Thanks for all the great advice and replies. I am gathering from most of you that if it isn't specifically required from the vendor documents, it's pointless because 3 diameters wouldn't settle the turbulence down enough to make a difference (which makes a lot of sense). I will probably take it...
Gator, I have never read it in a vendor supplied document before. I am getting this "practice" from the quote of the book mentioned in DGrayPPD's reply.
Hello all. This is my first question posted and it's probably something that varies with each situation, but is there a standard requirement for pipe diameters up and downstream of control valves? I have a
3" line that drops approximately 15' down from a pipe rack and am leaving 3 diameters of...