CHAPTER 7:
PROCESS INSTRUMENTS
OBJECTIVES
• List and describe the basic instruments associated with temperature, flow, level, pressure, and
analytical measurement.
• Draw the basic symbols for equipment used in the chemical processing industry.
• Identify and draw standard instrument symbols.
• Describe the standard instruments used in industry.
REVIEW QUESTIONS
1. Describe a process flow diagram (PFD).
2. Describe a piping and instrumentation drawing (P&ID).
4. Draw the symbols for a gate and globe valve.
5. Draw the symbols for a centrifugal pump and a PD pump.
6. Draw the symbols for a blower and a reciprocating compressor.
7. Draw the symbol for a steam turbine.
8. Draw the symbol for a heat exchanger.
9. Draw the symbol for a cooling tower.
10. Draw the symbol for a packed column.
11. Draw the symbol for a plate column.
12. Draw the symbol for a furnace.
13. Draw the symbol for a boiler.
14. Draw the symbol for a manually operated valve.
15. Draw a simple flow diagram. Include piping, pumps, two tanks, and six different valves. Provide
a way to circulate and blend the material using the pumps-piping-valves relationship.
16. Draw a simple P & ID. Do not copy the example from the book. Be original.
17. List and describe the instruments associated with flow measurement.
18. List and describe the instruments associated with temperature measurement.
19. List and describe the instruments associated with level.
20. List and describe the instruments associated with pressure.
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