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  1. STYMIEDPIPER

    field engineering for piping erection at petrochemical plants.!!

    pennpiper and Leonardobetta's comment "Such questions without details will have useless answers" are dead on bullseye. The initial inquiry posting is too broad to offer a meaningful and specific response. Obviously, there are many factors that contribute to the complexity of the piping...
  2. STYMIEDPIPER

    Fluid Fittings 37 Degree

    Locate an Aeroquip, Parker, or other fluid fittings catalog. The catalogs usually have a pictorial explanation of the different fittings that you have identified in your post.
  3. STYMIEDPIPER

    Stub Up Location Accuracy

    It appears that the installation contractor had a bad measurement or the benchmark coordinates were incorrect. Usually my firm will add an additional 6 - 12 inch length to piping spools in the X & Y pipe runs for contractor to cut to suit the desired dimension/ location. On occasion, due to...
  4. STYMIEDPIPER

    FRP PIPE SPECIFICATION

    A client's specification regarding FRP pipe and fittings reference requirement for DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry)testing. First time I have encountered such testing requirement. Is this test common or some rarely used test?? Appreciate any comments and thank you for your attention...
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    FRP PIPE SPECIFICATION

    A client's specification regarding FRP pipe and fittings reference requirement for DSC (Differential Scanning Calorimetry)testing. First time I have encountered such testing requirement. Is this test common or some rarely used test?? Appreciate any comments and thank you for your attention...
  6. STYMIEDPIPER

    use pipeshoes in bridges?

    I recently worked on a project at a tank farm. The client took a proactive approach and requested all pipes on the bridge to have pipe shoes (both insulated and non-insulated headers). The reason for this approach was that the product stored and distributed changed periodically per market...
  7. STYMIEDPIPER

    Black powder in NG pipework

    Although I am not involved in the gas industry, I found the article referenced by vzeos very interesting and informative. I was intrigued by the MIC. The description of the chemical analysis was a bit out of my league,however this is Good reading for all the pipers.
  8. STYMIEDPIPER

    Has anyone had a serious look at this: Burning saline to generate heat

    maybe he needs to test the water in his canal to see what is in it--maybe there is some unique chemical leaking into the canal that he is not aware of!!
  9. STYMIEDPIPER

    316L Passivation

    kenvlach Very good article that you have referenced.
  10. STYMIEDPIPER

    Dirty Wire Mesh Pad - Thoughts on Design

    Each time I have a question regarding pressure drops across a filter I usually contact the vendor. The sales engineer usually knows this type of information when asked. The sales engineer can convey what other users of the equipment have done to improve the life of the item (in this case a...
  11. STYMIEDPIPER

    Convert lux to w/m2

    mechanicblues It appears that your question cannot be answered by a single conversion equation between lux and watt/meter2 The following is an excerpt from Reference.com Relationship between illuminance and power "Like all photometric units, the lux has a corresponding "radiometric" unit. The...
  12. STYMIEDPIPER

    Acid pipeline (Polypropylene lined) leak detection

    widla I 'googled' helium leak testing and found the web sites interesting. I have attached a site which explains about the 'over-pressure' and the 'vacuum spray' tests. Have you tried both types of tests and which one do you currently use to test your acid piping...
  13. STYMIEDPIPER

    ALVENIUS PIPE SYSTEM

    JohnBreen Was a web site to be listed in your post I failed to see the web site that you had mentioned. Hence, I located this one which may offer the information required by NAITSABES www.alvenius.com
  14. STYMIEDPIPER

    How to join 2 well pump pipes?

    WHY ARE YOU REPLACING THE TEE?? Did the tee fail or are you attempting to correct a flow issue?? If you are replacing the tee due to flow issues than you need to adhere to the advise of the other responses and review the entire distribution piping. Do not use a 'band-aid' approach for a...
  15. STYMIEDPIPER

    316L Passivation

    Contact 'Solvay Interox' a large chemical supplier of hydrogen peroxide to the steel industry for passivation purposes. They can furnish a wealth of information regarding passivation using hydrogen peroxide. It has been many years since I had contact with them but they were very helpful in...
  16. STYMIEDPIPER

    Insulate pipe rack

    BigInch Is an 8 ft dia pipe underground with mulpiple headers located inside considered a 'pipe rack'? My experience has been with pipe racks above ground.
  17. STYMIEDPIPER

    Insulate pipe rack

    You are creating a maintenance nightmare. Image at some future date, plant personnel attempting to 'walk down' a specific line to add a new tap or branch connection. Nearly impossible. We have all walked down a line in a plant when the lines are individually insulated. At some plants it is...
  18. STYMIEDPIPER

    316L Passivation

    Review the following website http://www.delstar.com/passivating.htm
  19. STYMIEDPIPER

    Software Recommendation

    Recommend that you contact the local reps in your area for the two software packages. Perhaps other vendors per recommendations per the responses to your post. Most software packages have a full or partial access tutorial which will allow you the opportunity use the features of the program...
  20. STYMIEDPIPER

    Need Valve Recommendation

    Look at Flow-tek ball valves http://www.flow-tek.com/ you may consider a handwheel on the 3 inch valves if they are difficult to open/close with lever.

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