Piping Design Basics – Page 45 – What Is Piping: All about Piping Engineering

Pipeline wall thickness calculation with example

Calculation of minimum wall thickness of a given pipeline diameter and selection of actual thickness is one of the most important basic design considerations for any pipeline projects. This is one of...

Requirements for the basic design of winterization systems.

Winterization Systems are required in refineries, petrochemical plants, and similar plants to protect equipment and piping against solidifying or coagulation of contents. Winterization in processing...

Checking of Design / Design Checking/Design checklist

What is Design Checking?Design Checking or checking of design is a process of validating a design and/or a design calculation to ensure that it is error-free and of good quality and is good for...

Reboilers and Reboiler Type Selection (with PDF)

What is a ReboilerReboilers are a typical heat exchanger that produces vapor to drive fractional distillation separation. In classical fractional distillation services, all the vapor to drive the...

Types of Gaskets (With PDF)

What is a Gasket?A gasket is one of the basic elements for flanged joints in the piping system of operating plants. A gasket can be defined as sealing material or a combination of materials...

Importance & Impact of Stress Intensity Factor (SIF) with PDF

Stress Intensity Factor MeaningAs per Code ASME Section III, Stress Intensity Factor or SIF is defined as the Fatigue Correlation Factors that compare the fatigue life of Piping Components (Tees,...