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    FDA Guidelines for Inspection

    This is quite a difficult one to answer without additional information as to the exact application, environment, materials and risk to the product. In general a good reference document is the ISPE Baseline Vol 1. Guideline for new facilities, Bulk Pharmaceutical Chemicals. See www.ispe.org for...
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    Passivation

    Ultimately they will be welded into the loop, if they were passivated offline there would be a requirement for a final passivation once they were welded in place. Regards Daragh
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    Passivation

    Many thanks. The pipes will be capped and purged when in situ. The environmental conditions are indoor in dry hot service voids any from aggressive / corrosive vapours. Regards Daragh
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    Passivation

    I am extending the purified water loop on a site. My plan is to fabricate up the various spools in-situ and tie them into the loop at a later date. My question is this. Is it acceptable to fabricate these spools now and leave them sit for a couple of months without passivation. What are the...
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    Websites or books on pharmaceutical engineering

    The following 2 websites are quite good. www.picscheme.org www.ipse.org PS Joining the IPSE will also include access to "Pharmaceutical Engineering" magazine. Good Luck Daragh
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    UV Intensity Meter Calibration

    Your right, I believe that this is an extremely difficult problem. I have spent the past number of weeks contacting suppliers about calibrating these sensors and have received no definitive answer. Therefore I am putting forward the following logic argument for not calibrating the UV sensors and...
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    FAT procedure for hygienic vessels

    This thread seens to have died off. However to answer the last question. Riboflavin is relatively easy to find as it is Vitamin B2. Observed under UV light it glows Green Florescent
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    Rupture Disc for Hot WFI storage tank

    Hi, All the above replies sound good. I can only add the following Fit a heat tracing mechanism onto the vent filter housing to stop condensation blocking the filter and causing a loss of filter integrity during periods of vacuum / high differential pressures. Have a mechanism in place to...
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    BPE-2002 vs 3-A

    I personally have used the 2 sets of standards within my work. I find that that the BPE is most applicable for welding, piping, tank design and pumps. While the 3A standards are excellent for gasket and seal specification, heat exchangers etc. Hope this helps.
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    UV Intensity Meter Calibration

    We operate a 4 lamp UV disinfection unit on our purified water distribution loop. During a 3rd party audit we were requested to calibrate the UV intensity meter and duty hour totaliser on the unit. I have a number of questions regarding this: 1) Does anybody currently calibrate their duty hour...
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    ZDT, ZDL Valve P&ID Symbols

    Thanks Sounds Logical.
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    Plate and Frame Heat Exchanger for Purified Water

    HI all It’s a difficult one alright, the opinion seems to divided USA (Shell & Tube) / Europe (Plate & Frame). Anyway I've gone ahead and purchased a double walled plate & frame H/X. It will be used on a purified water loop, providing normal operations temperature control and thermal...
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    ZDT, ZDL Valve P&ID Symbols

    Hello All, Quick question. Does anyone know if there are specific P&ID symbols for Zero Dead Leg valves or does the normal diaphragm valve symbol suffice? Regards Daragh
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    Design of overflow drainer for deionized water tank

    Hi all, I agree, a U bend overflow poses too many problems in terms of contamination. We have a similar set up to the one described by PauloRibeiro. The only additional comments that I can state are as follows: 1)A level transmitter could be used instead of level switches it is less intrusive...
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    Feed to 2 purified water storage tanks.

    Hi PauloRibeiro The 1st tank will feed USP grade purified water to production and the laboratories. The 2nd tank feeds a WFI still and 2 PSGs. Since these are purification systems in their own right they do not have to be feed with USP grade water. For this water I can generate my own in-house...

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