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SUPPORT TO : S10332300-2001 Instrument Design and Cost Estimation

INSTRUMENT INSTALLATION

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TABLE OF CONTENT
SECTION DESCRIPTION PAGE
1.0 GENERAL 4
2.0 CODES AND STANDARDS 4
3.0 WORKMANSHIP AND SAFETY 4
4.0 INSTRUMENT MOUNTING AND FIXING 4
4.1 Field Instrument Installation 5
4.1.1 Orifice Fittings 5
4.1.2 Positive Displacement Meters 6
4.1.3 Turbine Meters 6
4.1.4 Rotameters (Variable Area Flow meter) 6
4.1.5 Level Switches, Gauges and Transmitters 6
4.1.6 Temperature Gauges and Transmitters 7
4.1.7 Pressure Instruments 7
4.1.8 Shutdown and Control Valves 8
5.0 PIPING 8
5.1 General 8
5.2 Thread Sealant 10
5.3 Instrument Air Lines 10
5.3.1 Air Headers And Branches 10
5.4 Process Impulse Lines 11
5.4.1 Pressure Instruments 11
5.4.2 Orifice Meter Tubing 11
6.0 INSTRUMENT CABLE INSTALLATION 12
7.0 GROUNDING 13
7.1 General 13
7.2 Instrument Earth 14
7.3 Intrinsicall y Saf e Earth 14
7.4 Shielding 15
8.0 HAZARDOUS AREA REQUIREMENTS 15
9.0 PAINTING 15
10.0 PROTECTION 16
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11.0 TAG NUMBERING OF INSTRUMENTS, 16

CABLES AND JUNCTION BOXES
11.1 Ferruling 16
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TABLE OF CONTENT
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12.0 IDENTIFICATION OF CABLES, LINES AND INSTRUMENTS 166
13.0 STANDARDS OF MATERIALS 17
14.0 INSTRUMENT AIR/GAS SUPPLY 17
15.0 ISOLATION VALVES 17
16.0 INFORMATION REQUIRED FROM CONTRACTOR 18
17.0 INSPECTION AND TESTING 18
18.0 AUTHOR COMMITTEE 20
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1.0 GENERAL
The Contractor shall only use new material whose quality is of the standard prescribed and which
is in every way fit for its intended purpose.

The Contractor shall carry out the work in accordance with the standards listed herein and in
accordance with any local "Statutory Regulations."

2.0 CODES AND STANDARDS

All the instrumentation and electrical equipment and wiring furnished under this specification shall
be designed, built, rated and tested in accordance with the latest applicable code and/or standard
in effect at the time of purchase order award.
NEC National Electrical Code (NFPA No.70)
NEMA National Electrical Manufacturer's Association
NFPA National Fire Protection Association
IEC International Electrotechnical Commission
IEEE Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers
IES Illuminating Engineering Society
API American Petroleum Institute
NETA National Electrical Testing Association
UL Underwriters Laboratories
OSHA Occupational Safety and Health Authority
ISA Instrument Society of America

3.0 WORKMANSHIP AND SAFETY

• Only the best trade practices shall be used. The Contractor shall carry out his work in a neat,
workmanlike manner.
• The Contractor shall be responsible for protecting installed equipment from damage and
pilferage.

4.0 INSTRUMENT MOUNTING AND FIXING

• All instruments shall be installed in accordance with the standard installation hook-up or typical
installation as manufacturer recommended.
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• All instrument materials for tubing, fittings, stands and supports shall be in accordance with the
standard installation as described in hook-up or typical installation drawing.
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• No instrument with the exception of pressure gauges and temperature indicators shall be
installed in such a way that it depends for support on the process piping or electrical
connections to it.
• Pressure gauges or temperature indicators shall not be mounted directly on lines where
vibration is likely to be present.
• Wherever possible, local-mounted instruments shall be mounted at approximately 1.5 m above
the grade or floor in an accessible position. Instruments shall not impede process operation,
e.g., masking valves, etc.
• Local-mounted instruments shall be bracketed, mounted on sub-panels, or placed on a suitable
pedestal, in accordance with the drawings. These instruments shall be secured to the nearest
suitable firm steelwork in an acceptable manner.
• Differential-pressure instruments on gas or vapor service shall be mounted above process taps
and connecting piping (or tubing) shall slope downwards towards the process taps.
• Differential-pressure instruments on liquid service shall be mounted below process taps and
connecting piping (or tubing) shall slope upwards towards the process taps.
• Handrails shall not be used for supporting instruments.
• Process piping shall not used to support instrument.
• Instruments shall be mounted as close to the sensing points as possible.
• Sunshades shall be provided for all instruments that would otherwise be faced with direct
sunlight.
• Local mount stand or support for local instrument shall be galvanized or otherwise specification
as project specification.

