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Process Flow Diagram Checklist


Posted on 2011/07/09 by admin

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This short checklist will help you when drawings a Process Flow Diagram and the associated heat and material
balance (aka stream table). This is a sister article to my Process and Instrumentation Diagram Checklist.
Share Items to check:
Tweet Page number
Revision number and revision purpose
Sign-off information (such a drafter/designer/checker/approver) is correct
All dates
Drawing Title-block
Notes/holds are there and correct. Check spelling, placement. Ensure any project-wide notes and holds are
present.
Stream Table – latest data, correct units of measurement, all necessary streams are listed
Stream Table – quick logical spot-check: vapor lines don’t have liquid flowrates or vice-versa, low pressures
do not flow into high pressures, mass balance closes, two sides of an exchanger have the same change in
enthalpy
Stream Table – any notes and holds required are there and spelled correctly. Document number, revision, date
etc. are in place
Stream Flags/Tags are placed well and match the stream table
Avoided bends/doglegs in all piping and instrumentation lines where possible
Borders all visible, drawing centers
Equipment Tags Correct Format
Equipment Tags Correct Names, matches equipment list, P&ID, etc.
Equipment Tags Placed Well
Instrument types and logic is shown correctly. Level of detail is appropriate for a PFD
Legend is Correct
Old/New lines and items are differentiated correctly (if applicable)
Lines break correctly (most companies follow the rule that control lines break for process lines, and vertical
lines break in preference to horizontal lines)
Correct lineweights, arrow size, line patterns
In/Out Stream flags (aka Off Page Connectors) match across all drawings, correct text and spelling, correct
drawing references
Streams enter the drawing from the left side and exit from the right side where possible
For any revisions to a previous drawing, take a quick glance to make sure changes from the previous revision
are correctly in place, and that the redrafting did not introduce any new errors. (Which could occur even in
areas that were not changed)
Take a highlighter and trace over everything once. This will force you to find final errors

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3 Responses to Process Flow Diagram Checklist

Kunle says:
2011/11/06 at 1:43 pm
Hi,
I like your blog. So I was thinking aloud that which training program or books do you recommend for someone hoping to be
the best P & ID designer in the world….ok am joking…but I would really love to have a career in the process industry making
this drawings.

Thanks a lot.
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admin says:
2011/11/10 at 6:11 pm

Hey Kunle, I have hand-picked some recommended books at https://smartprocessdesign.com/store/


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