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Anhydrous Ammonia Branch Line

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P1p3r

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I am connecting a new 16" anhydrous amonia line to an existing 16" anhydrous ammonia line. Is there a preference for the branch orientation? I've heard that off the side or bottom of the pipe is best. Does this have to do with the vapor/liquid phase and draining liquids?

Thanks!
 
Suction line I presume. The orientation is usually off the top or 45 deg. but really depends on where in the system the connection is going.
 
mtngreen,

no, not a suction line... the existing 16" line is about 12 meters in the air and the new 16" will go down to a level of about 5 meters. In other words, I will install a full 16" tee and block valve (see attached diagram) and travel up, then drop from 12 meters to about 5 meters to run on another set of pipe supports....
 
 http://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=280aa95d-7e22-42c4-9d7b-77c5ddc0fbd3&file=CFIndustries_NH3_line.bmp
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