4.1 Field Instrument Installation

Instruments shall be installed in accordance with all applicable clauses of the following:
Specific requirements and the manufacturers’ installation procedures. All instruments shall
be either removed or isolated from the piping during flushing and hydro test activities.
4.1.1 Orif ice Fittings
• Prior to installation, orifice plates shall be checked for conformance to specification
requirements.
• Sub sequent to above, orifice plates shall be installed after total completion of all
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related line hydro-testing and flushing.

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4.1.2 Positive Displacement Meters

• Prior to installation, positive displacement meters shall be checked for
conformance to specification requirements. Meter protective flanges shall not be
removed until just prior to final installation to minimize the possibility of ingress of
dirt or moisture.
• Subsequent to above, positive displacement meters shall be installed after total
completion of all related line hydro-testing and flushing.
4.1.3 Turbine Meters
• Prior to installation, turbine meters shall be checked for conformance to
specification requirements.
• Meter protective flanges shall not be removed until just prior to final installation to
minimize the possibility of ingress of dirt or moisture.
• Subsequent to above, turbine meters shall be installed after total completion of all
related line hydro-testing and flushing.
4.1.4 Rotameters (Variable Area Flow met er)
• Rotameters shall be installed vertically with the outlet connection at the top and
the inlet connection at the bottom.
• Elbows, valves and other fittings shall not be installed closer than 5 pipe diameters
upstream.
• The meter location shall be free from vibration and there shall be sufficient
clearance
• Prior to installation, rotameters shall be checked for conformance to specification
requirements. Meter protective flanges shall not be removed until just prior to final
installation to minimise the possibility of ingress of dirt or moisture.
• Subsequent to above, rotameters shall be installed after total completion of all
related line hydro testing and flushing.
4.1.5 Level Switches, Gauges and Transmitter s
• If required, drain lines shall be tubed to the local drain sump or into the closed
drain system in accordance with the applicable hook-up drawing.
• For dirty process services, level instrument vents shall be tubed in accordance
with the applicable hook-up drawings.
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• Vents not connected to utility water shall be fitted with a 316 stainless steel block
valve and 316 stainless steel -hexagonal plug.
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• Drain lines shall slope continuously towards the drain point. If this is not possible
then low point drains shall be provided as required. These low point drains shall be
fitted with a 316 stainless steel full bore ball valve with a 316 stainless steel
hexagonal plugged outlet.
• Prior to installation, all level switches, gauges and transmitters shall be checked
for conformance to specification requirements.
• Subsequent to level switches and transmitters shall be installed after total
completion of all related hydro-testing and flushing activities.
4.1.6 Temperature Gauges and Transmitters
• Prior to installation, all temperature instruments shall be checked for conformance
to specification requirements.
• Thermowell orientation shall ensure that the dial is visible and readable from grade
or appropriate access platform.
• Temperature gauges shall be installed at the latest possible instance during the
pre-commissioning activities in order to prevent damage from other construction
activities.
• Any temperature elements having extended lengths shall be handled with care
and suitably protected to prevent damage.
4.1.7 Pressur e Instrument s
• Tubing runs for remote mounted pressure instruments shall either be continuously
sloped towards the process tapping for gaseous service or towards the instrument
for liquids service. If these requirements cannot be achieved then either low point
drains or high point vents respectively shall be provided. At these drain or vent
points a 316 stainless steel instrument needle valve with 316 stainless steel
plugged outlet shall be provided.
• Prior to installation, all pressure instruments shall be checked for conformance to
specification requirements.
• Pressure gauges shall be installed at the latest possible instance during the pre-
commissioning activities in order to prevent damage from other construction
activities.
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4.1.8 Shutdown and Contr ol Valves

