ASME B31.1-2024: Power Piping
What Is Power Piping? Power piping, unsurprisingly, is found in electric power generating stations, such as industrial and institutional plants, geothermal heating systems, and central…
ANSI/ISA S5.5-1985: Graphic Symbols for Process Displays
Examples of process equipment popularly used in industries—such as refineries, chemical plants, and wastewater treatment plants—are pumps, valves, vessels, filters, coolers, boilers, engines, compressors, storage…
ANSI/ISA 5.1-2024: Instrumentation Symbols and Identification
In many industries, like oil and gas, engineers create a blueprint for equipment and control layout, which is called a Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID),…
Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) – What Is It?
Any engineer most likely has come across the famous piping and instrumentation diagram. This specialized chart is critical for the engineering system’s design, which is…
GB/T 17116.2-2018e— Pipe Supports And Hangers
Whether securing or supporting a plumbing pipeline below the wall, ceiling or floor, pipe supports such as hangers are essential to completing a drain-waste-vent (DWV),…
CSA ANSI Z21.12-1990 (R2020): Draft Hoods
A draft hood is a necessary part of any gas burning appliance. For a gas furnace, a home heating appliance that runs off natural gas, it…
CSA/ANSI Z21.21-23/CSA 6.5-2023: Automatic Valves
Keeping the flow of oil and gas in pipelines is a monumental task, requiring reliable equipment like gas valves. Without gas valves, the oil and…
Identification of Piping Systems Through ASME A13.1-2023
By the 1920s, piping was essential for conveying fluids, and many large companies had developed their own color scheme for identifying piping systems and components….
MSS SP-99-2023: Instrument Valves
Whether employing the use of a needle-shaped plunger, a pivoting ball, or a rotating cylindrically tapered plug, instrument valves are abundant in industry to control…