PRE-COMMISSIONING AND

COMMISSIONING
INSTRUMENTATION
POWER PLANT
Activities and Related documents

SEPTIAN RAHONO, S.Tr.T

What is Commissioning?

Commissioning is the process of assuring (inspected, verified, operated, and tested)

that all systems and components of the plant according to the design engineering.
A commissioning process usually applied in the new project, but can also in the existing
units to expansion, renovation or revamping.
A commissioning process in the new project is transition from
construction to operation.
Commissioning Stage
Pre-commissioning stage will carry out verification and testing of equipment
individually for each item without any process (for example loop test, stroke
test, calibration).

Commissioning stage, tests will be carried out involving several equipment

simultaneously in a system (for example level control on a drum involving
a pump, control valve, level transmitter, PLC or DCS controller)
In the commissioning process, instrumentation activities will mostly be carried out at
the pre-commissioning stage, while in commissioning an instrument will support the
commissioning process, such as repairs or adjustments when errors in the instrument.

Activities
1. Verify of instrumentation installation (location as per P&ID, as per hook up, flow direction, material,
mounted, cable gland, grounding, tag name, etc.)
2. Flushing (pneumatic and hydraulic tubing)
3. Leakage test (pneumatic and hydraulic tubing)
4. Loop test (cold loop test and hot loop test)
5. Setting and Calibration of field instrumentation (Sensor/transducer, Transmitter, Analyzer)
6. Setting and Calibration of field control (Positioner, MOV, Solenoid, Actuator)
7. Stroke test (control valve, MOV, on-off valve, damper)
8. Support vendor for SAT
9. Punch point list for field instruments if needed
10. Support maintenance, troubleshoot and execute unit outage
Related documents
1. P&ID
2. Instrument Calibration Sheet
3. Instrument Installation Material List
4. Manual book or Instruction manual
5. Installation Hook Up
6. IO List
7. Cable schedule and Loop diagram
8. Instrument List
9. Instrument Index
10. Valve List
11. List of Panel (IO Cabinet, Junction Box, MCC, Local Panel)
12. Set point / Setting List
13. Form testing (loop test, calibration, stroke test, checklist, etc.)
Must to prioritize health and safety at work.
Thanks