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Pipeline Pressure Testing Calculations Client: Date: Project: Pipeline Details: From KP 0.012 To KP 22.3 (Insert (A) To (D) )
Pipeline Pressure Testing Calculations Client: Date: Project: Pipeline Details: From KP 0.012 To KP 22.3 (Insert (A) To (D) )
VOLUMES:
Pi = 3.14159
id = Pipeline internal diameter (m)
L = Pipeline length (m)
V = 3.14159 x 0.19465744 x 1 / 4
= 0.152883467 m3 = 3013.093561 m3
K = 1 / C
C = Compressibility of water x 10-6 per barg per deg C
( taken from compressibility of water graph ).
y = Poissons ratio ( 0.3 )
id = Pipeline internal diameter (m)
W = Pipeline wall thickness (m)
E = Youngs modulus of elasticity ( 2070000 )
= 0.133082316 + 0.0739762099
The pressure change per unit change in temperature may be calculated by the following formula
from J.C. Gray, " How temperature affects Pipeline Hydrostatic Testing ". (Taken from the Pipeline and Gas Journal,
December 1976.).
P = (B - 2A)
OD x (1 - y2) + C
W x E
The properties of A, E and y are constant for any type of pipe material. Properties for B and C 'must be obtained from the
0.0002524
P = 0.457 x 0.91 + 0.0000442
0.0079 x 2070000
= 0.00025239
0.00002543 + 0.0000442
or 53 psig
or 363 kpa
Note: The allowable pressure change attributable to temperature affect must be calculated for each deg C of the
temperature change over the test period.