MachineryProtectionSystems APISTANDARD670 FIFTHEDITION NOVEMBER2014 REAFFIRMED MARCH2022 American Petroleum Institute
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Contents Page Scope 1.1 General. 1 1.2 Alternative Designs.. 1 1.3 Conflicting Requirements.. 1 2 Normative References.. 1 3 TermsDefinitionsAcronymsandAbbreviations 3 3.1 TermsandDeinitions....... 3 3.2 AcronymsandAbbreviations26 4 General Design Specifications. 27 4.1 Component Temperature Ranges 27 4.2 Humidity.. 27 4.3 Shock 28 4.4 Chemical Resistance.... 28 4.5 Accuracy.. 28 4.6 Interchangeability 31 4.7 ScopeofSupplyandResponsibility 31 4.8Segregation.. 31 4.9SystemEnclosuresandEnvironmentalRequirements 31 4.10Power Supplies........... 4.11MachineryProtectionSystemFeatures/Functions. 35 4.12System OutputRelays 38 4.13Digital CommunicationLinks. 39 4.14SystemWiring andConduits.... 40 4.15Groundingof theMachineryProtectionSystem. 42 4.16SystemSecurity Safeguards Self-tests andDiagnostics 4.17 Reliability... 44 5 Sensors and Transducers 44 5.1 RadiaShafVibrationAxialositionPhaseReerenceeedSensingFlowandPistonod Transducers44 5.2 SeismicTransducers.. 48 5.3 Temperature Sensors. 6 Sensor and TransducerArrangements. 52 6.1 Locations and Orientation 52 6.2 Mounting....... 60 6.3 Identification ofSensorSystems....... 62 7 VibrationMonitorSystems. 7.1 General. 62 7.2 Power Supplies 64 7.3 SystemOutput Relays 64 7.4 MonitorSystems 65 7.5 Location of MonitorSystems. 8 ElectronicOverspeed DetectionSystem 71 8.1 General. 71 8.2 Accuracy. 72 Segregation 72