• API 552 : 1994

    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

    TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS

    Available format(s):  Hardcopy, PDF

    Superseded date:  28-06-2021

    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-10-1994

    Publisher:  American Petroleum Institute

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    1 Scope
    2 References
    3 General
    3.1 Advantages of transmitted signals
    3.2 Design considerations for transmission systems
    3.3 Electronic
    3.4 Pneumatic
    3.5 Fiber optics
    3.6 Digital field bus
    4 General information on electronic systems
    4.1 General
    4.2 Standard electronic signal ranges
    4.3 Regulatory codes and recommended practices
    5 Reducing electrical interference in electronic
           systems
    5.1 Sources of electrical interference
    5.2 Minimizing unwanted voltages in signal
           transmission circuits
    5.3 Instruments to be interconnected
    6 Engineering factors in selection of wire types
           for electronic systems
    6.1 Process controls with milliampere signals
    6.2 Process controls with voltage signals
    6.3 Digital communications signals
    6.4 Process control low energy/voltage sensors
    6.5 Process control with pulse output meters
    6.6 Low-impedance sensors to computers
    6.7 Turbine meters
    6.8 Magnetic-flow transmitters
    7 Specifications for wires and cables in electronic
           systems
    7.1 Wire size
    7.2 Stranded wire
    7.3 Insulation
    7.4 Temperature rating
    7.5 Overall jacket
    7.6 Shielding
    7.7 Number of crossovers
    7.8 Wire and pair identification
    7.9 Communication wires
    7.10 Lightning protection
    8 Typical applications of wire types used in
           electronic systems
    9 Guidelines for separation of wires in electronic
           systems
    9.1 Similar signal levels
    9.2 Signal and power wiring
    9.3 Proximity to AC fields
    10 Effect of transmission distance on electronic
           signal installations
    11 High temperature areas
    12 General information on installation methods for
           electronic systems
    13 Installation of trays for electronic systems
    13.1 Locations and advantages
    13.2 Description
    14 Installation of raceways in electronic systems
    14.1 General
    14.2 Aboveground installations
    14.3 Underground installations
    14.4 Routing
    15 Messenger cable
    16 Surge protection for cables in electronic systems
    16.1 General
    16.2 Types of electrical surges
    16.3 Types of protective devices
    16.4 Selection and installation of surge protection
           devices
    17 Wiring for field mounted process instruments
    17.1 Leakage of process fluid
    17.2 Moisture
    17.3 Temperature
    17.4 Typical wiring practice
    17.5 Factory sealed enclosures
    17.6 Non-incendive design (division 2), intrinsically
           safe design (division 1), purged enclosures, and
           MI cable installations
    17.7 Drainage requirements
    17.8 Other seal requirements
    18 Junction boxes
    18.1 Use of boxes
    18.2 Factors in box selection
    18.3 Box design
    18.4 Interior color
    18.5 Mounting of boxes
    18.6 Mounting of terminal strips
    18.7 Ground continuity for shields
    19 Control room wiring
    19.1 General
    19.2 Field wiring terminations
    19.3 Other control wiring
    19.4 Precautions for power supply wiring
    20 Installation of grounding for electronic systems
    20.1 General
    20.2 Definition of terms
    20.3 Quality of instrument-circuit ground systems
    20.4 Testing of grounds
    20.5 Ground electrodes
    20.6 Grounding of transmission circuits
    20.7 Grounding of cable shields
    20.8 Grounding of DES termination room and control
           panelboards
    20.9 DES and panelboard ground buses
    20.10 Grounding of instrument cases
    20.11 Grounding of conduits and wireways
    20.12 Grounding considerations where cathodic
           protection is used
    21 General information on pneumatic systems
    21.1 Scope
    21.2 Air supply systems
    21.3 Pneumatic transmission systems
    22 Installation of pneumatic systems
    22.1 General
    22.2 Field-routed tubing installations
    22.3 Junction box
    22.4 Transmission tubing installations
    23 Cleaning and pressure testing of pneumatic tubing
    23.1 General
    23.2 Cleaning
    23.3 Pressure and leak testing
    23.4 Processing plant installations
    23.5 Collection points
    23.6 Transmission tubing
    Appendix A - Abbreviations used in figures
    Figures
    1 Vertical tray
    2 Vertically mounted long span tray
    3 Typical application and location of lightning
           protective devices
    4 Typical installation of lightning protective
           device for personnel safety at one end of a
           signal pair
    5 Typical three-terminal gas-filled gap arrester
           and diode shunt lightning protector
    6 Typical carbon air gap and diode shunt on A-C
           signal transmission
    7 Typical junction box
    8 Panelboard wiring terminating field wiring at
           instruments
    9 Panelboard wiring terminating field wiring at
           panel-mounted junction box
    10 Panelboard wiring terminating field wiring at
           separate junction box
    11 Computer floors
    12 Single-point ground scheme
    13 Total single-point ground scheme
    14 Ground electrode for one low-conductivity soil
           condition
    15 Panelboard grounding
    16 Air supply piping for field instrument
    17 Instrument air supply system with standby
           compressor and optional plant air backup
    18 Instrument air supply system from plant air with
           instrument air standby as air backup
    19 Instrument air supply system using a centrifugal
           compressor
    20 Typical instrument air supply and subheader
           piping
    21 Methods of supporting single tubes and tubing
           bundles at the processing unit
    22 Enclosed junction box configurations
    Tables
    1 Specific applications with wiring requirements,
           wire type, and environment
    2 Power level classification
    3 Wire separation
    4 Types of wire or cable for signal transmission
    5 Guidelines for grouping wires bearing signals of
           the same magnitude
    6 Resistance of copper wire - per conductor
    7 Line sizing guide for pipe headers

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    Examines the recommended practices for the installation of electronic and pneumatic measurement and control-signal transmission systems.

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    Development Note Supersedes API 550 PT1 SEC7 (07/2002)
    Document Type Standard
    Product Note This product is unavailable in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria
    Publisher American Petroleum Institute
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

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