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,...
Category: Piping Design Basics
Pipe reducers are vital components in piping systems. At its core, a pipe reducer is a type of pipe fitting designed to connect two pipes with different diameters. In other words, it enables the...
What is a Hazardous Area? A hazardous area is an area in which an explosive gas atmosphere (flammable gases or vapors, combustible dust, flammable liquids, ignitable fibers, etc.) is present, or...
What are Composites? Composites are novel materials made by combining two or more materials, the resultants of which possess the combination of better properties of the...
This post is solely for beginners in the Piping industry. If you want to learn the basics from books or literature then try the following 12 listed books. Most experienced piping professionals will...
Air Cooled Heat Exchangers are used in the plants to utilize the atmospheric air to cool the hydrocarbon, process, and utility fluids by means of direct heat transfer from the fluid (within the tube)...