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General Technical Precautions for

Installation of C&I Equipments

Instruments location shall be decided to the convenience of operation

and maintenance. The location shall have least mechanical vibration
and placed where corrosive, toxic and explosive gases and dust
particles will not deposit and the place is not subject to hightemperature atmosphere or radiation. However, actual location shall
be decided in consultation with customer / consultant.

Maintenance platforms & approach facilities shall be provided for all

sensing & primary devices wherever possible.

Instruments shall be located in weather proof enclosures and

wherever required suitable canopy shall be provided.

High & Low pressure impulse lines shall not be grouped and run
together. Also impulse lines for explosive & inert gases shall not run
together.

Impulse lines of high pressure steam, harmful gases, etc. shall not be
brought into the control room, as far as possible.

Intrinsically safe circuits shall be used for explosion hazardous areas.

Separate cable routing shall be followed for high and low voltage
lines.

All electrical equipments shall meet the requirements of Indian

Electricity Rules.

Wherever severe vibrations are expected, shock absorbers shall be

provided.

Before and after regulating / control valves, straight pipe lengths of

10 mm on either side must be ensured.

Installation of instruments with radio-active isotopes, mercury and

other toxic substances shall be as per statutory regulations provided
by authorities.

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Compensating cables should be connected directly to instruments, i.e.

no junction boxes shall be used.

Orifice plates or flow nozzles must be provided with atleast 10 dia

upstream and 5 dia downstream straight length of pipe from bends,
tees, branch pipes & control valves.

Control valves shall be installed after orifice plates.

Pressure gauges shall be provided with snubbers, syphons (for more

than 1000C), 3 way valves manifolds wherever applicable.

For pneumatic instruments, air shall be dry & free from oil.
be supplied from oil-free compressors specially erected
purpose. After drying, air must be stored in receiver.
gauges must be provided on each supply line and after the
reducer.

Correct level (height) between detecting element and tapping point

and transmitter shall be maintained.

The equipment shall maintain its normal posture (level, perpendicular,

front and back).

Connection between detecting element / tapping point and transmitter

shall be maintained at short distances wherever practicable to avoid
any time lag.

Orifice plates and control valves shall be mounted on process piping

only after completion of cleaning of the process piping in order that
these instruments may not suffer damage from metal waste, etc.

For details of installing each measuring instruments, instruction

manual issued by the respective manufacture of instruments may be
referred to, wherever necessary.

The drain pipes shall be terminated in a common closed header and

finally the common header shall be connected to plant open drain.

Impulse pipe material shall be identified for each individual pipe prior
to its use at site. For this purpose coloring is to be done immediately
after receipt for identification.
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Air must
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