Engineering, Procurement and Construction
General matters related to piping arrangement are described in the following: 1. Piping Plan a. Routing Basically, yard piping is desirable to be assembled in one area on sleepers, for economic efficiency, safety, ease of construction, operability, and maintenance and inspection, and to be planned in the shortest possible route by also preventing pies from [...]
Study of piping lay out around the Heater The piping around heaters are consist of the following: 1. Types of Heaters a.Typical Heater Types -Vertical, Cylindrical Type -Cabin Type (Horizontal Tube Arrangement) -Box Type (Vertical Tube Arrangement) b. Typical Burner Types and Arrangements -Gas Burner -Oil Burner -Oil-Gas Burner Generally, burners are located on the [...]
The following studies are conducted in the planning to establish piping around compressor 1. Layout a. Layout philosophy -The compressor should be laid out to minimize the pressure loss of the system on the suction side. -The compressor should be laid out to facilitate maintenance work. -As electrical and instrumentation cables are used for the [...]
Piping Arrangement Around Tank 1.Types of Tank a.Cylindrical tanks -Fixed roof tanks -Floating roof tanks -Floating roof tanks with fixed roof b.Spherical tanks c.Tank Farm Divisions -Crude tank area -Intermediated product tank area -Product tank area 2.Strength analysis considerations: -Expansion and contraction -Tank nozzle displacement -Tank displacement -Piping flotation 3.Tanks-Dikes-Sleepers-Pumps considerations: -Pits required to discharge [...]
Piping Arrangement Around Column 1.Data gathering -Check necessary information -Check/grasp contents of the basic information -General specification -Material specification -Standard drawing -Reference material -P & ID -Line index -Plot plan 2.Assumption of platform position (Attention shall be paid to the following on the area where platform is necessary) -Location, Elevation and Size -Determine the installation [...]
Piping Arrangement Around Piperack 1.Gathering of Information -Plot plan -Piping and Instrumentation diagram -Check of items to be installed on the piperack -Plant layout specification -Client specification 2.Conceptual Layout -Random arrangement of piping in the piperack -Tentative determination of length of piping arranged -Indicate data of line number, etc. in the piping arrangement -Preparation of [...]
Piping Arrangement Around Pump What is pump? It is a device for moving a fluid place to another thru pipes and channels. 1 Types of pumps a. Positive displacement -reciprocating -rotary b. Kinetic -centrifugal pumps -special 2.Data Gathering -Plot plan -Piping and Instrumentation diagram -Pump Vendor drawing -References and practices -Standards (supports, dimension) -Specification 3.Conceptual [...]