piping material estimation in PRELIMINARY PHASE

[energeng]

Hello,

I would like to know if anyone knows a method to estimate the piping material in project in the preliminary phase, with the P&IDs and simple Layouts. Could you recomend me some bibliography?

Thanks in advance.

 

[pennpiper]

I suggest you go here:

http://pipingdesigners.com/Tools - section 8.htm

The bottom two items are first an instruction sheet and second an excel spread sheet tool to do exactly what you are asking for. Simple and fast!


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[zdas04]

You really should specify fluid and flow rate in a question like that. If you are talking about a million barrels a day of sea water you are in a different set of materials than if you're talking about 2 MCF/day of sweet natural gas.


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MuleShoe Engineering

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