Compressed Air System - Pipe Material To Be Used?
Compressed Air System - Pipe Material To Be Used?
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Hi,
What is the Piping material to be used in a burried compressed air system?
i am using GI, is it Acceptable?
Best Regards,
What is the Piping material to be used in a burried compressed air system?
i am using GI, is it Acceptable?
Best Regards,





RE: Compressed Air System - Pipe Material To Be Used?
- Is the air properly dehydrated?
- Is the piping going to be externally coated?
- Is the piping mission critical (i.e., what is the actual impact of an outage)?
In other words, it depends on the level of corrosion risk that you can tolerate.David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering
In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist
RE: Compressed Air System - Pipe Material To Be Used?
Ideal? – Not really. Corrosion is an issue. As zdas04 said, it all depends on the corrosion risk you can tolerate.
Two more things to consider
RE: Compressed Air System - Pipe Material To Be Used?
As it is buried why not use PE or some other form of plastic?
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