Category: Piping Design Basics

The important characteristic of crude oil is governed by the properties of pure hydrocarbon in terms of viscosity, density, and boiling point curves. These properties are very important for designing...

The slurry is defined as a mixture of suspended solid particles and liquids. Various factors like the size and distribution of particles, level of turbulence, temperature, the concentration of solids...

Pipe routing is an engineering technique applied for selecting a proper piping layout fulfilling code and standard requirements, economic considerations, and most importantly safety. It is the...

Stress Corrosion Cracking or SCC is a slow failure mechanism of engineering materials in a corrosive environment. Many ductile metals and alloys fail each year due to stress corrosion cracking which...

Hydrogen Induced Cracking (HIC) is a form of wet H2S cracking that is usually generated by high hydrogen concentration in metals. The mechanism involves atomic hydrogen which diffuses into a metal...

Air Relief Valves are popularly known as Air Release Valves or Air Valves. Air Relief Valves work as a safety device by releasing the air pockets that may be generated at each high point of a fully...