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Types of Chemical engineering drawings - BFD, PFD, P&ID
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The terms flow sheet and flow diagrams are often used in engineering and design Usha
applications. But this is not the accurate way to describe the process drawings.
This post will give a glimpse about the types of process drawings.

Basically there are three types of process diagrams in chemical engineering

context.

1. BFD - Block Flow Diagrams.

2. PFD - Process Flow Diagrams.
3. P&ID - Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams.

In a brief BFD represents entire process in a single

sheet, where as in PFD you can find some detailed
information like plant operating conditions, process flow.
It uses symbols to represent the equipment. P&IDs
provide detail information when compared to above two drawings. They use
standard nomenclature, symbols, and tag numbers to fully describe the process.
These drawings are very useful as they convey the right amount of process
information as needed during various stages of bidding, engineering design,
procurement, construction, operating & decommissioning phases of the process.

BFD-Block Flow Diagram

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4. Process and utility piping.
5. Process flow direction.
6. Major and minor bypass lines.
7. Line numbers, Pipe spec, Pipe size.
8. Isolation and shut off valves.
9. Instrumentation controls.
10. Types of process component connections.

A P&ID can be best understood with the help of a legend sheet given by the P&ID
developer. Legend sheet contains information regarding the nomenclature, tag
philosophy, symbols, a lot more. Download the PDF files to know more about
drawings and legend sheet.

For detail information on BFD, PFD and P&IDs download the following PDF files.

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