Tracing pipes material
Tracing pipes material
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Dear colleagues,
We are designing a 8" pipe that needs to be steam traced (low pressure steam 4 barg). The specification of the pipe is ASTM A-312 Type 304 (stainless steel).
According to the customer specification all the tracing tubes should be done in 1/2" 150# carbon steel (ASTM A-53 Gr.B Type S).
The mounting procedure specifies that spacers should be installed to guarantee no contact between both pipes.
All this makes sense to me, but I would like to know your views about this question and whether there are any cases in which tracing should be done with stainless steel pipes)
Cheers
We are designing a 8" pipe that needs to be steam traced (low pressure steam 4 barg). The specification of the pipe is ASTM A-312 Type 304 (stainless steel).
According to the customer specification all the tracing tubes should be done in 1/2" 150# carbon steel (ASTM A-53 Gr.B Type S).
The mounting procedure specifies that spacers should be installed to guarantee no contact between both pipes.
All this makes sense to me, but I would like to know your views about this question and whether there are any cases in which tracing should be done with stainless steel pipes)
Cheers





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Regards,
SNORGY.
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One should be very careful trying to reinvent the wheel. You probably cannot improve on it.
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On lower required temperatures we use SS tubing installed with Swagelok fittings. Our higher temperature lines are traced using the CSI ControTrace system.
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