Development
In Water and Waste Water Treatment
Plants
Steven J. Marrano, P.E.
Instrumentation and Controls
Engineer
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Interface Considerations 3
The detailed design approach requires
the instrumentation, process, electrical,
and mechanical (equipment engineers) to
supply each other with a great deal of
data. Listed below is a partial interface
checklist for the instrumentation
engineer developing a P&ID:
Piping/Mechanical Engineers
Once the unit operations for the facility
have been decided, the piping and
mechanical engineers can begin their
Electrical Engineers
After the piping and mechanical groups
have finalized most of their design, the
electrical engineers and instrumentation
engineers can begin their work. The
electrical engineer will have to select
and develop power distribution schemes
for all equipment (when the P&ID shows
equipment horsepower or kW ratings).
Structural/Civil Engineers
Instrument Engineers
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VII)
j) If drawings are done on some
form of CAD program, some
form of layering system should
be developed to make the
drawings more "intelligent" by
allowing different users to find
different pieces of information
quickly. Some sub-classes of
layers may include, but not be
limited to:
I)
II)
III)
IV)
V)
Equipment (distinguish
between process and nonprocess equipment with
unique layer numbers).
Examples include tanks,
pumps, mixers, agitators,
etc.
A layer for all piping
A layer for all valvescare should be taken to
ensure that electrically
operated valves (motor
operated valves) are
distinguished from
pneumatic valves or
manual valves.
A layer for process text
A layer for field mounted
instrumentation. It is
often useful to segregate
input and output types by
References
ANSI/ISA Standard S-5.01
"instrumentation Symbols and
Identification"