All pipes will be installed at ambient temperature. Pipes carrying hot fluids such as water or steam operate at higher temperatures. It follows that they expand, especially in length, with an increase from ambient to working temperatures. This will create stress upon certain areas within the distribution system, such as pipe joints, which, in the [...]

    Piping The gas piping from linking the gas company’s meter to your appliance belongs to you, the customer, and is therefore your responsibility. Be sure it is the proper kind of pipe and that it is installed, tested, and maintained in accordance with applicable state and local codes. The piping should be installed [...]

The best way to understand the metallurgy of carbon steel is to study the ‘Iron Carbon Diagram’.  The diagram shown below is based on the transformation that occurs as a result of slow heating.  Slow cooling will reduce the transformation temperatures; for example: the A1 point would be reduced from 723°C to 690 °C.  However [...]

Sandblasting is a general term used to describe the act of propelling very fine bits of material at high-velocity to clean or etch a surface. Sand used to be the most commonly used material, but since the lung disease silicosis is caused by extended inhalation of the dust created by sand, other materials are now [...]

Iraq has a major Natural Gas Pipeline with the capacity to supply around 240 MMcf/d to Baghdad from the West Qurna field. The 48-inch line was commissioned in November 1988, with phases II and III of the project never completed due to war and sanctions.

MIG Welding Stainless Steel Source: Adapted from The Procedure Handbook of Arc Welding. The Lincoln Electric Company, 1994. Although welding stainless steel may not be as difficult as welding aluminum, the metal does have its specific properties that vary from your more common steels. When MIG welding on stainless, you usually have three choices of [...]

Pipe = single unit of free laying pipe in reference generally rigid, metal carries fluids liquids or gas or vapor capable of handling high temperature and pressure Piping = compound noun for pipe work in general which includes a plurality of pipes, joints, valves, unions and other related equipment.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia A natural gas processing plant Natural gas processing plants, or fractionators, are used to purify the raw natural gas produced from underground gas fields or extracted at the surface from the fluids produced from oil wells. A fully operational plant will deliver pipeline-quality natural gas that can be used as [...]