Equipment module and plant

An equipment module configuring a plant where a fluid is handled, the equipment module comprising:

• a pipe rack frame in which equipment configuring the plant and at least one instrument used in operating the equipment are installed and, further, which holds a pipe through which the fluid handled at the plant flows;
• a junction box for relaying a cable to perform power supply or signal exchange with respect to the instrument;
• and
• a cable tray for holding a first cable extending from a control room installed outside the pipe rack frame, wherein
• the junction box includes
• a primary side connecting portion to which the first cable is connected, and
• a secondary side connecting portion to which a second cable extending from the instrument is connected, and the junction box is provided along the cable tray.

A plant where a fluid is handled, the plant comprising:

• an equipment module including an equipment module frame with a multi-story structure in which equipment configuring the plant and at least one instrument used in operating the equipment are installed and in which, when a floor closest to a ground is referred to as a first floor, at least a second floor is disposed above the first floor, and a junction box for relaying a cable to perform power supply or signal exchange with respect to the instrument, in which the junction box includes a primary side connecting portion to which a first cable extending from a control room installed outside the equipment module frame is connected, and a secondary side connecting portion to which a second cable extending from the instrument is connected, and in which the junction box is provided at an end portion in the second or higher floor of the equipment module frame;
• and
• a pipe rack that is a frame holding the pipe through which the fluid flows and the first cable, wherein
• the equipment module is disposed adjacent to the pipe rack, and in the equipment module frame configuring the equipment module, the end portion is at a position facing the pipe rack.