Selection of pipe going fron river to cooling tower.
Selection of pipe going fron river to cooling tower.
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Hi Everybody,please i have a question,do any body know the best kind of pipe (PVC;STEAL,fiber) for construction of pipline from river to cooling tower?
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RE: Selection of pipe going fron river to cooling tower.
Since you mentioned river,I take it that water will not be saline so galvanised pipe also can be used.
If budget allows, FRP would be the best choice I feel.
RE: Selection of pipe going fron river to cooling tower.
RE: Selection of pipe going fron river to cooling tower.
If you're 4" to 20" in diameter and underground, HDPE is probably the best choice. It's corrosion resistant and cheap to install if you have an experienced installer with the right equipment. I assume you'll have fairly low pump heads imposing internal pressure on the pipe.
Above ground, you can get into either FRP, carbon steel, or galvanized carbon steel, depending upon water quality, economics related to the diameter and distance, etc.
I'd only consider PVC in small diameters
RE: Selection of pipe going fron river to cooling tower.
Unless someone can offer some practical answers to the above, I would not contemplate galvanized pipe for this application. The only place I've ever used hot-dipped galvanization is on piping exposed to corrosion externally - such as from exposure to sea water atmosphere. An that has been in exposed, above-ground installations where one can visually inspect and coat/paint the inherent flaws that always appear in any galvanization application sooner-or-later.