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Criteria For Sizing Lines Insulation and Trace Heating 1707053419
Criteria For Sizing Lines Insulation and Trace Heating 1707053419
The acceleration head effect is proportional to pipe length, velocity, pump speed
and a factor depending on the number of plungers in the pump (the acceleration
Installation of pulsation dampers on both the suction and the discharge lines shall be considered to
Drains will be a minimum 2" and 4" for lines containing dirty fluid and drain headers respectively.
Lines should have a minimum slope of 1:100, however for dirty fluids or fluids containing particulates, the slope
should be increased to a minimum of 1:50.
Criteria for sizing process and Utility
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3. SIZING CRITERIA FOR SINGLE PHASE Gas LINE
These criteria exclude flare and vent lines, which are covered in Section 5.
2.1 Sizing Criteria for Gas Lines
Piping with gas at its dew point and/or with some droplets shall be sized as a single
phase gas line.
Criteria for sizing process and Utility
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2.2 Utility Gases
For plant air, instrument air and inert gas distribution, the maximum pressure drop
to be used is 0.1 bar / 100 m.