hydrostatic test for pipeline formula & calculation
hydrostatic test for pipeline formula & calculation
(OP)
I would like to know about formula & calculation hudrostatic test for pipeline
INTELLIGENT WORK FORUMS
FOR ENGINEERING PROFESSIONALS Come Join Us!Are you an
Engineering professional? Join Eng-Tips Forums!
*Eng-Tips's functionality depends on members receiving e-mail. By joining you are opting in to receive e-mail. Posting Guidelines |
hydrostatic test for pipeline formula & calculation
|
Join your peers on the Internet's largest technical engineering professional community.
It's easy to join and it's free.
Here's Why Members Love Eng-Tips Forums:
Register now while it's still free!
Already a member? Close this window and log in.
RE: hydrostatic test for pipeline formula & calculation
In general you will find that the hydrostatic test pressure is a percentage over the intended design pressure of the line. Formulas are used to determine the design pressure of the line, not normaly the hysrostatic test pressure. Long cross country oil and gas lines for example are tested to 25% over their design pressure while refinery and power station piping is tested to 50% over the design pressure. Depending on the relevant code the hydrostatic test pressure may have to be adjusted for the design temperature of the line, and possibly the corrosion allowance used in the design of the line.
So as you can see there is no simple formula for determining the hydrostatic test pressure of a pipeline. Please feel free to email me with details and I will do my best to point you in the right direction.
RE: hydrostatic test for pipeline formula & calculation
completely fabricated, erected, and inspected. The pressure test demonstrates the mechanical integrity of the system before it is placed into operation. The following highlights several test requirements.
1.A hydrostatic test must be used unless otherwise approved for special situations.
2.The hydrostatic test pressure at any point in a metallic piping system shall be as follows:
a) Not less than 1½ times the design pressure.
b) For design temperatures that are above the test
temperature, the minimum test pressure shall be calculated
as follows, except that the value of (ST)/S shall not exceed
6.5:
1.5*P(ST)
PT=-----------
S
PT = Minimum hydrostatic test pressure, psig
P = Internal design pressure, psig
ST = Allowable stress at test temperature,psi
S = Allowable stress at design temperature,psi
c) If the test pressure as defined above would produce a
stress in excess of the yield strength at test
temperature, the test pressure may be reduced to the
maximum pressure that will not exceed the yield
strength at test temperature.