maximum surge pressure GRE piping
maximum surge pressure GRE piping
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Hi gents,
For a firewater main in current project the selected material is GRE. Due to the start of firewater pumps high surge pressures are developed.
In the interpretations section of ASME B31.3 it is stated that ASME B31.3 doesn't provide an allowance for surge pressure above the hydrostatic design stress for thermoplastic piping. I checked the code but nothing is mentioned for Glass fibre Reinforced Epoxy (GRE). Does somebody know if ASME or in anyother code an allowance is specified for GRE?
Thx
For a firewater main in current project the selected material is GRE. Due to the start of firewater pumps high surge pressures are developed.
In the interpretations section of ASME B31.3 it is stated that ASME B31.3 doesn't provide an allowance for surge pressure above the hydrostatic design stress for thermoplastic piping. I checked the code but nothing is mentioned for Glass fibre Reinforced Epoxy (GRE). Does somebody know if ASME or in anyother code an allowance is specified for GRE?
Thx





RE: maximum surge pressure GRE piping
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