Justin Carlson Plant Intern Brian Farley Plant Engineer Team for Unmanned Aircraft Research Engineering Deartment! ConocoPhillis "an Juan #as Plant! $e% &e'ico ()*()*+ "u,mitted to- John Ritter "cott &ansell James &ars Roy Fo' C.P "an Juan #as Plant! $e% &e'ico * Contents E'ecuti/e "ummary ( "tatement of Pro,lem + .,0ecti/es 1 Technical Aroach 1 Identifying $eeds of Customers 1 Identifying Target "ecifications 1 #enerating Design Concets 1 "electing Design Concet 1 Pro0ect &anagement 1 Deli/era,les 1 Budget 1 Communication and Coordination %ith "onsor 1 Team 2ualifications 1 Conclusion 1 References 1 Aendi' A3 R4sum4s of Team &em,ers 1 Justin Carlson 1 5 Executive Summary Unmanned aircraft through the aegis of ConocoPhillips should be in consideration of use in Investigations and Inspecting of equipment and instruments. Through the allowance and handling of unmanned aircraft, ConocoPhillips would find great benefits in safety and production. Costs of operating and owning UAs are quite lower then using cranes in areas of e!treme height. Confined spaces are being inspected across America through unmanned aircraft in water towers, cooling units and distilleries. "emote operated devices are becoming quite useful in many applications around the globe and are saving many companies time, and time is money. ConocoPhillips would find these devices useful in many applications# further research and funding would allow C$P to establish effective use of UAs. ConocoPhillips attempts to lead the pac% in safety, they have yet to master their techniques. C$P promotes& 'o (ob is so urgent or important that we cannot ta%e the time to perform it safely. Through UAs we allow ourselves to perform the tas% swiftly while upholding the integrity of our safety. The device requires one operator and no assistance from other team members. This puts one man in the line of ris% while having the ability to operate the device from )*** feet away in a basic model. Confined space permits are still required by law but once the device is placed within the space it is eliminating human ris% in atmospheric change. +uman in(ury and error is miniscule to that of manned operations where one is put at ris%. ,hen equipment failure occurs personnel ris% is very high in a confined spaced humans while UAs face no harm to personnel and can easily be removed through the attachment of a lanyard. Cranes have the possibility to topple and threaten structures within its radius. Personnel life cannot be replaced while a UA can easily be replaced. "unning a cost benefit analysis on these unmanned aircraft in a flare tip inspection scenario the unmanned aircraft beats the price of the crane companies by far. The ob(ective of this machine was to not disturb plant production. ,hen a crane is erected for flare tip inspection the plant has to be shut down for the period of time the boom is in the air. -y $.+A standards each crane needs at least / personnel, one operator and one rigger. Through UA inspections the flare tip can be replaced at turnaround, not wasting any man0 hours or lost production hours. If flare tips are in need of being replaced when inspected during turnaround then there are additional cranes being needed to replace them and waste more production hours. This method is by far the most cost0effective way to go when inspecting flare tips and possibly other methods of inspection. Through the use of unmanned aircraft ConocoPhillips will be (oining the formation of a new and useful technology. ( Statement of Problem $ur first investigation was a request for a flare tip analysis1inspection. The goal was to inspect a /)*0foot flare tip with an unmanned aircraft. This meant that we could save money and time on inspections while not having to shut down the plant if flare tips were bad. $ur goal and concern was finding a solution for ordering new flare tips before turnaround in a cost effective manner. Through this goal we sought after ways to get an aerial shot from above and around the flare tip using unmanned aircraft. The researcher and designer behind this pro(ect was intern 2ustin Carlson. Desin !b"ectives 6*7 First design o,0ecti/e! First Person 8ie% "te Procedure Reasoning for "te * 5 ( + 9 : ; < = 657 "econd design o,0ecti/e! and 6(7 Third design o,0ecti/e> A reason that a /ertical list is aroriate here is that readers often return to this section to re/ie% those o,0ecti/es> ?a/ing the o,0ecti/e in a /ertical listing ma@es it easier to find> If your design o,0ecti/es are comlicated and deend on /aria,les! consider lacing them into a formal ta,le! %hich %ould ,e introduced ,y name3 Ta,le *! Ta,le 5! and so forth> In this section! you %ould resent te't that discusses more fully %hat you mean ,y the different design o,0ecti/es> That e'lanation %ould include a discussion of not only %hat you intend to do! ,ut also a 0ustification of %hat you %ill not do 6in other + %ords! %hat your audience might assume that you %ill do7> Aou might consider ha/ing a aragrah for each o,0ecti/e> Please indent all aragrahs and do not s@i a line ,et%een aragrahs in the same section or su,section> ?o%e/er! feel free to insert u to : oints ,et%een aragrahs! as is done in this temlate> $ote that if you ha/e done a good 0o, in the B"tatement of Pro,lemC section! then all the design o,0ecti/es should ma@e sense to the audience> A/oid ha/ing more than four o,0ecti/es> Dists more than four are often not read> To a/oid ha/ing more than four! you might consider grouing t%o or more o,0ecti/es> Please indent all aragrahs and do not s@i a line ,et%een aragrahs in the same section or su,section> #echnical Approach This section discusses ho% you %ill o,tain the o,0ecti/es resented in the re/ious section> This lan should follo% a logical seEuence> Please ma@e sure that you ha/e a transition aragrah ,et%een the heading BPlan of ActionC and the su,heading BIdentifying Customer $eeds>C Identifyin Customer $eeds ?ere you %ould lace aragrahs that e'lain ho% you identified the needs of the customer or ho% you %ill identify the needs of the customer> Please indent all aragrahs and do not s@i a line ,et%een aragrahs in the same section or su,section> Identifyin #aret Specifications ?ere you %ould lace aragrahs that e'lain ho% you targeted the secifications or ho% you %ill target the secifications> Please indent all aragrahs and do not s@i a line ,et%een aragrahs in the same section or su,section> %eneratin Desin Concepts ?ere you %ould lace aragrahs that e'lain ho% you generated the design concets> Please identify all of your design concets in this su,section> Aou might consider lacing those concets into a ta,le %ith one column gi/ing a short summary of the concet> Please indent all aragrahs and do not s@i a line ,et%een aragrahs in the same section or su,section> Selectin Desin Concept ?ere you %ould lace aragrahs that e'lain ho% you selected the design concet> In addition! you should also identify %hat alternati/e design concets you ha/e 9 selected for the ro0ect> Please indent all aragrahs and do not s@i a line ,et%een aragrahs in the same section or su,section> Pro"ect &anaement This section resents the lan for managing the ro0ect> This lan should follo% a logical seEuence> Please ma@e sure that you ha/e a transition aragrah ,et%een the heading BPro0ect &anagementC and the su,heading BDeli/era,les>C That aragrah should introduce and e'lain your #antt chart for the ro0ect> An e'amle of such a chart aears in Figure *> Fiure ': #antt chart for the ro0ect> The solid ,ars indicate the ortions of the tas@s that %e ha/e accomlished> Deliverables ?ere you %ould lace a aragrah or aragrahs that resent the deli/era,les that you %ill ro/ide the customer> Please indent all aragrahs and do not s@i a line ,et%een aragrahs in the same section or su,section> (udet ?ere you %ould lace a aragrah or aragrahs that e'lain the ,udget for the ro0ect> Include a ta,le such as Ta,le *> Please indent all aragrahs and do not s@i a line ,et%een aragrahs in the same section or su,section> Table 1: ReEuested items and funds for initial design> Item Supplier Catalo $o) *uantity Unit Price #otal acuum Pump 3c3aster Carr I204*5/6 ) 7)58.9: +',,-./ ;low Pump 'orthern Tool C2<045= ) 7)8=.== +'01-1/ ,ater ;ilter ,hirlpool >owe?s +ardware ,+@"/6 ) 788.:8 +22-.2 /818/A Plywood 9?!5? >owe?s +ardware none ) 7/9.=6 +/3-40 9A $ndine "ainma%er .martbargain.com )/=5*5 ) 7)=.== +2.-,1 : Acrylic .heet )/A!/9A 3c3aster Carr 545*B// ) 796.9* +0'-10 Acrylic Tubing 6? C$D 5AE 3c3aster Carr 5954B4/4 ) 7/84.:* +/05-40 A5A ;lange C)8A $DE 3c3aster Carr BD0@", ) 799./9 +33-/3 F0)* ! )*A +e! -olt +out?s G .on?s Inc. 8964 6 76.9* +/.-55 #!#A6 ++++ Communication and Coordination 7ith Sponsor ?ere you %ould lace aragrahs that e'lain ho% you %ill communicate and coordinate %ith your sonsor> Please indent all aragrahs and do not s@i a line ,et%een aragrahs in the same section or su,section> #eam *ualifications ?ere you %ould lace a aragrah that introduces the Eualifications for the team and refers to the resumes located in Aendi' A> In this section! you should ro/ide a aragrah for each team mem,er> Please indent all aragrahs and do not s@i a line ,et%een aragrahs in the same section or su,section> 8eferences Fo'! R>F>! and A>T> &cDonald! Introduction to Fluid Mechanics 6$e% Aor@3 John Filey G "ons! *=;<7! > 5+55+9> ?oughton! Richard A>! and #eorge &> Food%ell! B#lo,al Climatic Change!C Scientific American! /ol> 5:H! no> + 6Aril *=<=7! > (=+H> 8arian Cororation! I"mithsonian Researchers Use ?ighJTech Digital Imaging De/ice to "tudy Collections!I http://www.varian.com/ 6Palo Alto! CA3 8arian Cororation! *( Fe,ruary 5HH57>
; Appendix A: 89sum9s of #eam &embers The follo%ing ages resent oneJage r4sum4s of the team mem,ers for this ro0ect> <