Steam traps are very essential in power piping as these devices remove unnecessary condensate from the steam lines. A steam trap serves two basic purposes: Separate the condensate from the steam...
Category: Piping Design Basics
As per layman’s language, Piping Stress analysis is the analysis of stresses in the piping system. Now the question arises what are these stresses? Piping Stress is generated whenever a load acts...
Chemical Cleaning is the procedure for field cleaning of the piping systems especially Steam lines inlet for Turbines and Steam Drums. These pipelines after cleaning shall be free from hydrocarbons,...
Difference between ASME B16.47 Series A and Series B Flanges
ASME B16.47 is an American standard for large-diameter steel flanges. This standard covers the design of flanges from NPS 26 to NPS 60. For lower sizes i.e., up to NPS 24, ASME B16.5 has to be...
A Vacuum Breaker is a device that helps the air to fill the vacuum created inside a steam piping system. As the name suggests, the vacuum breaker breaks the unwanted vacuum inside a closed system....
Equipment nozzles are the openings through which fluid enters or exit the equipment. To create the path for fluid a part of the equipment must be cut, which weakens the equipment. So nozzle...