Should there be any regard to condensate on a snuff steam line? does it matter if the branches come off the side of the snuff steam header? Is water hammer a concern? In my particular case I am talking about snuff steam going to ductwork on an oil seed extraction plant.
Thanks,
Brian
Does boiler blowdown piping need to have sweep elbows (3 x radius) or double 45* elbows? I have some info from a boiler inspector requesting this on our blowdown piping but can not find any documentation to support this.
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We currently use AutoCAD Plant 3D for our piping design projects. There has been a big push to get our company to start using Revit a lot more for our other mechanical systems. It has also mentioned that we could start using Revit for our larger industrial piping projects. Does anyone have...
I would say the two most common situations are valves up against a strainer and a shut off valve up against a check. (I realize the valve up against a check can be another discussion)
We are constantly getting beat up for reducing our fitting counts and welds in our design. Although I see you...
The contractor mentioned that in any case you shouldn't put valves back to back regardless of size, spec, pressure, etc. I see the point of getting pressure locked in between, therefore I understand why on a steam header you would want to space the valves (plus this allows the hand-wheels to be...
A piping contractor recently made a comment on our piping saying that we should add a spool piece in between valves for "maintenance purposes". Has anyone else heard of this? If the valves allow I have always put them flange to flange to avoid extra pipe and fittings.
