Thanks @Little Inch for the advice. Really good points and I'm going to take them on board. I'll get back to work I start getting things done!
@pennpiper I forgot to mention in my OP but this is NG transmission piping that is buried.
Smitty
@Little Inch
The Hydrotests are conducted on Natural Gas Transmission pipelines.
My pipelines are regulated by 49 CFR Part 192. I've been relying on the Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook for my volume calculations for validating that there are no leaks. With that, I've used a method I learned...
It looks like those will work just fine. I'll start looking at which ones would be most practical and make most economical sense.
Thank you @btrueblood,
Smitty
Smitty
I'm a young engineer and I've been working on the validation of Hydrotests. I've used mass balance calculations to assist in validating the Hydrotest. However, this technique requires accurate temperature readings to ensure the calculations are correct. As of right now, most Test Logs I've...
