Why are pipe supports needed when installing pipe racks? Insulated pipes make sense in terms of the need for such supports, but what is the purpose of using pipe supports for ordinary steel pipes?
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Why are pipe supports needed when installing pipe racks? Insulated pipes make sense in terms of the need for such supports, but what is the purpose of using pipe supports for ordinary steel pipes? Are pipe supports also required for plastic pipes on the pipe rack? Can it be done directly on the steel pipe rack? ?
For ordinary pipes that do not require insulation or heating, they can be placed directly on the steel beams without the need for pipe supports. There is one scenario in which the pipes do not need insulation or heating, but the pipes are designed to have a certain slope; in such cases, pipe supports are necessary in order to adjust the slope of the pipes using their height. I’m not sure if I’ve made this clear enough...
Do we not need to consider the sliding displacement of the pipeline?
How are pipe supports for plastic pipes made? Can it be placed directly on the steel beam? ?
This post was last edited by henjuese on 2018-1-23 at 13:21. Installing pipe supports and placing the pipes directly on the steel beams does not affect the sliding displacement of the pipes, as the friction coefficient between steel and steel is 0.3. If the pipes experience thermal expansion, care must be taken regarding the length of the pipe supports in cases where such supports are used, to prevent them from slipping off the steel beams due to the pipes expanding thermally. At our company, for pipes with a diameter of 11/2” or less, the length of the pipe supports is 300； For pipes of 2” or larger, the pipe support length is 500.
Pipes expand and contract with temperature changes on the pipe rack, which causes them to slide; pipe supports are used to prevent sliding friction between the pipes and the pipe rack.
I wonder what the span of the steel beam in question is? Our company had a project previously in which the pipes were made of carbon steel (A106-B), and the medium flowing through them was an alkaline solution at 70 degrees Celsius; these pipes suffered from corrosion on a regular basis ； We decided to replace this pipe with a PPR pipe, but PPR pipes have a limited span length. Our company’s steel beams have a span of 6000. To address this issue, we first installed channel steel on the steel beams and then laid the PPR pipes within those channels, thereby overcoming the problem of the short span of PPR pipes. So far, everything is working well, and there have been no leaks.
I wonder what the span of the steel beam in question is? Our company had a project previously in which the pipes were made of carbon steel (A106-B), and the medium flowing through them was an alkaline solution at 70 degrees Celsius; these pipes suffered from corrosion on a regular basis ； We decided to replace this pipe with a PPR pipe, but PPR pipes have a limited span length. Our company’s steel beams have a span of 6000. To address this issue, we first installed channel steel on the steel beams and then laid the PPR pipes within those channels, thereby overcoming the problem of the short span of PPR pipes. So far, everything is working well, and there have been no leaks.
I wonder what the span of the steel beam in question is? Our company had a project previously in which the pipes were made of carbon steel (A106-B), and the medium flowing through them was an alkaline solution at 70 degrees Celsius; these pipes suffered from corrosion on a regular basis ； We decided to replace this pipe with a PPR pipe, but PPR pipes have a limited span length. Our company’s steel beams have a span of 6000. To address this issue, we first installed channel steel on the steel beams and then laid the PPR pipes within those channels, thereby overcoming the problem of the short span of PPR pipes. So far, everything is working well, and there have been no leaks.
I’ve learned it; then why not use large pipelines? The cost of channel steel is quite high