Highlights Producers can spend less than 30-min per house to check for trunkline leaks and should annually or when a drastic increase in fuel usage occurs. Leaking fittings on 101 houses surveyed were not correlated with either age floor area averaged 6.9% ± 0.6% house. Leaks seemed be more about regulator quality installation craftsmanship variation across farms within farms. get written verif...

One of the key design parameters to a process plant with large capacity is the risk of AIV (Acoustically Induced Vibration) on the flare piping system. AIV is a piping vibration phenomenon exhibiting high frequencies caused by large acoustic power generated by the pressure drop across a PRV (Pressure Relief Valve). The evaluation method for susceptibility of piping to AIV fatigue failure was fi...

In the present paper , dynamic characteristics of the pressure pulsation and heat exchange have been analyzed in cooler of reciprocating compressor. Through the analysis of energy balance for an heat exchange element , the differential equations are established for the heat exchange element. Effect of the pressure pulsation on heat exchange has been considered in the cooler of the compressor by...

Abstract Recently, multilayer piping has been used widely. Multilayer piping has excellent durability and corrosion resistance. An effective means for quality maintenance of multilayer piping is the laser ultrasonic technique for checking the state of adhesion of the vinyl chloride layer and the steel layer of multilayer piping. The wave is refracted at the interface between the steel layer and...

This paper discusses the accuracy of a finite element model of a coupled piping system subjected to earthquake loads, as well as the differences in seismic behavior between coupled and welded piping system models. The test setup of a Victaulic coupled piping system tested at Lehigh University was modeled and analyzed with finite element methods. Two models were developed: (1) a welded pipe mode...