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Rule-Based Autocorrection of Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) on Graphs
Lukas Schulze Balhorn, Niels Seijsener, Kevin Dao, Minji Kim, Dominik P. Goldstein, Ge H. M. Driessen, Artur M. Schweidtmann
June 27, 2025
Abstract
A piping and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) is a central reference document in chemical process engineering. Currently, chemical engineers manually review P&IDs through visual inspection to find and rectify errors. However, engineering projects can involve hundreds to thousands of P&ID pages, creating a significant revision workload. This study proposes a rule-based method to support engineers with error detection and correction in P&IDs. The method is based on a graph representation of P&IDs, enabling automated error detection and correction, i.e., autocorrection, through rule graphs. We use our pyDEXPI Python package to generate P&ID graphs from DEXPI-standard P&IDs. In this study, we developed 33 rules based on chemical engineering knowledge and heuristics, with five selected rules demonstrated as examples. A case study on an illustrative P&ID validates the reliability and effectiveness of the rule-based autocorrection method in revising P&IDs.
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LAPSE:2025.0418v1
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Autocorrection, P&ID graphs, pyDEXPI
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Energy Systems
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Balhorn LS, Seijsener N, Dao K, Kim M, Goldstein DP, Driessen GHM, Schweidtmann AM. Rule-Based Autocorrection of Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs) on Graphs. Systems and Control Transactions 4:1656-1661 (2025) https://doi.org/10.69997/sct.150968
Author Affiliations
Balhorn LS: Process Intelligence Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Seijsener N: Fluor BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Dao K: Fluor BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kim M: Process Intelligence Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Goldstein DP: Process Intelligence Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
Driessen GHM: Fluor BV, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Schweidtmann AM: Process Intelligence Research Group, Department of Chemical Engineering, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Systems and Control Transactions
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4
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1656
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1661
Year
2025
Publication Date
2025-07-01
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https://doi.org/10.69997/sct.150968
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