• During installation, clearance shall be provided to allow in-line maintenance of the
valve. Adequate clearance shall be provided above and below the valve to allow
removal of the valve operator and internal cage (trim) and valve bottom plate as
applicable.
• Adequate clearance shall be provided around the shutdown valve actuator for
removal of the actuator rear cover plate without removal of the actuator from the
valve.
• Prior to installation, all shutdown and control valves shall be checked for
conformance to specification requirements.
• Shutdown or control valve accessories (filter regulators, solenoid valves etc) shall
be independently supported by brackets either bolted to the valve or mounted off
adjacent steelwork. Under no circumstances shall these accessories be supported
by the tubing or nipple mounted off adjacent devices.

5.0 PIPING/TUBING
5.1 General
• All instrument process lines shall be run with a slope downward from instrument (except
liquid flow measurements) of not less than 1:12 except where otherwise specified.
• Steel process piping downstream of the first block valve shall be as required in Project
Specifications except connections for instruments shall be flanged.
• Instrument air piping downstream of the header take-off block valve shall be schedule 80
ASTM A106, Grade B, galvanized per ASTM A120.
• Pipe fittings shall be galvanized 3000 lb ASTM A105. If stainless pipe shall be ASTM
A312 TP304 pipe fitting shall be ASTM A182-F 304.
• Multiple instrument lines shall be run in the vertical plane whenever possible and shall be
run with the minimum number of changes of direction consistent with good practice and
neat appearance.
• Tubing shall be bent with correct size tubing bender. Use of elbow fittings is to be kept to
minimum. A tubing cutter shall always be used to cut tubing. Cut tubing ends shall be
reamed prior to make-up.
• All tubing shall be run in such a manner as to give the maximum protection against
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• Tubing run in permanent enclosures shall not have joints, except in special junction boxes
provided for this purpose.
• Where tubing is run in permanent enclosures, the Contractor shall ensure that entry and
exit of such enclosures is clean and smooth.
• Pipes or tubes installed, but not connected, shall have the block valve and ends plugged
to prevent the entry of foreign material.
• All reasonable precautions shall be taken to prevent foreign material entering tubing and
instrument piping before and during erection.
• All lines shall be blown through with dry filtered air before connection to instruments.
• No pipe or tube shall be left with a mechanical strain on it.
• The size of instrument air/gas mains shall be established in accordance with the table
below unless otherwise specified.

Nominal Pipe Size Number of Users

1” 1 to 20
1-1/2” 21 to 50
2” 51 to 100

• Where permanent enclosures are left with space for instrument tubing to be pulled-in at
some future date, a galvanized pull wire of adequate size shall be left in the tray.
• Galvanized piping shall not be formed, brazed, or welded.
• All venting instrument and pilot valves shall have bug screens fitted to the atmospheric
vents.
• On ends of fittings and in making up screwed pipe joints, Teflon tape shall be applied to
male thread in manner to insure tape is not over end of male fitting.
• Piping and tubing shall be adequately supported and fixed at distances not exceeding
those in the following table.

Max Distance
Single Tubing Between Supports
6 MM. OD 0.5m
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8 MM. OD 1.0m
12-16 MM. OD 1.5m
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• Trays shall, wherever practicable, be run with the breadth of the tray in a vertical plane.
Where a short section must be run with breadth horizontal, the breadth shall revert to the
vertical plane at the earliest possible point.
• Tubing tray, where used, shall be of standard manufacture, designed for this application
and fabricated of galvanize steel. Tray shall be of slotted design, manufacturer's standard
tees, elbows, tubing clips, mounting and fixing hardware shall be used where required
and be galvanized steel.
• Stainless steel lines shall, in certain cases, be secured by appropriate clips or laid in
small-section angle bar.
• All tubing trays and racks shall have 20% spare capacity for future use.
• Tube racks shall not be used to support other services.

