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PURPOSE AND USE OF PROCESS INDUSTRY PRACTICES

In an effort to minimize the cost of process industry facilities, this Practice has
been prepared from the technical requirements in the existing standards of major
industrial users, contractors, or standards organizations. By harmonizing these
technical requirements into a single set of Practices, administrative, application, and
engineering costs to both the purchaser and the manufacturer should be reduced. While
this Practice is expected to incorporate the majority of requirements of most users,
individual applications may involve requirements that will be appended to and take
precedence over this Practice. Determinations concerning fitness for purpose and
particular matters or application of the Practice to particular project or engineering
situations should not be made solely on information contained in these materials. The
use of trade names from time to time should not be viewed as an expression of
preference but rather recognized as normal usage in the trade. Other brands having the
same specifications are equally correct and may be substituted for those named. All
practices or guidelines are intended to be consistent with applicable laws and
regulations including OSHA requirements. To the extent these practices or guidelines
should conflict with OSHA or other applicable laws or regulations, such laws or
regulations must be followed. Consult an appropriate professional before applying or
acting on any material contained in or suggested by the Practice.

Process Industry Practices (PIP), Construction Industry Institute, The University of

Texas at Austin, 3208 Red River Street, Suite 300, Austin, Texas 78705. PIP
member companies may copy this practice for their internal use.

Not printed with state funds.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction ............................... 2
1.1 Purpose .............................................2
1.2 Scope ................................................2

2. General....................................... 2
3. Abbreviated Piping Terms
and Acronyms ........................... 3

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1.

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Introduction
1.1

Purpose
The purpose of this Practice is to provide a system for identifying abbreviated piping
terms and acronyms used in Process Industry Practices (PIP) piping documents.

1.2

Scope
This Practice establishes the definitions and interpretations for all piping-related
abbreviations and acronyms used in PIP piping documents and drawings.
Abbreviations for technical societies, codes, standards, etc. are not included.

2.

General
2.1

Certain abbreviations and interpretations are unique to a particular discipline or

context in which they are used. The abbreviations listed in this Practice are
considered piping-related and may be used in piping documents and drawings
without further definition in those documents or drawings.

2.2

Abbreviations not listed in this document must be spelled out or defined in the
document/drawing in which they are used. Other abbreviations may be defined as
described in Section 2.3.

2.3

When first used in the text of a document/drawing, other terms to be abbreviated

shall be spelled out and followed by the abbreviation in parentheses, e.g.,
arrangement (ARRGT). Thereafter, the abbreviation alone may be used in that
document/drawing.

2.4

To determine the appropriate abbreviation for a piping term or the interpretation of a

piping abbreviation used in a PIP piping document, refer to this Practice.

2.5

In cases where an abbreviation listed in this Practice conflicts with other

interpretations or where multiple interpretations exist, the abbreviations and
interpretations of this Practice shall apply.

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Abbreviated Piping Terms and Acronyms

Abbreviation

Description

Abbreviation

Description

AARH
AL
ATM
AVG
B&S
BB
BBE
BC
BD
BE
BF
BL
BLD
BLE
BOE
BOM
BOP
BR
BSE
BTM
BW
C
C-C
CA
CALC
CI
CL
CM
CONC
CONN
CPLG
CPVC
CR
CS
CU
CWO
CWP
DEG
D/P
DI
DIA
DIM
DIN
DN
DP
DRN
DT
DWG

Arithmetic Average Roughness Height

Aluminum
Atmosphere
Average
Bell & Spigot
Bolted Bonnet
Bevel Both Ends
Bolt Circle
Blow Down
Beveled End
Blind Flange
Battery Limit
Blind
Bevel Large End
Bevel One End
Bill of Material
Bottom of Pipe
Bronze
Bevel Small End
Bottom
Butt Weld
Centigrade; Celsius
Center to Center
Corrosion Allowance
Calculated
Cast Iron
Centerline
Centimeter
Concentric
Connection
Coupling
Chlorinated Polyvinyl Chloride
Chromium
Carbon Steel
Copper
Chain Wheel Operator
Cold Working Pressure
Degree
Differential Pressure
Ductile Iron
Diameter
Dimension
Deutsche Indistrie Normen
Diameter Nominal (Metric)
Design Pressure
Drain
Design Temperature
Drawing

EA
EB
EC
ECC
EFW
EL
ELL
ELLIP
EOL
EPDM
EQ
ERW
F
F-F
FBE
FCAW
FEP
FF
FFW
FIG
FIN
FLE
FLEX
FLG
FMU
FNPT
FOB
FOE
FOF
FOT
FP
FRP
FS
FSE
FT
FTG
FV
FW
G
GA
GALV
GBE
GE
GJ
GLE
GMAW
GO
GOE

Each
Extended Bonnet
Eddy Current Testing (Examination)
Eccentric
Electric Fusion Welded
Elevation
Elbow
Elliptical
Elbolet
Ethylene-Propylene-Diene Terpolymer / EP Rubber
Equal
Electric Resistance Welded
Fahrenheit
Face to Face
Flange Both Ends
Flux Cored Arc Welding
Perfluoro (Ethylene-Propylene) Copolymer
Flat Face
Field Fit Weld
Figure
Finish
Flange Large End
Flexible
Flange
Fitting Make Up
Female National (Taper) Pipe Threads
Flat on Bottom
Flange One End
Face of Flange
Flat on Top
Full Port
Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic
Forged Steel
Flange Small End
Foot; Feet
Fitting
Full Vacuum
Field Weld
Gram
Gauge
Galvanized
Groove Both Ends
Groove End
Ground Joint
Groove Large End
Gas Metal Arc Welding
Gear Operator
Groove One End

