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.

With large pre-drawn examples and more than 5000 symbols, drawing couldn't be
easier! Click here to know more about process flow diagram symbols.
Process and Instrumentation Symbols - Equipment

Pumps and tanks come in a variety of designs and shapes. Learn the basic
knowlegde about piping and instrumentation diagram.

Pump is a mechanical device 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.

Centrifugal pump is rotodynamic pump that uses a revolving impeller to add to

the force and pressure of fluids.

Gear pump provides continuous, non-pulsing flow making it ideal in chemical

installations.

Sump pump is widely used to remove accumulated water from a sump pit or other
location.

Vacuum pump is applied to improve the efficiency of steam heating systems in

many ways. The most important consideration is the rapid and efficient removal.

Screw pump is the Archimedes screw pump that is still used in irrigation and
agricultural applications.
Tank is for storing process fluids of various types, under different process
conditions.

Onion tank refers to an open top collapsible bladder designed for use as a mobile
storage solution when recovering contaminants.

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.

Axial compressor is widely used in gas turbines, such as jet engines, high speed
ship engines and small scale power stations.

Reciprocation compressor is typically used where high compression ratios are

required per stage without high flow rates, and the process fluid is relatively dry.

Rotary compressor is a type of gas compressor which uses a rotary type positive
displacement mechanism.

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

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

Heat exchanger is a device 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 air cool.

Turbine driver is used to drive pumps and fans at petrochemical plants.

Furnace is a device 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.

Oil burner is engineered from the ground up exclusively to burn waste oils.

Automatic stoker is applied to supply hot water to central heating systems.

Plate tower is used extensively in many processes and industrial applications.

Packed tower is a type of packed bed used to perform separation processes.

Elevator is used to control the position of the nose of the aircraft and the angle of
attack of the wing.

Mixing reactor is widely used in the chemical industry to promote mixing.

Process and Instrumentation 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 is 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 an angle of 90 deg of gate valve.

Process and Instrumentation 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 to be fine in relation to process piping lines.

Major pipeline is used to connect 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 and Instrumentation Symbols - Instruments

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

These instrumentation symbols can easily change in types by clicking the quick
action button while designing.

With large pre-drawn examples and more than 5000 symbols, drawing couldn't be
easier! Click here to learn more about Process and Instrument Diagram Symbols.
Process Flow Diagram Symbols
Pre-drawn process flow diagram symbols represent indicator, odometer, pressure
gauge, thermometer, etc. These symbols help create accurate diagrams and
documentation.

Edraw process flow diagram templates provide you plenty of instrument shapes,
indicator, odometer, pressure gauge, flowmeter, thermometer, shared indicator,
temp transmitter, temp recorder, temp controller, flow indicator, flow transmitter,
flow recorder, flow controller, level indicator, etc.

Process Flow Diagram Symbols - Equipment

Process Flow Diagram Shapes

Indicator is a thing that indicates the state or level of something.

Thermomter is an instrument for measuring and indicating temperature.

Flow transmitter is a device used as a means of measuring the flow of a specific

substance, usually liquid, through a series of pipelines or tubing.
Pressure transmitter is used to measure pressure, typically of gases or liquids.

Pressure recorder, as its name implies, is used to record the pressure.

Process Flow Diagram Symbols - Valves

Gate valve is a valve with a sliding part that controls the extent of the aperture.

Globe valve is a linear motion valve and are primarily designed to stop, start and
regulate flow.

Needle valve has a slender, tapered point at the end of the valve stem that is
lowered through the seat to restrict or block flow.
Control valve is the valve used to control conditions such as flow, pressure,
temperature, liquid level, etc.

Angle valve is a fluid regulating device that is used in plumbing and industry.

Relief valve (RV) is a type of valve used to control or limit the pressure in a system
or vessel.

Bleeder valve works by releasing air, or gas through a valve opening to reduce the
built up pressure inside a tank or remove excess air or gas in a system.

Process Flow Diagram Symbols - Piping and Connection Shapes

Flange is a projecting flat rim, collar, or rib on an object, serving for strengthening
or attachment or (on a wheel) for maintaining position on a rail.

Reducer is the component in a pipeline that reduces the pipe size from a larger to a
smaller bore (inner diameter).

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