Piping Plan and Isometric

Layout
By: Engr. Jonathan L. Enriquez, PME
VP External Affairs

What is Piping :
Piping is a system of pipes used to convey
fluids (liquids and gases) from one location
to another.
The engineering discipline of piping design
studies the efficient transport of fluid.

Piping Manufactured Types : For Industrial Process Piping,

1. wood, used in ancient time.
2. fiberglass, used for underground utility piping.
3. glass, used for chemical laboratory.
4. steel, commonly used in process oil and gas industry.
5. aluminium, resistance to corrosion.
6. plastic, used for drinking water, waste water,,,etc.
7. copper, used for refrigerant tubing,,etc.
8. concrete, used for storm water drainage and sewer.

Piping Standards :
ASME - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers - B31 series

ASME B31.1 Power piping (steam piping etc.)

ASME B31.3 Process piping
ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons
and Other Liquids
ASME B31.5 Refrigeration piping and heat transfer components
ASME B31.8 Gas transmission and distribution piping systems
ASME B31.9 Building services piping
ASME B31.11 Slurry Transportation Piping Systems (Withdrawn,
Superseded by B31.4)
ASME B31.12 Hydrogen Piping and Pipelines

ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials

ASTM A252 Standard Specification for Welded and Seamless Steel Pipe
Piles[7]

API - American Petroleum Institute

API 5L Petroleum and natural gas industriesSteel pipe for pipeline
transportation systems[8]

Piping Engineering Discipline :

Generally, industrial piping engineering has three major
subfields:

Piping material

Piping design

Stress analysis

Project Type :
Green Field
Brown Field
Revamp

Piping Layout Drawing Reference :

PFD, P&ID Process Flow Diagram, Piping and Instrumentation
Diagram
Plot Plan
Equipment Layout Drawing and Area Plan Drawing
Civil and Structural Detail drawing
Mechanical Equipment data and Tank Detail Drawing
Material Specification
Pipe Support Standard Drawing, shoe, guide, stopper, hanger, etc.
Company Standard

Pipe Components :

Fittings
Elbows
90 Deg, Butt weld, socket weld, screwed
45 Deg, Butt weld, socket weld, screwed
Tee, equal, reducing
Weld olet
Flanges
Welding Neck
Slip-on
Lap joint w/ Stub End
Blind, spacer, blind paddle, spectacle blind
Valves
Gate : cs
Ball : cs
Globe : cs
Check : , wafer : cs

Butterfly
Gasket
Spiral wound, asbestos, neoprene
Bolt
Stud Bolt, Machine Bolt

Symbols
Piping Plan Layout
Fitting Symbol :

Valves :

Isometric :
An isometric drawing for a piping system is a detailed
orthographic drawing.
The isometric drawing represents the details of the 3D structure
of the pipe in the form of a 2D diagram.
A design drawing which is used in pipe fabrication and
installation.

Steps in layout Isometric Drawing :

1. Line Number
2. North Direction
3. Line dimension and coordinates
4. Identification of Field weld and Shop weld
5. Spool mark number
6. Weld Map
7. Identification of Fitting and Valves part number
8. Bill of Materials
Material Part Number
Material description
Material size
Material code
Material quantity
9. Information shown on Title Block
Reference PID and Plan Drawing
Design Pressure / Temperature
Test Medium and Pressure
Insulation and Paint Code
Radiography percent requirement
Connection legend

Isometric Layout symbols

Piping Layout Design Software :

PDMS - Plant Design Management System
PDMS piping route on top of steel
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vF0cT-CKENE

PDMS Piping the Pump Suction Line P1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZB9DAsMIn4

PDMS Piping the Pump Suction Line P2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibtUk6iEOeM
Separator Photo
Pipe Rack Photo