Do pipelines at normal temperature with natural compensation require fixed supports?
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I have always had a question, and I hope someone can give me some guidance: when natural compensation is used for high-temperature pipes like steam pipes, it is necessary to install fixing points. For normal-temperature pipes such as compressed air pipelines, is it still necessary to install fixing points when natural compensation is used? Is it sufficient to just set up the sliding bracket?
It’s sufficient to set up only the sliding bracket
Normal-temperature pipes generally also seem to require fixed brackets; otherwise, natural compensation seems to be ineffective. So, does a normal-temperature pipe require natural compensation? Generally, from what I’ve seen, when using normal-temperature pipes over long distances in pipe galleries, natural compensation is also required, although the amount of compensation needed is less than that for heat pipes. Heat pipes are calculated; it is necessary to determine how many are needed and what the amount of compensation should be. But it seems that for normal-temperature pipes, just making a few based on personal experience is sufficient. But this needs to be explained by an expert in stress theory.
This post was last edited by 123B123 on 2017-11-23 at 13:54. For normal-temperature pipelines such as compressed air pipes, fixed points must be installed when natural compensation is used; this is one of the most basic principles in pipeline design.