Chemical Plant Design 2

[dogtop]

Hello everyone,

I need to name pieces of equipment for a new process. Does anyone know where I could find guidelines for current practice? All pointers are welcome.

 

[m777182]

You can start with ISO, DIN or ASTM standards for names and symbols of chemical equipment(vessels, pipes,aggitators,..)that will help you making a process flow sheet into which you will add mass and energy flows.
m777182

 

[dogtop]

Thank you very much. Do you have any idea of where in the internet I could see these references for free? Thanks again.

 

[m777182]

Sorry, I do not have an idea. I am on ISO or DIN and we usually ask for official copies our Bureau for technical standards. We are not allowed to work with illegal copies.
After all it is really not an expence and the service is exellent, perhaps the only thing where a govermental institution works fine.
m777182

 

[MortenA]

dogtop - if you are designing a new process dont you think that with the budget you can afford to pay for a few standards? However a much more relevant question is how you locate this info within the large no. of standards.

Are you thinking off abrevations (e.g. E-1001 for an heat exchanger P-1001 for a pump etc)?

Then i must warn you that most companies have their own standards that allthough quite similar often differs a numebr of places from one another (and any standard).

Check

http://global.ihs.com/

for a very complete selction of international standards. Some may be bought and downloaded so you dont have to wait for the mail - some you must wait for the mail.

Best regards

Morten

 

[dogtop]

MortenA, Thanks for the information. Nowadays every penny counts.

Regards, dogtop

 

[MJCronin]

dogdrop...

I suggest that you use the equipment designation that are part of the PIP standards

Check pages 18 to 23 of this document.....then buy it !!!

http://www.pip.org/downloads/Sample-PID.pdf

-MJC

 

[grandnobi]

Hi doogtop,

Am I right in assuming, that you are looking for ANY information on equipment designation,
just to give you a rough idea what could be current practice in the industry?

If -in addition- you are looking for FREE information, "the usual suspects" probably are:

NORSOK

http://www.standard.no/pronorm-3/data/f/0/01/50/9_10704_0/Z-002-DP.pdf

LANL

http://engstandards.lanl.gov/engrman/1mpro/pdfs/Ch1_230_Att.2-R5.pdf

DOE

http://www.eh.doe.gov/techstds/standard/standard.html

 

[dogtop]

Hello grandnobi,

Thanks a lot for the information. Great pointer to "the usual suspects."