Practices by Discipline

This Practice covers minimum requirements for the maintenance of induction motors. The aspects of electrical maintenance are described. While many of the maintenance aspects covered in this Practice can be applied to synchronous and DC motor maintenance, synchronous and DC motor maintenance is not part of this Practice.

This Practice describes the requirements for the design, application, and extent of acoustic insulation on piping and equipment operating at high and low temperatures. Systems requiring additional insulation specifications beyond PIP Practices, such as ISO 15665, shall be covered by purchaser's documentation.Listing of or reference to supporting documents within this Practice does not imply suitability for specific designs.Comment Use of this Practice for contractual purposes requires the purchaser to make specific choices and assemble additional supporting documents.

This Practice provides installation details for hot insulation systems. This Practice provides details for installing hot insulation systems on piping, valves, horizontal and vertical vessels, and heat exchangers.

​This Practice describes the general requirements for surface preparation, application, and inspection of protective coatings.

​Not applicable

​This Practice describes the general requirements for surface preparation, application, and inspection of architectural protective coatings utilized for substrates used in hygienic processes and facilities.

​Not applicable

This Practice provides recommended minimum and maximum flow rates for conventional centrifugal pumps (i.e., pumps with mechanical seals) to achieve safe operation while optimizing operating costs. This Practice describes how to use hydraulic and mechanical criteria to determine a recommended safe operating flow range for centrifugal pumps. This Practice does not provide hard limits for a pump's flow range because of factors that cannot be precisely defined.

​This Practice addresses lightning and static protection for facilities that process, manufacture, store, and handle flammable, non-flammable, combustible, and non-combustible products and materials. This practice will also address lightning and static protection of the electrical infrastructure used to support the manufacturing of these materials.

This Practice provides requirements for use by a Purchaser for determining the design criteria including design, materials of construction, inspection and testing for shell and plate heat exchangers constructed in accordance with ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1 or Division 2, henceforth referred to as the Code, and PIP VECV1001. Requirements that are specific to Code, Section VIII, Division 2 are shown in braces . This Practice provides requirements for purchasing shell and plate heat exchangers that are to be designed and fabricated by a Manufacturer. This Practice also provides guidance for the development of purchase specifications for the construction of new shell and plate heat exchangers which meet the philosophy and requirements of Code, Section VIII, Division 1 or 2 and PIP VECV1001.For some heat exchanger purchases, certain requirements in this Practice and in PIP VECV1001 may be assigned by Purchaser to Manufacturer. The specific requirements assigned (e.g., thermal design and the performance rating) can be specified on Purchaser's PIP VEDSP003 Data Sheet.

This Practice describes the mechanical design, fabrication, examination, inspection, testing, and documentation requirements for shell and plate heat exchangers constructed in accordance with ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1 or Division 2, henceforth referred to as the Code. Requirements that are specific to Code, Section VIII, Division 2 are shown in braces .This Practice is supplemental to the requirements of PIP VESV1002, Design and Fabrication Specification for Pressure Vessels, ASME Code Section VIII Divisions 1 and 2.

​This Practice describes the basic characteristics of each PIP Pipeline Systems Piping Material Specification (PMS). Each specification listed is described by pressure class, primary material, design factor, corrosion allowance, service type, and joint construction.

This Practice provides guidance for evaluation, selection, and specification of pipe bends for on-shore metallic pipelines designed and constructed to ASME B31.8 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems and ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquids and Slurries. This Practice covers the following types of bends a. Manufactured fittingsb. Induction (hot) bends formed off-site c. Cold bends formed on-siteThis Practice provides guidance for evaluation of which bend type to select by providing pros and cons based on specific site rights-of-way, pipe size and wall thickness, shipping considerations, pipe ovality, pigging requirements, etc. Additional, more explanatory references recommendations are also provided.

The purpose of this document is to provide guidance for the design and installation, maintenance, and operation of in-service pipeline pigging facilities. A pigging facility permits the operator to run pipeline pigs for corrosion control, in-line inspection, and flow assurance programs. This engineering practice covers the design and installation of in-service pipeline pigging facilities for all new and existing pipelines. If there are conflicts between this specification, Owner's requirements, Industry standards and regulatory requirement, the most stringent requirements shall apply. This practice does not apply to temporary construction launchers/receivers or launchers/receivers for offshore use. The installation of "temporary" pig traps shall be performed under the control of a MOC process that includes operations, engineering and safety design reviews.

This Practice describes an engineering work process for gathering the necessary information and applying the applicable codes and standards to develop a documented area classification. This Practice addresses the classification of areas containing flammable liquids, gases, or vapors and combustible dust, but does not address ignitable fibers and flyings.This Practice applies to petroleum and chemical process facilities and other related industries that fall within the scope of the standards being used for the assessment of the area classification. This Practice is applicable for new and existing facilities.This Practice should be used with petroleum and chemical industry codes and standards that define the basis for area classification.

This Practice covers the basic requirements for the lubrication of antifriction and hydrodynamic bearings used in electric motors. These requirements apply to induction, synchronous, and DC motors.Excluded from this PracticeOn site vibration analysisOn site mechanical equipment alignmentRepair of the motor, e.g. bearing replacement, rotor repair, stator repair, etc. (PIP ELTFT04 addresses motor repair.)

​This Practice is an overlay to the IEEE document IEEE Std. 1068-2015, IEEE Standard for the Repair and Rewinding of AC Electric Motors in Petroleum, Chemical, and Process Industries. The intent is to use IEEE 1068-2015, with the exception and clarification as given in below, along with PIP ELTFT04-D and ELTFT04-T to define the requirements for repair, modification, and testing of electric motors.

This Practice covers minimum requirements for the maintenance of switchgear. While the maintenance procedures herein can be applied to all types of switchgear, manufacturer instructions should be reviewed for equipment specific maintenance requirements.This Practice does not cover the calibration, settings, or programming of protective devices such as molded case circuit breakers, protective relays, etc.

This Practice provides standardized reliability terminology and a basis for measurement and data gathering for benchmarking the reliability of rotating machinery. This Practice describes reliability terms and definitions that can be applied to economic performance data generation. This Practice describes reliability data gathering techniques. This Practice provides basic steps to implementing reliability indicators in process industry facilities. This Practice describes levels of data gathering and analysis that may be used to provide the appropriate amount of reliability information.

This Practice provides fabrication details and describes the minimum requirements for fabricating concentric or eccentric square edge orifice plates and the orifice meter run.