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Abbreviation

Description

Abbreviation

Description

GR
GRND
GRP
GSE
GSKT
GTAW
H
HAZ
HB
HD
HDPE
HDR
HEX
HF
HK
HP
HPT
HR15N
HRB
HRC
HT
HV
HW
IBBM
ID
IN
INS
ISBL
ISO
ISRS
ITCS
JE
KCS
KG
KPA
LDPE
LJ
LP
LPG
LPT
LR
LTE
LWN
M
MxF
MAWP
MAX
MDMT
MFG
MI

Grade
Ground(ed)
Glass Reinforced Plastic
Groove Small End
Gasket
Gas Tungsten Arc Welding
Horizontal
Heat Affected Zone
Hardness Brinell Scale
Head
High Density Polyethylene
Header
Hexagonal
Hard Faced
Hardness Knoop Scale
High Pressure
High Point
Hardness Rockwell 15N Scale
Hardness Rockwell B Scale
Hardness Rockwell C Scale
Heat Treatment
Hardness Vickers Scale
Handwheel
Iron Body Bronze Mounted
Inside Diameter
Inch
Insulation
Inside Battery Limits
Isometric Drawing
Inside Screw Rising Stem
Impact Tested Carbon Steel
Joint Efficiency
Killed Carbon Steel
Kilogram
Kilopascals (Pressure = psig x 6.895)
Low Density Polyethylene
Lap Joint
Low Pressure
Liquefied Petroleum Gas
Low Point
Long Radius
Long Tangent Elbow
Long Welding Neck
Meter
Male by Female
Maximum Allowable Working Pressure
Maximum
Minimum Design Metal Temperature
Manufacturer
Malleable Iron

MIN
MISC
MJ
MNPT
MO
MT
MTL
MTO
MTR
N/A
NBR
NI
NIPP
NPS
NPT
NRS
NTS
OD
ORIF
OS&Y
OSBL
P&ID
P-T
PARA
PAW
PBE
PE
PFA
PIV
PL
PLE
PO
POE
POS
PP
PPB
PPM
PRESS
PS
PSE
PSI
PSIA
PSIG
PT
PTFE
PVC
PVDC
PVDF
PWHT
RA

Minimum
Miscellaneous
Mechanical Joint
Male National (Taper) Pipe Threads
Molybdenum
Magnetic Particle Testing (Examination)
Material
Material Take Off
Material Test Report
Not Applicable
Nitrile-Butadiene/Nitrile or BunaN Rubber
Nickel
Nipple
Nominal Pipe Size
National (Taper) Pipe Thread
Non-Rising Stem
Not To Scale
Outside Diameter
Orifice
Outside Screw & Yoke
Outside Battery Limits
Piping and Instrumentation Diagram
Pressure Temperature
Paragraph
Plasma Arc Welding
Plain Both Ends
Polyethylene; Plain End
Perfluoro (Alkoxyalkane) copolymer
Post Indicator Valve
Plate
Plain Large End
Pushed On
Plain One End
Point of Support
Polypropylene
Parts Per Billion
Parts Per Million
Pressure
Pipe Support
Plain Small End
Pounds per Square Inch
Pounds per Square Inch Absolute
Pounds per Square Inch Gauge
Liquid Penetrant Testing (Examination)
Polytetrafluoroethylene
Polyvinyl Chloride
Polyvinylidene Chloride
Polyvinylidene Fluoride
Postweld Heat Treatment
Roughness Average (Replaced AARH)

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Abbreviation

Description

Abbreviation

Description

RAD
RAT
RED
REF
REINF
REPAD
REQD
REV
RF
RJ
RP
RPO
RS
RT
RTFE
RTP
RTR
SAW
SCH
SDR
SG
SI
SMAW
SMLS
SO
SOCW
SOL
SP-WD
SPA
SPEC
SQ
SR
SS
ST
STD
STL
STM
SVC
SW
SWG
T&C
T&G

Radius
Rating
Reducer; Reducing
Reference
Reinforced
Reinforcing Pad
Required
Revision
Raised Face
Ring Joint
Reduced Port
Restrained Push On
Rising Stem
Radiographic Testing (Examination)
Reinforced TFE
Reinforced Thermosetting Plastic
Reinforced Thermoset Resin
Submerged Arc Welding
Schedule
Standard Dimensional Ratio
Specific Gravity
Silicon
Shielded Metal Arc Welding
Seamless
Slip On
Socket Weld (see SW)
Sockolet
Spiral Wound
Spacer
Specification
Square
Short Radius
Stainless Steel
Seat
Standard
Steel
Steam
Service
Socket Weld (preferred)
Swage
Threaded and Coupled
Tongue and Groove

T-T
T/SW
TAN
TBE
TEMP
TFE
THK
THRD
TI
TLE
TOC
TOE
TOG
TOL
TOP
TOS
TSE
TW
TYP
UB
UG
UNC
UNF
UNS
UT
V
V/D
VT
W/
W/O
WB
WE
WN
WOG
WOL
WP
WPS
WT
WWP
XS
XXS

Tangent to Tangent
Threaded by Socketweld
Tangent
Thread Both Ends
Temperature
Tetrafluoroethylene
Thick
Thread; Threaded
Titanium
Thread Large End
Top of Concrete
Thread One End
Top of Grout
Thredolet
Top of Pipe
Top of Steel; Top of Support
Thread Small End
Thermowell
Typical
Union Bonnet
Underground
Unified National Coarse Thread
Unified National Fine Thread
Unified Numbering System
Ultrasonic Testing (Examination)
Vertical
Vents and Drains
Visual Testing (Examination)
With
Without
Welded Bonnet
Weld End
Weld Neck
Water, Oil & Gas
Weldolet
Working Point
Weld Procedure Specification
Wall Thickness
Working Water Pressure
Extra Strong
Double Extra Strong

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