Encyclopedia of Chemical Processing and Design

Volume 37 - Pipeline Flow: Basics to Piping Design

John J. McKetta Jr, John J. McKetta

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2022
• Print ISBN:
  9780824724870
• eBook ISBN:
  9781351452175
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Materials Science

Written by engineers for engineers (with over 150 International Editorial Advisory Board members),this highly lauded resource provides up-to-the-minute information on the chemical processes, methods, practices, products, and standards in the chemical, and related, industries.

Pipeline Support Design

Part 1: Design Criteria

Basic knowledge of structural analysis and design is enough to solve the most complicated type of pipe support structure.

Civil-structural engineers know how difficult it is to come up with a safe, economical design to support the piping loads, especially when final piping drawings are not available. Civil-structural engineers are the last to get all the information but the first group required to produce construction drawings to meet the schedules. Civil engineers must be able to reach into their bag of tricks and dream up a structure to meet all these needs in a hurry.

It is the object of this article to provide the civil-structural engineer with approximate methods that can be used to design almost any type of pipe support structure. Also included are some suggested methods for developing design criteria as an emergency aid for those suffering from a lack of information on design loads.

The entire subject on pipe supports includes: (1) Design Criteria, (2) Design Procedures, and (3) Construction Details for specific types. Only the Design Criteria will be presented in Part 1 under the following headings: (A) Classification of types, (B) Selection of a type, and (C) Design loads. Simplified design procedures and construction details for single, double, and multiple column pipe supports are presented in Part 2.

Classification of Types

Even though an infinite number of types can be evolved by various combinations of such variables as the number of columns, number of tiers, type of construction, and so on, the majority of common types can be classified as follows:

Class 1 Pipe Supports. Single Column Pipe Supports

Class 2 Pipe Supports. Double Column Pipe Supports

Class 3 Pipe Supports. Multiple Columns And Other Types

Various arrangements included under each ty...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• International Advisory Board
• Contributors to Volume 37
• Table of Contents
• Conversion to SI Units
• Bringing Costs Up to Date
• Pipeline Flow, Basics
• Pipeline Freezing, Prevention of by Bleeding
• Pipeline Leak Detection
• Pipeline Leak Detection Using SCADA Information
• Pipeline Loops or Expansion Joints
• Pipeline Materials of Construction—Selection, Costs, and Installation
• Pipeline Operation, Friction Reduction
• Pipeline Repairing, In-Service
• Pipeline Replacement Projects, Risk Analysis
• Pipeline Rupture
• Pipeline Service Problems
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Collapsing Pressure
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Collapsing Pressure, Nomograph
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Discharge from Horizontal Pipes
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Discharge from Vertical Pipes
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Economic Pipe Sizes
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Expansion of Pipe Materials
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Flow Rates
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Friction Losses, Contraction or Expansion
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Friction Losses, Fittings
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Friction Losses, Incompressible and Compressible Flow
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Friction Losses Nonstandard Ducts
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Friction Losses, Straight Pipes
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Gas Flow
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Looped Lines
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Parallel Lines
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Parallel Lines, Computer Method
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Pressure Drop Calculations
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Relative Capacities of Pipes
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Sizing for Steam Traps
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Steel Pipe Properties
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Two-Phase Flow
• Pipeline Shortcut Methods: Weight of Piping
• Pipeline Support Design. Part 1. Design Criteria
• Pipeline Support Design. Part 2. Step-by-Step Design Procedures
• Pipeline Wear
• Piping around Control Valves
• Piping, Corrosion-Resistant, Cost of
• Piping Design