Who Can Benefit?

• Piping staff (Designers, manufacturers, inspectors and repairers) .

Course Objectives.

To avail the background knowledge for engineers and technicians who are concerned with design, manufacturing, inspection and repair of pipelines.

This covers design, material, configurations, dimensions, stresses, and internal flow, inspection & repair aspects.

Course Outline.

•  Introduction.

• Piping system components.
• Introduction to fluid mechanics.
• Process piping & utility piping systems.

•  Expansion and stresses.

• Pipe wall thickness.
• Cold springing.
• Thermal expansion.
• Single plane systems.
• Multiple plane systems.

•  Materials.

• Type of materials.
• Welding & temperature considerations.
• Corrosion resistance & stress cracking.
• Preparing initial take-offs.
• Failure of material.
• Inspection & testing of pipelines.

• Piping Component Design Aspects.

• Piping isometric drawings.
• Orthographic piping general assembly plan.
• Model piping.
• Component design (hangers, supports, anchors, guides, wedges, valves etc...).
• Pressure rating.
• Facility piping details
• Pipe fittings & standardization.
• Design loads in pipelines.