Category: Piping Design Basics

What is ASME B31.3? ASME B31.3 is part three of the overarching ASME B31 Code for Pressure Piping and it applies to pipe systems that transport chemicals, petroleum products, fluidized solids,...

Once the three-dimensional (3D) model has been established in piping design software like PDS, PDMS, or SP3D, Piping Designers/Engineers need to convey that information to the yard for fabrication...

In piping instrumentation, LC and LG refer to two different types of level measurement devices: LC: LC stands for "level controller" or "level control switch". This is a device that is used to...

Site selection for a plant is an important activity for any project. Careful considerations of various factors keeping in view the corporate objectives are required for any company. Such...

Pipe color coding is a system of using different colors to identify the contents and the function of pipes in a piping system. The colors used in the pipe color coding system are standardized and...

This article is intended to serve as a guide in the development of equipment layout and piping layout for centrifugal compressors and their associated equipment, with the goal of producing safe,...