Desalting and Dehydration processes are crucial in the oil industry to prepare crude oil for refining and ensure the quality and safety of the final products. This comprehensive guide will cover...
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How to use ASME B31J and FEM for SIF and k-factors for Stress Analysis
How to use ASME B31J SIF and k-factors in PASS/START-PROF For a long time, there was a need for a standard method to develop stress intensification factors (SIFs or i-factors) for ASME piping...
Control Valve Sizing is a procedure of deciding the appropriate type and size of the control valve to optimally satisfy the requirements of fluid flow management. This article will describe the...
Underground Piping Stress Analysis Procedure using Caesar II
Several failures in buried piping and pipeline systems over the years forced EPC companies to investigate the stresses the system is experiencing. So, in recent times, stress analysis of underground...
Changes in ASME B31.3-2016 with respect to its earlier edition (ASME B31.3-2014)
14 major changes in ASME B31.3-2016 with respect to its earlier edition (ASME B31.3-2014) Most of you are aware that the latest edition of Process Piping Bible (ASME B31.3-2016) is issued on 31st...
A Lifting lug is a plate with a hole in it. As the term specifies, lifting lugs are used for lifting. The hole is sized to fit a clevis pin. Using lifting lugs combined with the clevis pins, loads...