August 2000

Process Industry Practices

Process Control

PIP PCEPA001
Process Analyzer System Engineering Guidelines
 PURPOSE AND USE OF PROCESS INDUSTRY PRACTICES

In an effort to minimize the cost of process industry facilities, this Practice has
been prepared from the technical requirements in the existing standards of major
industrial users, contractors, or standards organizations. By harmonizing these
technical requirements into a single set of Practices, administrative, application, and
engineering costs to both the purchaser and the manufacturer should be reduced. While
this Practice is expected to incorporate the majority of requirements of most users,
individual applications may involve requirements that will be appended to and take
precedence over this Practice. Determinations concerning fitness for purpose and
particular matters or application of the Practice to particular project or engineering
situations should not be made solely on information contained in these materials. The
use of trade names from time to time should not be viewed as an expression of
preference but rather recognized as normal usage in the trade. Other brands having the
same specifications are equally correct and may be substituted for those named. All
Practices or guidelines are intended to be consistent with applicable laws and
regulations including OSHA requirements. To the extent these Practices or guidelines
should conflict with OSHA or other applicable laws or regulations, such laws or
regulations must be followed. Consult an appropriate professional before applying or
acting on any material contained in or suggested by the Practice.

This Practice is subject to revision at any time by the responsible Function Team
and will be reviewed every 5 years. This Practice will be revised, reaffirmed, or
withdrawn. Information on whether this Practice has been revised may be found at
http://www.pipdocs.org.

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University of Texas at Austin, 3208 Red River Street, Suite 300, Austin,
Texas 78705. PIP member companies and subscribers may copy this Practice
for their internal use.

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 August 2000

Process Industry Practices

Process Control

PIP PCEPA001
Process Analyzer System Engineering Guidelines
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Purpose ............................................ 2
General Comments.................................... 2
Specific Comments.................................... 2

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PIP PCEPA001
Process Analyzer System Engineering Guidelines August 2000

Purpose
PIP recommends the use of International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) Technical
Report TR 61831, On-Line Analyser Systems - Guide to Design and Installation as
PIP PCEPA001, Process Analyzer System Engineering Guidelines, with the following
additional comments:

General Comments
1. This Practice is a guide—not a standard.
2. Any conflict between guidelines in this Practice and other practices, codes, and
standards shall be brought to the attention of the companies involved for
resolution.
3. No effort has been made to harmonize terms or spelling between this Practice
and other PIP analyzer documents.

Specific Comments
Page and section numbers outlined below refer to IEC TR 61831.
1. Page 45, Section 3.81 – Normal practice would limit the over pressure to a
total pressure of 50 Pa instead of 2 to 5 mbar.
2. Page 59, Section 3.9.7, final paragraph – The certification Ex “p” is not
recognized in the National Electric Code (NEC) Division System of
Classification.
3. Page 61, Section 4.1, final paragraph – PIP PCTPA001, Process Analyzer
System Acceptance Testing, shall be used for sample system physical
inspection.
4. Page 65, Section 4.4 (f) – The analyzer and laboratory process sample point
may be combined and the sample system shall be designed to prevent low flow
when both are in use.
5. Page 67, Section 4.5, paragraph 7 – The sample to the analyzer should
normally be filtered. The type of filter chosen is a function of sample system
design.
6. Page 71, Section 4.8, final paragraph – Pressure relief valves should be
included in the system design if required to prevent the fluid pressure from
rising to a value that would cause analyzer system hardware failure, resulting
in a loss of fluid containment.
7. Page 73, Section 4.10.1, paragraph 3 – Following the first process take-off
valve, instrumentation tubing specifications are commonly used for sample
transport including analyzer fast loops and analyzer flows.

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