9278 4300
[email protected]
Stephane Belec
Eastern North America
Tel: +1 514 864 5500 x6246
[email protected]
Jon Neal
Brazil
Tel: +31 3308 7203
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Raj Jaganathan
Australia/Asia
Tel: +61 7 3166 7777 x6276
[email protected]
Andries DuToit
Africa & Europe
Tel: +27 (0)11 239 5665
[email protected]
Rick Plotzki
South & Central America
Tel: +1 604 629 9514 x6514
[email protected]
In addition to testing and tuning the plant’s control logic, Stage 3 system testing
focuses on preparing a smooth transition to the operations team.
♦ Clear definition and barricading of systems under test as well as strict access control (permit to work) provides safe working conditions for all
• Multidisciplinary system testing which requires equipment and instruments
to work simultaneously
♦ Hatch’s multidisciplinary teams maintain a high level of coordination
between field engineers and automation engineers in the control room in
order to effectively tune control sequences
♦ Vendors on site are continually managed to support the commissioning of
specialty equipment and facilitate warranty sign-off
• Handover to Operations
♦ Operators and maintenance personnel embedded in the pre-operational testing team take an increased responsibility in the testing program to prepare for a smooth handover
♦ Walkdowns with the operations’ team identify punch items which are managed in iPas CS, Hatch’s commissioning software
♦ Handover packages (HOPs) compiled from iPas CS summarize the status of
the system prior to acceptance and serve as a basis to perform subsequent
commissioning tests safely and effectively
Stage 3 testing ensures that the plant will be able to safely handle process
material. Systems are handed over to the operations team who will first
introduce process material during Stage 4 process commissioning.
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