Piping Design Philosophy
Piping Design Philosophy
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I would like to know if there are any tips, guidelines or suggested books for the design of pipework. I am yet to find any sort of philosophy of where to place supports/guides and of what type, other than max distance between supports to meet code requirements.
The aim is to minimise loads on the nozzle connections at the either end of the line. which is approx 80m long and enough flexibility in the routing (i think). It contains HP steam so expansions will be fairly large.
any help would be appreciated
thomas
The aim is to minimise loads on the nozzle connections at the either end of the line. which is approx 80m long and enough flexibility in the routing (i think). It contains HP steam so expansions will be fairly large.
any help would be appreciated
thomas





RE: Piping Design Philosophy
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Go here
http://pipingdesigners.com/Training.htm
and read Section III and IV.
This will give you a start, but you should also follow the advice from "C2it" to find a good Pipe Stress Engineer.
RE: Piping Design Philosophy
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Just seems strange that trial and error is the best way to proceed, especially when each analysis takes a while.
I have also studied other cases and each design strategy seems to differ. I wish it to be the optimum design and dont see any other way than putting in alot of unnessary hours to just try which is best.
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
RE: Piping Design Philosophy
Have a look at this old Eng-Tips Thread:
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Go here:
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Download the papers especially those by James O. Pennock
(e.g., Pipe Supports - Part 1 and Part 2. By: James O. Pennock)
Next: these are free downloads. Get them and read them. It is a start.
Anvil - Pipe Hanger Design
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ASME Piping Design Course Notes:
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Liquid Process Piping (US Army)
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...and for the above
Change One:
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Errata Sheet:
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Los Alamos Nation Laboratory - ASME B31.3 Process Piping Guide
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American Lifelines Alliance
Seismic Design and Retrofit of Piping Systems
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Look at this:
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Books for Sale:
ASME _ Process Piping: The Complete Guide to ASME B31.3, Third Edition, Dr. Charles Becht, IV.
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ASME - Pipe Stress Engineering,, L.C. Peng
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CASTI - Guidebook to ASME B31.3 Process Piping (Fifth edition), ISBN: 0071364714, by Glynn E. Woods, and Roy B. Baguley
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Pipe Supports - Part 1 and Part 2. By: James O. Pennock
The Piping Guide: For the Design and Drafting of Industrial Piping Systems, ByDavid R. Sherwood Dennis J. Whistance
Out of Print Books - Used Book Sites:
(NOTE: out-of-print books can be expensive and nearly all can be found on the Internet "file sharing Sites". Don't pay a lot of money for out-of-print books.)
Kellogg - Design of Piping Systems
Tube Turns - Piping Engineering (This book has the important "papers" by A.R.C.Markl)
Speilvogle - Piping Calculations Simplified (1955)
Piping and Pipe Support Systems: Design and Engineering
Paul R. Smith T. Van Laan
Piping Design Handbook, By John J. McKetta
There is a lot of guidance out there if you look for it.
Regards, John.
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John
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Good luck and enjoy!
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Cheers, Pav.