BS 6739:2009
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Code of practice for instrumentation in process control systems: installation design and practice
Hardcopy , PDF
31-10-2024
English
31-12-2008
Foreword
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms, definitions and abbreviations
3.1 Terms and definitions
3.2 Abbreviations
4 Personnel safety
4.1 General
4.2 Responsibilities
4.3 Permit-to-work
4.4 Work equipment
4.5 Personal protective equipment
4.6 Lifting and handling operations
4.7 Working at height
4.8 Safe access and egress
4.9 Safety signs and signals
4.10 Materials, dust and escaping
fumes, gases and process fluids
giving rise to fire, asphyxiation, toxic
or explosion hazard
4.11 Physical agents
4.12 Work in confined spaces
4.13 Pressure equipment
4.14 Work on or with electrical systems
and equipment
4.15 Potentially explosive atmospheres
4.16 Ionizing radiation and radioactive substances
4.17 Working with display screens
4.18 Work on construction sites
5 Instrumentation in hazardous areas
5.1 Classification of hazardous areas and selection
of instrumentation
5.2 Electrical apparatus
5.3 Batteries, power packs and portable
electrical equipment
5.4 Non-electrical equipment
6 Documentation
7 Process sensors and measuring devices
7.1 Flow
7.2 Pressure
7.3 Temperature
7.4 Level
7.5 Mechanical measurements
7.6 Weighing machines
7.7 Density measurement
7.8 Multivariable transmitters/controllers
7.9 Quality measuring instruments
7.10 Fibre optic instrumentation
8 Communication
8.1 SMART instrumentation
8.2 Security of communications
8.3 Wireless instruments
8.4 Fibre optic device communication
8.5 Modems
9 Pollution prevention and control
9.1 General
9.2 Stack emissions to air
9.3 Monitoring discharges to water and sewer
9.4 Energy efficiency
9.5 Electromagnetic compatibility (EMC)
9.6 Waste from electrical and electronic
equipment (WEEE)
9.7 Restricted substances
9.8 Batteries (including battery packs,
button cells and accumulators)
10 Regulating devices
10.1 Mechanical protection
10.2 Pre-installation checks
10.3 Control valve installations
10.4 Access for testing and maintenance
10.5 Environmental protection
10.6 Piping
10.7 Control valve bodies
10.8 Control valve actuators
10.9 Auxiliary equipment
10.10 Variable speed drive (VSD) systems
11 Pneumatic and hydraulic supply systems
11.1 General
11.2 Pneumatic supply systems
11.3 Hydraulic supply systems
12 Safety-related instrumentation
12.1 General safety compliance
12.2 Installation and commissioning planning
12.3 Safety function proof testing
12.4 Redundancy
12.5 Cabling and piping
12.6 Identification
13 Control room, associated equipment
rooms and electronic systems
13.1 General
13.2 Location and environment
13.3 Earthing
13.4 Electrical power supplies
13.5 Protection
13.6 Data transmission systems
13.7 Field equipment
13.8 Testing and commissioning
14 Instrument piping and tubing
14.1 General
14.2 Air supply piping
14.3 Transmission/signal tubing
14.4 Process impulse piping
14.5 Piping and tubing supports
15 Instrument cabling
15.1 General
15.2 Cable classification
15.3 Signal cables
15.4 Temperature signal cables
15.5 Coaxial cables
15.6 Fibre optic cables
15.7 Fieldbus cabling
15.8 Information technology cabling
15.9 Fire and gas detection equipment
cabling
15.10 Safety-related system cabling
15.11 Mineral insulated copper cables (MICC)
15.12 Cable routing
15.13 Cable separation
15.14 Instrument cable installation
15.15 Junctions and terminations
15.16 Cable tray and supports
15.17 Cable trenches
15.18 Cable marking
15.19 Panel wiring
16 Earthing
16.1 General
16.2 Design considerations
16.3 Control room and associated rooms
16.4 Control centre earthing
16.5 Cable earthing
16.6 Field-mounted instrument enclosures
16.7 Instrument cable racks, trays and
conduit
16.8 Installation guidance
16.9 Conformity to design
17 Electrical power supply systems
17.1 General
17.2 Power supply categories
17.3 Design considerations
17.4 Power supply sizing
17.5 Supply protection and isolation
17.6 Intrinsically safe power supplies
18 Installation
18.1 Installation and documentation
18.2 Installation drawings
18.3 Instrument protection and storage
18.4 Instrument mounting and accessibility
19 Testing and verification
19.1 Responsibility for testing and approval
19.2 Testing before commissioning
19.3 Software
19.4 Inspection upon receipt
19.5 Pre-installation testing
19.6 Pressure testing of instrument piping
and tubing
19.7 Testing of instrument cables
19.8 Pre-commissioning (including loop
testing)
19.9 Check sheets
20 Commissioning and acceptance
20.1 Commissioning
20.2 Acceptance
Annexes
Annex A (informative) - Guidance on legislation
Annex B (informative) - List of test and calibration equipment
Annex C (informative) - Guidance on information to be included
on calibration and commissioning
documentation
Bibliography
Provides recommendations for, and guidance on, the design for the installation of instrumentation of measurement and control systems in the process industry, and the implementation and commissioning of this installation.
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GEL/65
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DevelopmentNote |
Supersedes BS 6739(1986). (12/2008)
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DocumentType |
Standard
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Pages |
282
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PublisherName |
British Standards Institution
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Superseded
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Supersedes |
This British Standard gives recommendations for, and guidance on, the design for the installation of instrumentation of measurement and control systems in the process industry, and the implementation and commissioning of this installation. It is intended to be used as a manual of good practice on the site and also to assist those who design the installation.
NOTE The recommendations given in this British Standard are based on the assumption that all instruments will have been specified and all instrument panels will have been designed.
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