The procedure for pipeline design
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May I ask what are the steps for pipe design, experts? Which step is the most crucial, that is, the one with the highest value? Which is the hardest: direction, material, or stress?
Without software, stress analysis is probably the most difficult task; other things can be handled by hand, but stress analysis proves too challenging when tried to be done manually.
Based on my limited work experience, being a leader is the most valuable role. As for those other roles you mentioned, I think once you reach the top level in them, it’s more or less the same – not much difference. :lol
For high-pressure and high-temperature pipelines, I think stress calculation is a challenging task, as it relates to safety issues. As the saying goes, there are no trivial matters when it comes to safety, especially in the chemical industry; moreover, it is also necessary to take into account stress compensation as well as the effects of thermal expansion and contraction； The direction is mainly determined by the process requirements, through the calculation of pipeline losses ； The material is selected based on the medium being transported and the temperature ； But for pipelines at normal pressure or relatively low pressure, I think the challenge lies in meeting the process requirements; minimizing pipeline losses is indeed the difficult part
Stress is the most difficult, the most theoretically valuable, and also the easiest to produce papers on, hehe