Hello All:
Thanks for all your responses. Just for clarification, I fully agree with Edward Klein and cb4 that this forum is not meant for free advise or that matters of safety in design should not be taken over the internet.
Two reasons why I posted this
a) To get the appropriate...
MJC: Thanks for your reply. My pipe is rated to handle fluids upto 170 F (77 C). Any opinions on whether the temperature will make that much of a change?
TD2K: No lsthill has not yet given me the reference to check it. However, I am hoping that sombody here will have the judgement to say that if this pipe is rated to handle a differntial of 69 bar (i.e. 70 bar internal minus 1 bar external) then it would be rated to handle a differential of -1...
I am talking of pipe under internal pressure. The fluid inside will be at a pressure of 70 bar while the external pressure is 1 bar (atmospheric). The vacuum will be experienced inside the pipe and I want to know if the external pressure 1 bar will crush the pipe.
Is schedule 80 piping rated for vacuum service? I have a drawing with the following pipe number 10"-PL-083005-80-C. This pipe is rated for atleast 70 bar of internal pressure. However, I am encountering a situation where this pipe could see vacuum as well. Is it rated to vacuum such...
