Know Read Understand Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams P&IDs

Learn how Process Control, Safety Instrumented Systems, Interlock & Alarms are represented in engineering P&ID drawings

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What you will learn

Understand and evaluate the purpose, content, and importance of P&IDs to the construction, commissionning, safe operation and maintenance of a process plant

Learn how to read, interpret and successfully understand ALL P&IDs through numerous real industrial examples

Identify the 5 key sections of your P&ID (title block, grid system, revision block, notes and legend, engineering drawing block)

Know and identify valve symbols on your P&IDs (gate, globe, ball, butterfly, needle…)

Know and identify valve actuator symbols on your P&IDs (pneumatic, hydraulic, electric, single acting spring return, double acting…)

Know the standards and conventions for valve status (open, closed, throttled)

Identify valve position and failure mode on your P&IDs (LO, LC, FO, FC, FAI…)

Know and identify process equipment symbols on your P&IDs (pumps, compressors, heat exchangers, columns, furnaces, reactors, vessels, containers, mixers…)

Know and identify piping symbols on your P&IDs (process, pneumatic, electric, hydraulic…)

Determine specific information about a process piping including type of material in the line, line size, line number and type of insulation when applicable

Know and identify pipe fitting symbols on your P&IDs (flanges, reductions, caps, spool pieces, unions…)

Know and identify the P&ID symbols of safety devices that are used to safely isolate, vent & drain process equipment for ease of maintenance (spectacle and spade blinds, double block and bleed valves…)

Know and identify pneumatic, electric, hydraulic and instrument signal lines on your P&IDs

Know and identify instrumentation symbols on your P&IDs (flow meters, temperature transmitters, pressure gauges…)

Know and identify the location of instruments, recorders, modifiers and controllers on your P&IDs (field mounted, board mounted, inaccessible…)

Know the lettering and numbering standards based on ISA symbolgy for piping, instruments and equipment designation on your P&IDs

Trace the flow of a process stream into your P&ID, through the pipes and equipment, and out of the P&ID

Understand the importance of process control and how it is displayed on your P&IDs

Successfully interpret basic process control schemes on your P&IDs

Understand the different process control options and how they are displayed on your P&IDs (cascade control, split range control, ratio control, batch control, selective control…)

Define the term Flow Control and explain how it is displayed on your P&IDs

Define the term Temperature Control and explain how it is displayed on your P&IDs

Define the term Pressure Control and explain how it is displayed on your P&IDs

Define the term Level Control and explain how it is displayed on your P&IDs

Understand the control of pressure in a pipe and explain how it is displayed on your P&IDs

Understand the control of flow in a pipe and explain how it is displayed on your P&IDs

Understand flow merging control and explain how it is displayed on your P&IDs

Understand flow splitting control and explain how it is displayed on your P&IDs

Understand centrifugal pump control systems (discharge throttling, variable speed drive, minimum flow…) and explain how they are displayed on your P&IDs

Understand positive displacement pump control systems (recirculation pipe, variable speed drive, stroke adjustment…) and explain how they are displayed on your P&IDs

Understand compressor control systems (capacity control, variable speed drive, anti-surge…) and explain how they are displayed on your P&IDs

Understand heat exchanger control systems (direct control, bypass control, back pressure control…) and explain how they are displayed on your P&IDs

Understand reactor temperature control systems and explain how they are displayed on your P&IDs

Understand fired heater control systems and explain how they are displayed on your P&IDs

Understand container and vessel control systems and explain how they are displayed on your P&IDs

Understand electric motor control systems (ON / OFF actions) and explain how they are displayed on your P&IDs

Know and understand the concept of Safety Instrumented Systems (SIS) and explain how safety instrumented functions are displayed on your P&IDs

Know and understand the concept of Alarm Systems and explain how alarms are displayed on your P&IDs

Identify safe operating limits based on system designs as displayed on your P&IDs

Know and understand how Fire and Gas Detection Systems (FGS) are displayed on P&IDs

Assess emergency situations and regulatory compliance issues using your P&IDs