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PID Handout PDF
PID Handout PDF
P&ID SYMBOLS
P&IDs
Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams or simply P&IDs are the “schematics”
used in the field of instrumentation and control (Automation)
The P&ID is used to by field techs, engineers, and operators to better
understand the process and how the instrumentation is inter connected.
Temperature Process
Using pictorial diagrams may be informative however it is not practical or CAD
friendly especially in a multi-loop process.
Temperature Controller
and Recorder
Temperature
Transmitter
Steam
Pneumatic
Control Valve
Heat Exchanger
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Temperature
Transmitter
Thermometer
Temperature
Sensing Bulb
Pneumatic
Control
Valve
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Tag Numbers
Tag “numbers” are letters and numbers
placed within or near the instrument to
identify the type and function of the device.
TRC
206
TT
206
TI
206
Temperature
Sensing Bulb
FCV
206
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Tag Descriptors
123
Pressure Indicator
Level Recorder
Flow Controller
Temperature Transmitter
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Tag Numbers
Tag “numbers” are letters and numbers
placed within or near the instrument to
identify the type and function of the device.
Temperature Recording Controller
TRC
206 Temperature Transmitter
TT
206
TI
206 Temperature Indicator
Temperature
Sensing Bulb
FCV
206
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Examples
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Instrument Location
The presence or absence of a line determines the location of the physical
device. For example no line means the instrument is installed in the field
near the process.
X Y Z X Y Z X Y Z
Valve Symbols
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P&ID Example
Temperature Controller
and Recorder TRC
206
Temperature
Transmitter
TT
206
TCV S
TI
206
206
Steam
Pneumatic
Control Valve
Heat Exchanger
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P&ID Exercise
FIC
TIC
1 YIC
2
TY
3
FT
TT
3
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P&ID Exercise
FIC –
Flow Indicating Controller
TIC
Temperature Indicating Cont.
YIC
PLC Indicating Controller
TY
Temperature Computer
Output
FT
Flow Transmitter
TT
Temperature Transmitter
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