Capable engineers must be able to develop Process Flow Diagrams (PFD), Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID) or Engineering Flow Diagrams (EFD), piping engineering specifications (PES) correctly to ensure safe and efficient plant design. Unfortunately, there is nearly no training course that teaches the essential skills of developing these documents correctly, so many engineers just try to copy the concepts from existing P&IDs and PES without truly understanding why they were developed that way. Developing these documents right the first time is a basic, yet very important skill that all engineers should have. This is the course that all plant engineers (chemical & mechanical) should take if they want to minimize mistakes and subsequent problems in their plant design, construction, and operation.

All disciplines of engineers and any technical people who have to develop P&IDs and piping engineering specifications. Those who need to develop P&IDs when modifying existing plants or designing new plants.

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Register

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
I. Essentials of PFDs and P&IDs for Chemical & Mechanical Engineers
• Essentials of PFDs
- PFD Legends and symbols – equipment and line numbering
- What to show and not to show on PFDs
• Essentials of P&IDs
- P&ID Legends and symbols – equipment, instrument and special devices
- Line numbering – contents, meaning of abbreviation, examples of line numbering at ROC
- What to show and not to show on P&IDs
- Key elements of P&IDs: manual valves, check valves, spectacle blinds, control valves, shut-off valves, on-off valves, transmitter, controller, pressure relief valve (PRV), etc.
- Instrument control loop – single loop, cascade, split range, override/ selective, ratio, feed-forward
- Interlock systems – alarms and interlocks, interlock causes and effects in P&IDs

12:00 PM – 13:00 PM Lunch Break

13:00 PM – 17:00 PM
II. How to Specify Correct P&IDs
• Control valve block and bypass installation
• Safe depressurizing system
• Equipment isolation
• Pumps – pump accessories, minimum flow line, warmup system, pump cooling
• Compressors – compressor system, minimum flow and surge protection
• Pressure relief valves, safety valves, rupture discs
• Process and utility tie-ins
• Sampling stations
• Steam heater design with steam trap or condensate pot
• Vessel Design, Post-Weld Heat Treatment Notes
• Instrumentation: flow, level, pressure, temperature
• Alarms and interlocks
• Closed drain system
• Battery limit stations
• Line tracing (e.g. steam tracing)
• Insulation practices
• Utility systems: Steam/ condensate system, cooling water system, plant air and nitrogen system, instrument air system, hose station, fuel gas system

8:00 AM – 9:00 AM Register

9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
III. Examples of Good and Safe P&IDs

12:00 PM – 13:00 PM Lunch Break

13:00 PM – 17:00 PM
IV. How to Specify Correct Piping Engineering Specifications
• Codes and standards
• Pipes vs. Tubes: what’s the difference?
• Valves and fittings
• Control valves and pressure relief valves
• How to read piping material specifications
• How to specify flange rating and materials
• Pipe thickness calculations: internal and external pressures
• Piping design practices at equipment: vessels, heat exchangers, pumps, compressors, turbines, fired heaters, equipment nozzles
• Piping arrangements and layouts
• Pipe supports
• Welding examination: Non-destructive tests (RT, PT, UT, MT)
• Pressure tests and leak tests