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transmitter 1 and pump 1 is located in unit 702, then the pressure transmitter is called 702PT001 and the pump
is called P7021.
DEP has the same problem as KKS. It is possible to combine for example a pump (P) and its support equipment
like a diesel engine (D) to the code PD, but again it is extremely seldom that an equipment is driven by so big an
engine. If it is, it is more appropriate to specify the engine and the transmission as separate equipments and use
a common line number to connect the equipments. This will enable communication with functions in both the
pump and the diesel engine.

6.4 EIS Compatibility

The build-up of the EIS code is shown below:

Area Train Unit Equipment Sub-equipment

A N NN A(A)(A) NN A NN

Fig. 6.3

The number of letters in the equipment code depends on the equipment. Electrical equipment has one letter,
instrumentation uses two letters - the first two letters of the ISO 3511 standard - and mechanical equipment has
three letters. The mechanical code is a simple shortening of the equipment type like COM for compressor. In
total, there are less than 60 codes, so the utilization of the three letters is extremely poor compared to PNS,
which has 10 times more equipment codes with only two letters.
EIS has an A N NN NN specification for area, train, unit and equipment number where PNS has an N AAANN
NNN specification for area, production line and equipment number. As can be seen, EIS easily fit into PNS.

6.5 NORSOK
In NORSOK there is a different Tag Code for almost all equipment like:
Main equipment
Pipes and lines
Special items
Manual valves
Pipe supports
Electrical equipment
Instrumentation and Telecommunication
Cables and junction boxes
Fire and gas detectors
However, the basic build-up of the tag codes is:

System Function and Sequence Parallel

type code Number item
NN A(A) NNN(N) (A)

Fig. 6.4

NORSOK do not have the same hierarchical build-up of as the other standards. For example, the tag code does
not include an Area specification for dividing the facility, although NORSOK has such a code. NORSOK is
therefore not able to handle parallel production lines very well.
The system specification is a predefined list of 90 (10-99) systems in the following groups: