Aeration Piping Question
Aeration Piping Question
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I'm running a pipeline from blowers with a discharge pressure of 10 psig to an aerated cell roughly 30 ft away. I intend on using carbon steel pipe, but wondering about the schedule. Can schedule 10 CS piping be used?





RE: Aeration Piping Question
Sch 10 may not be as readily available as other pipe. You only need a small quantity. More supports may be required. Service life will also be less (exterior corrosion).
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Blower droplegs are usually PVC or Stainless Steel because of corrosion concerns.
Don't see any benefit in your case for accepting carbon steel. You paid for stainless and a contractor typically will not give you full value back on a change order. Sch 10 is also acceptable for stainless steel because stainless steel will not corrode like carbon steel does. for that reason, the equivalent pipe to sch 10 stainless steel is sch 40 carbon steel.
RE: Aeration Piping Question
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RE: Aeration Piping Question
You (and the owner) have little to gain and-potentially-lots to lose by accepting CS instead of SS w/o making sure that the risks are addressed.