5.2 Thread Sealant

On tubing to pipe connections, thread sealant shall-be as follows:
• Anaerobic thread compound should be applied in preference to tape thread sealant and in
accordance to the manufacturer's recommendations.
Compound shall not be applied to tubing nuts and ferrules.
• Where the use of tape thread sealant is unavoidable, the tape shall be compatible with
the process fluid i.e. yellow “gas” tape shall be used on all natural gas service
connections.

5.3 Instrument Air Lines

5.3.1 Air Headers and Branches
• Instrument air supply headers to instruments or users shall be down stream of the
instrument air header isolation valve.
• Branch and instrument air supply block valves shall conform to the appropriate
valve specification as called out on- the P&ID’s or piping isometric drawings.
• Adequate instrument supply headers and branch lines shall be provided for all
operating areas. All take-offs for branch lines are to be from the top of the main
header with block valves equal in size to the branch line. All low points shall have
a 1/2" Full bore ball valve with plug installed.
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• Air sub-headers or branch lines that are not within easy reach of the air main
header isolation valve shall terminate at a local, 1/2" isolation valve. The local
isolation valve shall be fixed to a bracket or mounting surface at a distance no
greater than 900 mm from each instrument, manifold, filter or regulator.
• For multiple local air supply take-offs, termination at a multi valve distribution
manifold is preferred to simplify pipe-work and reduce potential leakage paths.
• The final connection to the instrument generally shall be 6 MM. OD tubing
minimum and installed with sufficient flexibility to allow normal equipment
movement and to protect against vibration.
• Screwed ports on valves should utilize tubing adapters to align the valve to the
desired tubing run.

5.4 Process Impulse Lines

Tubing impulse lines from the sensing points to instruments generally shall be 316 stainless
steel 12 MM. OD tubing minimum and installed with sufficient flexibility to allow normal
equipment movement and to protect against vibration.
5.4.1 Pressur e Instrument s
• Take-offs from lines or vessels for all direct connected pressure instruments shall
meet or exceed the line or vessel specification
• All pressure instruments shall have an individual piping block valve and a 1/2"
combination block and bleed valve.
• A maximum of two (2) pressure instruments may be connected to the same
process pressure tap, excepting for safety shutdown services, which shall have
individual process pressure taps. Each pressure instrument shall have individual
block and bleed valves.
• Pressure switches or transmitters for individual emergency alarm or shutdown
signals shall be connected to dedicated process connection nozzles and shall not
share such connections with normal process instruments.
• Pressure instrument isolation configuration shall permit pressure instrument
calibration in situ.
5.4.2 Orif ice Meter Tubing
• Direct mounted manifold assemblies shall be used where possible to reduce
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impulse tube lengths and pulsation-induced errors. For multiple transmitter

installations, coplanar adapters etc, shall be used.
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• Where direct mounted manifolds cannot be utilized for locally mounted

instruments, the differential and static pressure impulse line lengths shall be kept
to a minimum and shall not exceed 6 m. in length.
• Impulse lines shall be sloped at least 1:12 from the orifice tap such that:
 Condensate formed in the meter body or impulse lines on gas services will
drain into the orifice taps
 Vapour or gas formed in the meter body or impulse lines on liquid services will
vent from the orifice taps
• All static pressure taps shall be made from the upstream side of the orifice plate.
• A maximum of two (2) differential pressure instruments may be connected to the
same process pressure tap, excepting for safety shutdown services, which shall
have individual process differential pressure taps.
• Flow instruments using orifice plates as the primary element shall have primary
instrument process isolation valve.
• DP Flow transmitters shall be directly mounted onto 5-valve manifolds that are
fixed to structural supports or stands. 3-valve manifolds may only be used where
vent or test ports are fitted to the instrument body.
• On slurry, dirty, clogging or scaling services, the primary isolation valves located at
the orifice fitting shall be installed so as to permit cleaning (rodding) of the orifice
connection.

