Course Outline

1. PLOT PLANS AND PLANT LAYOUT

   • ✔️ Codes and safety considerations.
   • ✔️ Control Point & Battery Limit.
   • ✔️ Piping line lists.
   • ✔️ Drum Piping, Pump Piping.
   • ✔️ Column Piping.
   • ✔️ Jacket Piping.
   • ✔️ Line tracing: Types (Electric/steam).
   • ✔️ Compressor Piping, Heat Exchanger Piping.

2. PIPING DRAWINGS & LAYOUTS

   • ✔️ Plant layout specifications.
   • ✔️ Plot Plan Development.
   • ✔️ Equipment arrangement drawings.
   • ✔️ Preparation of Piping drawings for field instruments & valves etc.
   • ✔️ Piping Rack & Spacing, Drawing pipe in the rack etc.
   • ✔️ Piping G A Drawing.
   • ✔️ Tank & Vessel Layout Consideration.
   • ✔️ Pipe Isometrics Drawings.
   • ✔️ Plant Piping System & Transportation Pipelines.
   • ✔️ Piping Procedures and workflow.
   • ✔️ Unit operations and Unit processes.
   • ✔️ Process Flow Diagram-PFD.
   • ✔️ Piping & Instrument Diagrams (P&IDs).
   • ✔️ Review of PDS.
   • ✔️ Line Designation table.
   • ✔️ Introduction of Piping System & their limitation.
   • ✔️ Introduction of P&ID, PDS & PMS.
   • ✔️ Introduction of key Piping equipments used in projects.

3. FUNDAMENTALS OF PIPES

   • ✔️ Definition & Application of Pipe.
   • ✔️ Difference Between Pipes & Tube.
   • ✔️ Pipe Designators-NPS, IPS, NB, Pipe Wall Thickness & Schedule, Pipe Weight, Length, Grades, Ends, Joining Methods, Method of Manufacture, Pipe Rating & Pipe Symbols.
   • ✔️ ASTM Specification of Pipes.
   • ✔️ Piping restraints.
   • ✔️ Pipe dimensions and pipe representation.

4. ASME/API CODES & STANDARDS

   • ✔️ Introduction to B31.3 process piping codes.
   • ✔️ ASME standards for Common Piping Elements.
   • ✔️ Piping specifications.

5. PIPING MATERIAL SPECIFICATION(PMS) & PIPE CLASS

   • ✔️ Material selection.
   • ✔️ Material properties.
   • ✔️ Classification of materials.
   • ✔️ Material specifications (ASTM).
   • ✔️ Common piping materials.
   • ✔️ Piping specifications.

6. MECHANICAL VALVES

   • ✔️ Basics of Valves.
   • ✔️ Types of Valves.
   • ✔️ Operation & Function of Valves.
   • ✔️ Control Valve Manifold.
   • ✔️ Valves Trim, Defects & Operators.
   • ✔️ Valves Selection.
   • ✔️ Valve Data Sheet.

7. PIPING OF HYDRAULICS & SIZING

   • ✔️ Flow rate, pipe sizing calculations.
   • ✔️ Typical Velocities for water Piping.
   • ✔️ Reynolds number- laminar/turbulent flow.
   • ✔️ Darcy weisbach, Hazen William, Colebrook White Equation.
   • ✔️ Moody Diagram.
   • ✔️ Minor Losses in Pipe Fitting & their Calculation using Nomographs and Chart.
   • ✔️ Pressure drop calculations, NPSH Calculations.

8. EQUIPMENTS USED IN PROCESS PLANTS

   • ✔️ Process equipment [Reactors, Towers, Exchangers, Furnaces, Vessels, Columns.
   • ✔️ Mechanical equipment [Pumps, Compressors, Storage tanks]
   • ✔️ Equipment foundations and supports.
   • ✔️ Equipment sketches.
   • ✔️ Equipment drawings.
   • ✔️ Equipment Vendor Data.
   • ✔️ Equipment lists.
   • ✔️ Typical equipment specifications.
   • ✔️ Equipment Layout Terminology.
   • ✔️ Equipment nozzle specifications.
   • ✔️ Nozzle Orientation & Scheduling.