Compressed Air System - Pipe Material To Be Used?

[moeg]

Hi,

What is the Piping material to be used in a burried compressed air system?

i am using GI, is it Acceptable?

Best Regards,

 

[zdas04]

If I can assume that "GI" does not mean "government issue" and does mean "Galvanized Iron" then I'll have to say "ID" (you don't have to guess, I mean "It Depends", but random acronyms are rarely a good idea). It depends on:
[ul]
[li]Is the air properly dehydrated?[/li]
[li]Is the piping going to be externally coated?[/li]
[li]Is the piping mission critical (i.e., what is the actual impact of an outage)?[/li]
[/ul]

In other words, it depends on the level of corrosion risk that you can tolerate.

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering

In questions of science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual. Galileo Galilei, Italian Physicist

 

[rconnor]

Acceptable? – Most likely. I don’t know your location but I’m unaware of any regulation that would prohibit it.
Ideal? – Not really. Corrosion is an issue. As zdas04 said, it all depends on the corrosion risk you can tolerate.

Two more things to consider
[ul 1][li]If you don’t sufficiently dry your air, water will collect in the underground line. The corrosion issue can be both external and internal.[/li]
[li]Underground leaks are tough to identify and costly to fix (most plants have a hard enough time addressing their above ground, blow-your-hair-as-you-walk-by leaks).[/li][/ul]

 

[LittleInch]

Also GI implies screwed connections / joints as you can't weld it. Screwed connections are normally not good news in buried systems.

As it is buried why not use PE or some other form of plastic?

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