6.0 INSTRUMENT CABLE INSTALLATION

• All electrical work shall conform to Project Specifications.
• Wires shall not have any mechanical strains in any conduit, wire ways or terminal box.
• Electric signal lines from electronic transmitters to receivers and to final control elements shall
be continuously shielded. Shields shall be grounded only at the control panel, normally at the
marshalling cabinet in the control room.
• Pairs of cables for different receivers may be run in the same conduit or shielded cable but no
other conductors shall occupy the same conduit or shielded cable.
• Power cables shall not be run with signal cables. Power cables and signal cables shall be
separated by a minimum of 300 mm. or by use of a suitable barrier strip.
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• Where cables are run through conduit, the entry and exit shall be smooth and free from burrs.
• Cables shall be pulled into conduit in a way that ensures there is no damage to the cable.
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• Splices shall be made only at terminals, in instruments or other equipment. No intermediate

splices shall be made on cable tray or in conduit.
• Shielded cable shall be of the insulated jacket type.
• Analog signal cable shall be separate from digital or communication signal.

7.0 GROUNDING
7.1 General
• All metallic components, other than current carrying conductors, shall be connected to a
common earth system. This includes switchboards enclosures, control panels, cable
ladders, conduit, motors, transformers, enclosures, structural steelwork and any other
exposed metal.
• All instruments and equipment furnished by Contractor in a control panel shall be
grounded effectively to the panel frame. The panel frame shall be grounded to the
packaged equipment skid, where applicable, with a grounding conductor of minimum size
35 mm2.
• A suitable lug or terminal shall be bonded to the skid frame at two diagonally opposite
corners. These lugs shall be used in connecting the skid to the platform steel structure
upon installation. The lugs shall be sized for 70 mm2 bare copper wire.
• The frames or cases of all instrument panels and mounting supports, as well as vessels,
tanks, and structural parts shall be bonded to the grounding points on the skid if they are
not attached to the skid structure by means of fusion welding.
• All conduit, cable shields, and junction boxes are to be bonded to provide a continuous
ground connection between respective items. Normally the connection will be provided
by tightly engaged conduit threads. However a bare-copper bonded grounding conductor
is to be provided inside all flexible conduits.
• Unless specified otherwise, shields of cables for analogue instruments will be ungrounded
on package skids. Care shall be taken to avoid accidental contact with grounded parts.
Shields shall be terminated and linked, in separate terminals adjacent to the signal
terminals, at the instrument junction box. Shield grounding will be at one point only,
normally at the panel in the Control Room.
• Grounding conductors shall be soft-drawn, stranded copper wire with green colour
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insulator. Conductors shall be protected from mechanical damage and rigidly supported
on skids. Grounding conductors shall be installed in conduit where they extend over 300
mm. above skid floor.
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• Gland plates shall be bonded to the panel structure by purpose built links.
• Where insulated glands are used in metal boxes the armour shall be through connected
to other cables and connected to plant earth in another junction box. Where insulated
boxes are used, the armour shall be through connected to a separate earth source. A
separate earth bar should be specified for this purpose in all junction boxes.
• The design shall require unused cores to be correctly terminated at both ends and
earthed at one end only.
• The cable armouring at each junction box or enclosure shall be connected to earth via
gland or cable clamp. Armour may not be connected to the screen earth at any point in
the system.
• To ensure a good earthing via the frame structure (plant earth), metal clad, instrument
enclosures or housings having electric connections shall be fixed by means of bolts
having a lock washer under the nut and under the bolt.

7.2 Instrument Earth

• The main instrument earth shall be physically separate from the electrical or plant earth.
In addition to the main instrument earth, a segregated earth for intrinsically safe (IS)
systems shall be provided.
• Instrument panels and other control room installed equipment shall have insulated earth
bus bars, generally one bus for each section of such equipment. The purpose of the
isolated earth is to make provision for an independent instrument earth system.
• These floating, ground buses shall be interconnected in a ring with 60 mm2 single core
green/yellow insulated wire. The ring is completed by connecting both ends to the plant
main earth point using two 70 mm2 single core green/yellow insulated cable.
• Two connection bolts shall be provided at this main earth point so that each end of the
ring can be connected to an individual bolt, thus allowing, maintenance checks that
resistance of the ring is less than 1 ohm while the other ring end is still connected and
ensures continuous earthing.

