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Instrument Numbering Philosophy

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Instrument Numbering is one of the most important factors that have to be

considered while preparing P&ID and other documents related to instruments.

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Unit Number
 Instrument Type
System Number
Instrument Number

Unit Number
It indicates the plant, area and unit in which the instrument is located

Use basic number if project is small, there are no area, unit or plant number

Eamples: PT-1 or PT-01 or PT-001

If project has a few areas, units or plants, then the first number of instrument number
indicates plant number

Example: PT-102 is an instrument located in plant 1

If project is big and is divided into areas, units or plants, a prefix is added before

instrument type.

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Example: 355-FT-0101 is an instrument located in area 3, unit 5 and plant 5.

Here 0101 indicates the loop number associated with the instrument

Instrument Type
Each instrument associated within an instrumented facility ought to have its own
unique identifying tag comprising of a series of letters depicting that instrument’s

function.

The naming of instrument type is usually done by taking ISA 5.1 as reference.

Below table indicates some of the instrument types.

S.No. Type of Instrument Symbol

1 Pressure Gauge PI

2 Temperature Gauge TI

3 Level Gauge LI

4 Thermocouple TE(K)

5 RTD TE x
 S.No. Type of Instrument Symbol

6 Pressure Transmitter PT

7 Temperature Trarsmlitter TT

8 Level Transmitter LT

9 Flow Element FE

10 Flow Transmitter FT

11 Pressure Switch PS

12 Differential Pressure Switch DPS

13 Differential Pressure Indicating Switch DPIS

14 Differential Pressure Transmitter DPT

15 Temperature Switch TS

16 Temperature Indicating Switch TIS

17 Level Switch LS

18 I/P Converter I/P

19 Position Transmitter ZT

20 Control Valve CV

Refer ISA 5.1 for more instrument types

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Loop Numbering
System number and instrument number together called as loop number of an
instrument

Loop number depicts the loop associated with an instrument and it should be
helpful while creating loop drawings.

As per ISA 5.1 loop numbering may be parallel or series.

According to ISA 5.1, in parallel loop numbering, a process variable letter is coupled
with a number to make the unique identifier.

Accordingly, there might be a TIC-101, PIC-101 & LIC-101 since T101, P101 &
L101 are unique and parallel.

Each of those three letter and number sets define a different loop; they may
be related, but they are unique.

This numbering system can be used effectively when the number is linked to
a piece of equipment, like a pump, where all the loops associated with
pump101 would carry that number within the tags as listed above.

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As per ISA 5.1, In serial numbering, they are using a unique numerical sequence for
each loop without the process variable modifier, one number for each loop.
 Accordingly, there might be TIC-101, LR-102 and PIC-103, but not an TIC-101
and PIC-101 since the pressure and temperature variables will get each a
different number.

This is the simplest system to use and it is therefore probably the most
common.

Finally, the numbering system chosen for your P&IDs and loops should be tested
and confirmed to guarantee that it works as expected with the various software

applications used in your facility. Loop number 1 and loop number 001 will have
markedly different by some data sets and by the maintenance planning and
inventory control software.

Author: Greeshmesh TP

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