This dialog appears when you select Section <SectionName> } Resource Allocation from the flowsheet’s command menu or Edit } Process Options } Section <SectionName> } Resource Allocation from the main menu, or click on the button of the main toolbar. It allows you to view all resources (equipment, labor, etc.) currently employed by the operations owned by a section and assign (or re-assign) them to specific site (generic or user-defined) resources.
● Section Resource allocation Dialog: Equipment tab: Allows the user to allocate or reallocate equipment resources in a section to user-defined site equipment. This tab is not visible if the section is un-allocated (in other words, it works with the ‘generic’ site that does not have any site equipment).
● Section Resource Allocation Dialog: Utilities tab: Same as first tab only for heat transfer agent resources. Even if the site is un-allocated you can use this tab to re-allocate resources to site resources.
● Section Resource Allocation Dialog: Power tab: Same as first tab only for power resources. Even if the site is un-allocated you can use this tab to re-allocate resources to site resources.
● Section Resource Allocation Dialog: Labor tab: Same as first tab only for labor resources. Even if the site is un-allocated you can use this tab to re-allocate resources to site resources.