PROCESS PLANT
COMMISSIONING
David HorsleyProcess plant
commissioning
Auser guide
Second editionProcess plant
commissioning
Auser guide
Second edition
Edited by David Horsley
David Horsley, FIChemE, worked with ICI before studying
chemical engineering at university. After graduating, he joined
British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) in 1978 as a senior safety engineer
and by 1982 had assumed responsibility for the commissioning of
the Sellafeld fuel handling plant, As Head of the Effluent Plants
Project Office in 1989, David was responsible for the design,
construction and commissioning of plants with a capital cost of
£500 million.
In 1991, he became Assistant Director for BNFL Engineering,
Safety and Technical funetions. Working with the Newcastle
University Engineering Design Centre where he is a visiting
professor, David has eneouraged developments in advanced
Computational modelling and simutation which can greatly reduce
risk, time anil cost, He fetains a keen interest in project
management and plant commissioning in particular, and he also is
Concemed with encouraging development in design integration and
‘multiple criteria decision ms
IChem