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READING PROCESS DRAWINGS
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Common Process Drawings
1. Block flow diagrams 5. Electrical diagrams
(BFD) 6. Schematics
2. Process flow diagrams (electrical)
(PFD) 7. Isometrics (piping)
3. Piping and 8. Plot plan
instrumentation
diagrams (P&ID)
4. Utilities flow
diagrams (UFD)
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Block flow diagrams
(BFD)
-- Blocks connected
by straight lines
-- Process flow
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Process flow
diagrams
(PFDs)
-- Symbols
-- Directional
arrows
-- Flow
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Piping and
instrumentation
diagrams
(P&IDs)
-- Left to right
-- detail drawings
-- Equipment symbols
and numbers
-- Equipment
designations
-- Major process piping
-- All instrumentation
-- General notes
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Utilities flow
diagrams
(UFD)
-- Utility supply
-- connections
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Piping and Instrumentation Continued
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Single Line Electrical
Diagram
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• Isometric drawings
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Plot plan
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Process Drawing Information
Title Block &
Application Blcok
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Continued
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SYMBOLS
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Equipment Standards
-- ANSI (The American National Standards Institute)
-- API (The American Petroleum Institute)
-- ASME (The American Society of Mechanical Engineers)
-- NEC (The National Electric Code)
-- OSHA (The Occupational Safety and Health Administration)
-- ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials
ISA (Instrumentation, Systems, and Automation Society
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