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Hot Service Insulation Materials and Installation Specification
This Practice provides requirements for materials and installation of hot service insulation systems on the external surfaces of piping and equipment, ambient to 649°C (1200°F).This Practice describes requirements for hot service insulation materials and accessories, storage and handling of materials, insulation application, extent of insulation, and documentation. Comment Use of this Practice for contractual purposes requires the purchaser to make specific choices and to assemble additional supporting documents. Listing of or reference to supporting documents within this Practice does not imply suitability for specific designs.
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Guidelines for Selecting Hygienic Instrumentation
This Practice provides guidelines for selecting instrumentation used in hygienic process applications such as food and pharmaceutical facilities. This Practice includes all types of hygienic instrumentation. Non-hygienic instrumentation is not covered (e.g., black and gray utilities).
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Application of Underground Coatings
This Practice provides minimum requirements for surface preparation and the application and inspection of shop-applied and field-applied protective coatings on pipe, vessels, equipment, fittings, flanges, field joints, valves, and special fabrications intended for underground/buried service.This Practice does not cover external coatings for moderate or severe environments or internal linings for tanks and vessels. This Practice does not cover in situ continuous coating of pipelines.
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Fixed Ladders Design Guide
This Practice provides design guidelines for typical OSHA-regulated fixed ladders, ladder safety systems/personal fall arrest systems and cages as specified and detailed for fabrication in PIP STF05501 for open structures, miscellaneous platforms, and vessels for regular operational access and egress. Typical detail drawings for design are provided that describe ladder and cage details, platform access configurations, support and guide connections, ladder location details, and ladder clearances for side step and through ladder types. The intention of this Practice is to inform structure/platform engineers of OSHA regulations regarding fixed ladders and discuss some practical issues that may arise. Interpretations of the OSHA regulations are the responsibilities of the owner and engineer of record.
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Roadway Design Guide (US Customary)
This Practice describes roadway classifications and provides guidance for design of right-of-ways, access to public roadways, use of local materials, climate effects, traffic loading, layout and traffic control, design of paving and roadways, providing drainage, and providing railroad and pipeline crossings for roadways within plant boundaries. This Practice uses United States standards for roadway design. User should research regional standards for variations from this design guide.
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Roadway Design Guide (Metric)
This Practice describes roadway classifications and provides guidance for design of right-of-ways, access to public roadways, use of local materials, climate effects, traffic loading, layout and traffic control, design of paving and roadways, providing drainage, and providing railroad and pipeline crossings for roadways within plant boundaries. This Practice uses United States standards for roadway design. User should research regional standards for variations from this design guide.
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Grounding Installation Details
The purpose of this Practice is to provide the typical details for construction of grounding systems in chemical and refining facilities. The bonding and grounding design and installation shall be in accordance with the National Electrical Code.These installation details include power system and equipment grounding, static grounding protection for equipment in classified locations, grounding electrode connections, and step and touch potential grounding.Not included in the scope of this Practice are computer and control system grounding and cathodic protection.
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Low-Voltage Motor Control Centers
This Practice describes the requirements for the design, fabrication, inspection, testing, and shipping of factory-assembled 600 V motor control centers. It includes requirements for buses, enclosures, motor starters, fused switches, and circuit breakers. All equipment described in this Practice is suitable for use in dry, non-classified areas or in outdoor enclosures. Panelboards and adjustable speed drives are outside the scope of this Practice.
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Standard Steel Doors and Frames Supplier Specification
This Practice provides supplier with requirements for all material, fabrication, finishes, and delivery of standard steel doors and frames.This Practice applies recommendations of the Steel Door Institute (SDI) of Westlake, Ohio.Comment It is recommended that SDI-108 be used to prepare contract documents.
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Standard Steel Doors, Frames and Related Hardware Installation Specification
This Practice provides constructor with requirements for installing standard steel doors, frames and related hardware. It applies recommendations of the Steel Door Institute (SDI) of Westlake, Ohio and the Door and Hardware Institute (DHI) of Chantilly, Virginia. This Practice does not include requirements for field-applied finish painting.
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Standard Steel Door Hardware Supplier Specification
This Practice provides supplier with requirements for all material, fabrication, finishes, and delivery of standard steel door hardware. This Practice is written without reference to specific manufacturers, brand names, or model numbers. Industry standards from American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and Builders Hardware Manufacturers Association (BHMA) are used to specify performance and quality requirements for pieces of hardware.Hardware for aluminum entrance doors or specialty doors is not included.
