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Role of Piping Engineer
Role of Piping Engineer
1) Plot plan:
Arranging all plant units in a logical manner to take care of Material flow, statutory
requirements, & good engineering Practices. -
2) Equipment layouts:
Document showing layout of all equipments satisfying the Process requirements, safety &
statutory Regulations, operability ease of maintenance & economy.
3) Piping layouts:
Document showing layouts of piping network to carry fluids from one equipment to another in a
process plant satisfying the requirements as mentioned above.
This document shall reflect the various utilities consumed by each equipments with duty
conditions like pressure, temperate, flow, state of fluid, critical data like freezing point etc.
2) Conceptual equipment layouts:
This document gives the general arrangement of the Equipments considering the process
requirements like Inter-distances & approximate elevations of the equipments;
3) Piping material specification:
Basic material for piping items, valve specifications, special, flanges & gaskets required, any
other specific requirement.
4) Type of storage required: This document shall mention the state of the fluid & type of
equipment to be used for the storage like API Tank, silo, dehumidified atmosphere (warehouse),
bullet horizontal / vertical) etc.
Plot plan
Equipment layout