Piping definitions

The time of beginning of heat pipe seience was near 40 years ago with first heat pipe definition and predietion of most simple eases. Now at the eomputer age some ehanges of basie equations are performed, more powerful predicting methods are available with increasing awareness of the complexity of heat pipes and new heat pipe generations. But even today heat pipes are still not completely understood and solution strategies still contain significant simplifications. 

The paper presents the results from systematic comparisons of contrast and resolution obtained with different types of radiation sources on steel thicknesses from 5 to 40 mm. These results have been taken into account with the definitions of the European standard for radiographic inspection of weldments (EN 1435) that is approved since 1997. Conclusions from practical investigations on pipe line sites, in petrochcemical plants and in nuclear power stations will be discussed as well. Furthermore, the presentation will stipulate a variety of advantages obtained from the new source in terras of coUimation and radiation protection. 

Standard Chemical Pump. In 1961, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) iatroduced a chemical pump standard (29), known as ANSI B73.1, that defined common pump envelope dimensions, connections for the auxiUary piping and gauges, seal chamber dimensions, parts mnout limits, and baseplate dimensions. This definition was to ensure the user of the availabiUty of iaterchangeable pumps produced by different manufacturers, as well as to provide plant designers with standard equipment. A typical ANSI chemical pump, known as of the mid-1990s as ASME B73.1M-1991, is shown ia Figure 6. 

Noncircular Channels Calciilation of fric tional pressure drop in noncircular channels depends on whether the flow is laminar or tumu-lent, and on whether the channel is full or open. For turbulent flow in ducts running full, the hydraulic diameter shoiild be substituted for D in the friction factor and Reynolds number definitions, Eqs. (6-32) and (6-33). The hydraiilic diameter is defined as four times the channel cross-sectional area divided by the wetted perimeter. For example, the hydraiilic diameter for a circiilar pipe is = D, for an annulus of inner diameter d and outer diameter D, = D — d, for a rectangiilar duct of sides 7, h, Dij = ah/[2(a + h)].T ie hydraulic radius Rii is defined as one-fourth of the hydraiilic diameter. 

Design Conditions Definitions of the temperatures, pressures, and various forces applicable to the design of piping systems are as follows ... 

The Berlin City electrical engineer M. Kallmann reported in 1899 on a system for controlling stray currents of electric railways [64]. As early as 1894, the Board of Trade in London issued a safety regulation for the British electric railways which specified a potential differential of not more than 1.5 V where the pipeline was positive to the rails, but 4.5 V with the rails positive. Extensive research was undertaken on reducing the risk of stray current in the soil by metallic connections from pipes to rails. However, as one writer noted, a procedure on these lines should definitely be discouraged as it carries the seed of its own destruction [64]. 

If an adjustable T-R is connected as forced stray current drainage between pipeline and rails and its output voltage is fixed at a definite level, the protection current and the pipe/soil potential can undergo considerable fluctuation. 

Y for a definite electrode or object X (B, reference electrode Me, metal E, ground M, mast R, pipe S, rail T, tunnel)... 

Interconnecting piping should be stainless, consistent with the balance of the system. In critical equipment applications, this is definitely recommended. The user must decide for the smaller system to what extent stainless is feasible. For all systems, the piping should follow the recommendations and mandates in API 614. Fundamentally, this means mini-... 

Let us then consider an arbitrarily selected point in a pipe in winch gas and solid particles are flowing. The flow of the mixture of gas and solid parti cles need not be homogeneous, i.e., the concentration of particles may vary across the cross-section of the pipe. This means that the mixture ratio p. should generally be regarded as a function of position in the pipe, and therefore the definition, Eq. (14.1), should be replaced by... 

Given these differences between rigid and flexible conduit, let us examine the differences between steel and RTR pipe, both of which are, of course, flexible conduits. First, steel pipe is by definition constructed from a material, steel, that for our purposes is a homogeneous isotropic substance. Therefore, steel pipe can be considered to have the same material properties in all directions that is, it is equally strong in both the hoop and longitudinal directions [Fig. 4-2(b)]. 

By now it should be apparent that, while both steel and RTR pipe are by definition flexible conduit, they are also quite different and therefore require different design approaches, even though initially at least then-design considerations are identical. As with steel pipe, the RTR pipe designer must concern oneself with both pipe deflection and buckling analysis. Unlike the steel pipe designer, however, the RTR pipe designer must also examine a third area of concern. 

The above analysis is restricted to high Reynolds numbers, although the definition of high is different in a stirred tank than in a circular pipe. The Reynolds number for a conventionally agitated vessel is defined as... 

The boundary conditions normally associated with Equation (9.14) are known as the Danckwerts or closed boundary conditions. They are obtained from mass balances across the inlet and outlet of the reactor. We suppose that the piping to and from the reactor is small and has a high Re. Thus, if we were to apply the axial dispersion model to the inlet and outlet streams, we would find = 0, which is the definition of a closed system. See... 

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