You know what is control panel and what are the components used in the control panel. Now we will discuss the difference between control panel and MCC. You might have faced this question in some interviews. MCC stands for motor control center. It consists of feeders for motors and blowers. Feeders are designed according to …
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In one of the previous post in instrumentpedia I have described how to read an electrical drawing. Now lets look what is electrical relay diagram. Here I am giving the standard symbols used for the electrical relay diagram. In earlier days instead of PLC or DCS like controllers relays are used as controllers. Nowadays also …
Different types of meters are used in the MCC panel for indicating the status of the panel.Mainly three types of meters are used. Ammeter, Volt meter, Watt meter, Energy meter. Analog and Digital type meters are using nowadays. Ammeter An instrument used for measuring the current flow in the circuit is called ammeter. It should be …
CONTROL PANEL Control panel is a cabinet which contains electrical components to control the motors and equipments. CABLES Cables are used for the interconnection. Two types of cables are used. Power cable and control cable. 1. Power cables (which is used to connect the motor to panel component and panel to main supply) 2. Control …
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Insrumentation construction engineering is a handbook for instrumenation engineers who is working in construction field.Following chapters are included in the e-book. Instrumentation Documents. 1. Instrument index. 2. Instrument data sheet 3. Cable schedule 4. Bill of material Instrumentation Drawing 1 . JB & Instrumentation location drawing. 2. GA Drawings. 3. Piping instrument drawing. 4. Hook …
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Drawings which represents installation standards is called hook up drawings. With hook-up drawings, engineer can understand how an instrument to be installed in the plant. With hook-up drawing, we can calculate the material requirement. Two types of hook up drawings are there. 1. Pneumatic hookup. It is independent of process connection. Pneumatic hookup is basically …
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P&ID: Schematic illustration of instruments and their interconnection is called P&ID. PFD:Process flow diagram.PFD gives an overview of the plant process.PFD is a simplified version of P&ID. Symbols,circles and lines are used to represent instrument and their interconnection.For identifying instruments and pipe lines tag numbers are used.For reading P&ID(Piping & instrument diagarm) one must be …
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What is an instrument location layout? Instrument location layout is a layout which indicates the exact location of instrument/junction box, trench/trays etc. Trench and duct is the path for primary cable and tray is the path for secondary cables. A tray is either made of metals or FRP (Fiber reinforced plastic). What is Junction box …
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As i said in my previous post here i am going to explain about the documents which is essential for instrument engineers.Four types of documents are mainly used by instrumentation engineers. Instrument index. An instrument index is a consolidated list of all instruments which is used in the plant.Instrument index is made according to the …
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As an instrumentation engineer, one must be familiar with the following documents and drawings. Documents. 1. Instrument index. 2. Instrument data sheet 3. Cable schedule 4. Bill of material. Drawing 1 . JB & Instrumentation location drawing. 2. GA Drawings. 3. Piping instrument drawing. 4. Hook up drawing I will give a detailed explanation about …
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