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Standard Process Flow Diagram Symbols and

Their Usage
Process flow diagrams use special shapes to represent different types of equipments,
valves, instruments and piping flow.

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Edraw includes standard sets of symbols depicting mechanical equipment, piping, piping
components, valves, equipment drivers and instrumentation and controls. These PFD
symbols are assembled on the drawing in a manner that clearly defines the process
flow diagrams.

Process Flow Diagram Symbols - Equipment


Pumps and tanks come in a variety of designs and shapes.
Compressor is a mechanical device that takes in a medium and compresses it to a
smaller volume. A mechanical or electrical drive is typically connected to a pump that is
used to compress the medium.

Pump refers to a mechanical apparatus using suction or pressure to raise or move


liquids, compress gases, or force air into inflatable objects such as tires. The symbols
for pumps may closely resemble those for compressors.

Mixing is a gear that combine some materials or put them together to form one
substance or mass.

Mixing vessel is a container that is used to blend several components together.

Heat exchanger is an equipment used to transfer heat energy between two process
flows. Heat exchangers transfer heat energy through conductive and convective heat
transfer.

Cooling towers transfer heat energy to the outside air through the principle of
evaporation.

Cooler is a device, container or room that cools air through the evaporation of water or
keeps cool.
Furnace means a tool for heating a continuous current of air by means of a fire
contained within the apparatus and without mingling the fresh air with the products of
combustion.

Boiler is a closed vessel in which water or other fluid is heated.

Tank is used to store process fluids of various types, under different process
conditions.

Process Flow Diagram Symbols - Valves

Gate valve is a device used to control the flow of liquids and gases.

Check valve, also known as one-way valve, is to prevent the line of medium back.

Globe valve refers to a mechanism used to control or stop the flow of liquid or gas
through a pipe.

Ball valve is a valve with a spherical disc, the part of the valve which controls the flow
through it.

Butterfly valve is installed between two flanges using a separate set of bolts for each
flange.

Angle valve is oriented at a 90 deg angle of gate valve.

Process Flow Diagram Symbols - Piping Lines


Process flow diagrams use special piping lines to represent how signals are transmitted
between equipments. These symbols are used to identify how the instruments in the
process connect to each other. And what type of signal is being used. (electrical,
pneumatic, data, etc)

All lines are fine in relation to process piping lines.

Major pipeline is for connection of the equipment in any position.

Major Straight line is sued to connect the equipment in the same horizontal or
Vertical position.
Process connection help to create the process flow between equipments. Double
click process connection to edit description.

Process Flow Diagram Symbols - Instruments


Process Flow Diagram use symbols and circles to represent each instrument and how
they are inter-connected in the process.

Users can easily change types of the instrumentation symbols by clicking the quick
action button while designing.

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