7.3 Intrinsically Safe Earth

• Where shunt Zener safety barriers or Isolator with zener barriers are used, all control
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cubicles terminating cables from hazardous areas shall have a separate, isolated earth
bar labeled "IS Earth".
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• This earthing point shall facilitate the separate earthing of intrinsically safe circuits and
cables back to the plants main earth point via two cables of at least 25 mm2, and in any
case with a total resistance to earth of less than 1 ohm.

7.4 Shielding
• Electric signal cables from field electronic instruments to control room and back to final
control elements shall be continuously shielded.
• Cable shields shall be through connected to the earth bar in the control room. They shall
be connected to the eventual field destination via insulated terminals in field mounted
junction boxes.
• For termination of shield wires, junction boxes and control panels shall be equipped with
separate terminals that follow in numeric sequence below the respective signal-core
terminals.
• Shielding shall not be used as a signal return conductor in any case.
• The field end of cable shields shall not be connected to earth.
• To avoid accidental shorting or grounding of this shield within a terminal box, the shield
end and shield drain wire between the end of the cable jacket and the terminal strips shall
be insulated by green/yellow coloured PVC sleeving.
• The maximum length of individual unshielded cores at the terminal strips should be as
short as possible, and not greater than 50 mm.
• Signal cables between buildings shall have each screen -earthed only at one end.

8.0 Hazardous Area Requirements

• Instrument and controls equipment shall be suitable for the hazardous area specified.
• The equipment for installation in classified and/or corrosive location shall be suitable for
the hazard classification of the area and to be resistant to the corrosive environment
specified.

9.0 PAINTING
• All materials supplied by the Contractor and not already protected shall have protective
coatings in accordance with Project standards. Type 316 stainless steel panels and parts
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do not require protective finishes.

• All nameplates shall be masked prior to painting. Paper masking is not acceptable.
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10.0 PROTECTION
• The Contractor shall cover all instruments with polyethylene bags, containing desiccant for
electric or electronic devices, and plywood (to protect glass) to ensure that the instruments are
adequately.
• Protected from the weather, sandblasting and weld slag. The covers shall be kept in place at
all times, except during work on the device they protect, until they are removed for start-up.

11.0TAG NUMBERING OF INSTRUMENTS, CABLES AND JUNCTION BOXES

• Process skid based packages shall use appropriate Project compatible instrument tag numbers,
cable numbers and junction box/equipment tag numbers.
11.1 Ferruling
• Where required below, wiring ferrules shall be fitted to each core of an instrument cable.
• The contents of each core ferrule number shall, as a minimum, be the tag number and the
polarity of the appropriate core signal.
• Single or multipair instrument cables entering a field junction box from a field device shall
be ferruled.
• Multipair instrument cables between a field junction box and a system marshalling cubicle
shall be ferruled at either end.
• All fly/jumper wiring between terminal strips in a marshalling cubicle or junction box shall
be ferruled.

12.0 IDENTIFICATION OF CABLES, LINES AND INSTRUMENTS

• All site-mounted instruments, junction boxes, air/gas headers, tubing, and wiring
terminations shall be labelled or tagged in a suitable manner.
• All cables shall be identified at both ends using engraved stainless steel tags (Panduit
Permatag or equivalent). Cable tags shall be fixed using insulated stainless steel cable
ties.
• All multi-core cable on cable tray shall be identified at both ends.
• All instruments shall be supplied and installed with a wired on 316ss engraved tag. Wire
shall be 316ss. In addition an engraved traffolyte label shall be mounted local to the
instrument either mounted on the associated instrument panel or local mounting stand.
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This label shall identify Instrument tag number and full description of service. The label
shall be black letters on white background.
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• All air headers and tubing lines shall be installed with wired on 316ss engraved tag giving
applicable associated instrument tag number and service.
• All junction boxes shall be supplied and installed with traffolyte labels fixed on the front
facing cover giving junction box tag number and service. This shall be in addition to
manufacturers nameplates.
• External labels shall be stainless steel fixed with two stainless bolts or screws. The means
of attaching the labels shall not affect the equipment NEMA or Ingress Protection (IP)
rating or certification.
• Control stations, panels and similar equipment shall also carry normal operating function
labels i.e. ‘stop’, ‘start’, ‘on’, ‘off’ etc.

