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  1. fmanzanilla

    Absorption Column - Wet Insulation

    Hey guys, I thought I may pick your brains on this sticky issue. Background: 19 m tall, 2 m ID, insulated trayed column. Operates at a steady -70 degC with rare trips to -10 degC. A couple of months ago ice started forming around several locations of the column and associated piping. This has...
  2. fmanzanilla

    Mean Diameter Formula for HP pipelines

    Hello Everyone, I'm trying to calculate the minimum wall thickness for specially manufactured high pressure pipelines using the "mean diameter formula" (according to manufacturer specs), which to my knowledge is: Bursting Pressure = 2(Ultimate Tensile Strength)(OD-ID)/(OD+ID) The thing is...
  3. fmanzanilla

    British Standard Pressure Piping

    Hello Everyone, I was wondering if anyone knows of a 'British Standard' design, construction, examination and testing code for pressure piping, which might be or have been an equivalent of ASME B31.3. I'm looking at a high pressure piping system built by the british ICI 25 years ago. Any...

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