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  1. inertia1

    Mechanical Strength Allowance

    Background: The tender document/specification asked for piping with a pressure class of NP16. There are various services that shall use stainless steel 316 as the material. The spec asked for pipe/wall thicknesses for corrosion resistance and to consider the working environment of a shipyard...
  2. inertia1

    Thermal Expansion, Anchoring, Guides and Supports

    Thanks for advice so far guys. So BigInch would you advise me to actually calculate the temperature change due to solar heating for that location (which I did do once at university for solar heating systems) or would just using a conservative temperature change from day to night would be...
  3. inertia1

    Thermal Expansion, Anchoring, Guides and Supports

    Hello everyone, I am currently designing and detailing the support system for a stack of Stainless steel and GRE pipes. I have already calculated the loads and minimum support spans using the manufacturers engineering guide. The site is in Qatar experiencing an average maximum change in...
  4. inertia1

    Hi everyone, I am routing underg

    Thanks for the info. Has been helpful. I assume the line can be 'pigged' with elbows and tees etc in the line? Or does each straight run of pipe have to have the facility to be 'pigged'? So if this is case the only solution is to have either a gate or an expensive ball valve...?
  5. inertia1

    Hi everyone, I am routing underg

    Thankyou everyone for your comments and advice. I dont know if this will help but here is some more information... We have 3 compressor houses serving a ring main system, approximatley 3.5km in total lenght. Each compressor house can produce 15,000 cfm (free/unpressurised air) per comp hse 3...
  6. inertia1

    Hi everyone, I am routing underg

    Hi everyone, I am routing underground pipework for a DN350 compressed air pipeline @10-13bar. I need to install several isolation valves along its length. Firstly what type of valve would you reccomend? I have been advised that a ball valve would be most suitable, does anyone know of any...

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