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Medium-Voltage Motor Control Center Specification
This Practice describes the requirements for the design, materials, fabrication, inspection, testing, documentation, and shipment of metal-enclosed, NEMA Class E2 controllers (2001V to 7200V). This equipment is used for the supply, control, and protection of medium-voltage motors.
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Overall Electrical One-Line Diagram Guideline
This Practice is a guideline for developing Overall Electrical One-Line Diagrams (OEOLDs) by engineers and designers. It covers the generation of new OEOLDs and may not apply to the revision of existing OEOLDs.This Practice applies to one-line diagrams that fit the definition of an OEOLD in Section 3. This Practice uses ANSI/IEEE 315 - IEEE Graphic Symbols for Electrical and Electronics Diagrams and IEEE C57.12.80 - IEEE Standard Terminology for Power and Distribution Transformer symbols.The main purpose of an OEOLD is to provide an initial view of the electrical system for use in early design discussions. Then, the OEOLD can be updated as the project develops and kept current to provide a reference document that shows a high level view of the overall electrical system. As a secondary purpose and function the symbols provided for use in a OEOLD are intended to provide basic information. The basic information is shown in visible fields by default. Many OEOLD symbols have hidden or invisible fields that provide extra information or details. The invisible or hiddens fields can be changed to be visible based on owner requirements. This Practice can be applied to CAD systems used for developing OEOLDs, and is not supplier, hardware, or software specific. Electronic native files for the text, symbols, and cover sheets are available from PIP for use in CAD systems and have been developed in AutoCAD 2015. While the symbols can also be developed in Microstation DGN files, the functionality from AutoCAD may not be available in Microstation. Development of project-specific legend sheets is recommended using the PIP native files as a starting point. Additions and/or deletions are permitted to meet project requirements. Drawing borders and title blocks can be altered to be project specific.The guidelines in this Practice provide a balance between showing all data on OEOLDs and making OEOLDs legible and easy to read. Although this Practice describes major components in the electrical system, specific applications may require additional or alternative components. Determinations concerning fitness for purpose and matters of application of the Practice to a particular project or engineering situation should not be made solely on the information contained in this Practice.The OEOLD symbols included in the Appendices of this Practice are not intended to recommend specific design details or requirements. An example OEOLD is included to provide an illustration of how the elements of this Practice are combined into an OEOLD.
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Process Flow Diagram Documentation Guidelines (Universally Applicable)
This Practice provides general guidelines for the format and content of Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs) for process and utility systems.This Practice covers the development of new PFDs and does not apply to existing PFDs developed before the adoption of this Practice.The Practice applies to all diagrams that fit the definition of a PFD in Section 3.This Practice can be applied to any CAD system used for developing PFDs and is not vendor, hardware, or software specific.Although this Practice provides general guidelines for the development of PFDs, individual applications may require differing approaches than those recommended in this Practice. Determinations concerning fitness for purpose and matters of application of the Practice to a particular project or engineering situation should not be made solely on the information contained in this Practice.Example PFDs in the Appendixes of this Practice are not intended to recommend specific design details or requirements, but are included to provide illustrations of various options available to the user.
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Guidelines for Application of Remotely Actuated On-Off Valves
This Practice describes guidelines and background information for the application of remotely activated on-off valves. This Practice includes process application, valve and actuator selection, material selection, ancillary equipment requirements, and testing of remotely activated on-off valves (e.g., 2-way, 3-way, 4-way, etc.).This Practice covers non-throttling applications. Throttling applications are considered to be control valves and are covered in PIP PCECV001 and PIP PCCCV001. However, remotely activated on-off valves have many similarities with control valves (e.g., body configuration, materials of construction, internals, etc.). Therefore, this Practice should be used in conjunction with PIP PCECV001.
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Application of Internal Linings (Universally Applicable)
This Practice provides requirements for installing industrial linings. This Practice describes the general requirements for surface preparation, environmental control, and the installation and inspection of liquid-applied internal linings to metal substrates. This Practice does not cover sheet linings and application of linings to piping.
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Cold Service Insulation Materials and Installation Specification
This Practice provides requirements for materials and installation of cold service insulation systems. This Practice describes requirements for cold service insulation materials and accessories, storage and handling of materials, insulation application, extent of insulation, and documentation on the external surfaces of piping and equipment, ambient to -179°C (‑290°F).
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Lighting and Receptacle Installation Details for Class I, Division 2, Class II, Division 2, and Unclassified Areas
This Practice provides installation details for luminaires and receptacles located in Class I, Division 2 areas, Class II, Division 2 areas, and unclassified areas. This Practice describes the basic assumptions used in developing these details and provides guidelines for their use.Installation details for Class I, Division 1 and Class II Division 1 areas are excluded from the scope of this Practice.
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