13.0 STANDARDS OF MATERIALS

• Materials supplied by the Contractor shall conform to the following standards.
• Stainless steel tubing shall be seamless ASTM A269 fully annealed type 316 stainless steel.
Tubing shall have a hardness of Rockwell B 80 or less, be free of scratches, and be suitable for
bending. Minimum wall thickness shall be in accordance to process pressure application.
• Plastic tubing is not acceptable (except when used within instruments).
• Stainless steel tube fittings shall be 316 stainless steel Swagelok.
• High-pressure installations shall be installed in accordance with the relevant "hook-up"
drawings.
• Where required, flexible tubing shall be stainless steel corrugated type or Project specification.
• Bolted (flanged) connections on instruments or valves shall use bolts and nuts in accordance
with Project Piping Specifications.

14.0 INSTRUMENT AIR/GAS SUPPLY

• The branch connections to individual instruments shall use 1/2-in. isolation valves.
• Isolation valves between air/gas manifolds and individual instruments shall have NPT, threaded
connections.

15.0 ISOLATION VALVES

• Isolation valves for process lines shall be as shown in the "hook-up" drawings. Unless
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otherwise specified, these valves shall be needle valves, ball valves, or gate valves as required
in appropriate Project Specification.
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16.0 INFORMATION REQUIRED FROM CONTRACTOR

In summary the Contractor shall provide the following:
• Basic layouts both for skid instruments, junction box locations and local control panels.
Details of all instrumentation and panels.
• A list of the power supplies and utilities required together with the load requirements on each
voltage and the necessary information for circuit protection discrimination.
• The names of the authorities certifying the equipment for use in hazardous areas together with
a list of standards to which such equipment conforms.
• Data sheets for all instruments.
• Alarm and trip schedules.
• Details of all power supply and utility requirements to be completed on the Package Equipment
data sheet.
• Schematic wiring diagrams and interconnecting wiring diagrams of the power and control system.
Interface points shall be clearly identified and detailed.
• Copies of test certificates issued by the appropriate certifying authorities, for equipment to be
installed in hazardous areas.
• Schedule of electrical or electronic instrumentation for location in hazardous areas or IS
barriers/isolators.
• All typical installation of instrument.

17.0 INSPECTION AND TESTING

• The Contractor shall remove all control valves prior to flushing of lines.
• Pneumatic lines shall be tested per ISA RP 7.1, "Pneumatic Control Circuit Pressure Test."
• All air/gas signal lines shall be disconnected and blown through with dry filtered air.
• Wiring shall be checked to ensure that it is correctly connected and with the correct polarity.
• Correct connection of all switches and transmitters either electric or pneumatic shall be
checked.
• Alarm operation checks shall be made by the Contractor to check functionally all alarm and trip
systems. Wherever possible, process conditions shall be simulated to check the operation.
Faults in wiring shall be corrected
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• The Contractor shall insure by functional test, the proper operation of all instrumentation
including but not limited to the following:
• Controllers
• Recorders
• Control valves
• Shutdown valves
The Contractor shall provide written results of all the above tests and provide reasonable evidence
of the satisfactory condition of test equipment.
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18.0 AUTHOR COMMITTEE

Khun Khomkrit Hemhatthaporn Prepared
Khun Pornchai Kitwimontakul Prepared
Khun Pichet Kongtanakomtunkich
Khun Thanapon Nithithanaphak
Khun Kulrachart Dungukos
Khun Karan Chuaiphikroh
Khun Somyot Phisarn
Khun Anucha Pinyopornsawat
Khun Jaruvit Audkhammee
Khun Wisit Rienprakasit.
Khun Narong Suphankan
Khun Piriya Piriyayon
Khun Sompas Samnianglam
Khun Monchai Karnjanopas
Khun Pakorn Bubphasiri
Khun Vorapot Mansatit
Khun Prayong Supakeeratirot
Khun Suppakit Yenjit
Khun Theera Chananuvong
Khun Pongprapun Huayyai
Khun Chumpol Wongthaiwon
Khun Tianchai Aramyok
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