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    PipeLines - Remaining Life Assessment

    Thanks for your inputs. Really appreciate that. To answer SJohns question, the potential candidate pipe for re-use is already in same service. The current CA/year can be calculated from the number of years in service. For future i will get an idea from the Client's Pre-engineered piping...
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    PipeLines - Remaining Life Assessment

    Hello, My client is available with more than 1000 Meters of NPS 42 & NPS 36 pipelines designed and constructed per ASME B31.4. Client would like to salvage and re-use these section for another similar services. Future Service is recycle cooling water (less erosive, non-corrosive). As a start...
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    Thermal Expansion of underground cross-country pipelines

    Sorry for late reply. This is actually a very general question in regards to movement of DITBIT (Diluted Bitumen), in areas where the ambient temperature drop below - 29 degree C during extreme cold (i.e., Northern USA or Southern Canada) or vice versa. With building expansion loops for...
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    Thermal Expansion of underground cross-country pipelines

    Would appreciate your help on below question: How we can compensate thermal expansion/contraction of cross-country pipelines, 1) when right-of-way is ALSO one of the constraints and 2) When there is no right-of-way limitation. Is there a way to compensate through installation of expansion...

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