ASME B31.3 – INTERMEDIATE

Course Outline

1. INTRODUCTION

   History of piping and vessel Codes, Scope and definitions. Schematic process of Oil and Gas facilities

2. PIPING ENGINEERING AND DESIGN DRAFTING

   Piping Engineering : Pipe sizing, Pressure drop for Incompressible fluid, Materials, Pressure and temperature rating establishment, Pipe fittings, Piping class, Pipe supports, Piping flexibility.
   Mechanical-Piping Design Drafting : Design drafting system

3. PIPING SYSTEM COMPONENT

   Piping System Component : Pipe wall thickness under internal, external pressures and under high internal pressure, Pipe bend / Elbow, Pipe branches, Flanges, Blinds, Bolts and Gaskets, Non-Standard blind flanges, Blanks and Restriction orifice, Bolts and Gaskets, Manual valves, Relief valves, Piping specialty items and Piping strainer.

4. PIPE SUPPORTS

   Pipe Support Design, Type of Support Loads, Primary Loads : Secondary Loads, Primary and Secondary Support
   Common Type of Pipe Supports : Cantilever pipe supports with end and intermediate point load, Point Load between two supports, L type pipe supports with end point load, T type pipe supports with end point load (Refresh only)
   Special Pipe Supports : Trunnion support, Spring supports.

5. PIPING CLASS

   Piping Class and Its Piping Components Review : Pressure – Temperature flange rating, Design limits, Pipe size and Material, Fittings, Flanges, Blinds, Spacers, Valves, Gaskets, Bolt Torquing, Branch connections, Special treatment, Piping class identifications
   Piping Component Review : Piping components (Fittings), Weldneck flange stress analysis, Bolts area, Blind flange thickness.

6. STRESS ANALYSIS

   Principal Axis and Stress, Failure theories, Pipe Stress : Maximum principal stress failure theory, maximum shear stress failure theory, Allowable stress, Displacement stress range

7. PIPING FLEXIBILITY AND VIBRATION

   Piping Flexibility : L shape between two anchors, Expansion Loop 2D, Expansion Loop 3D.
   Vibration : Type of vibration in piping system, Force at bend.

8. TEMPORARY REPAIR – LEAK SEALING

   Temporary Repair – Clamping : Insert Ring Clamp, Enclosure Clamp, Temporary Repair – Composite Wrapping : Composite Wrapping Design, Temporary Repair – Patch Weld : Design of Fillet Welded Patches.

9. HOT TAPPING

   Hot Tapping Design and procedures, Gathering process and site data, Design activity and Hot Tapping design.

10. THERMAL FATIGUE (PIPING)

    Thermal Stress and Thermal Shock : Level-1 analysis, Level-2 analysis, Thermal stress amplitude, and Life spans expectation.

11. THERMAL INSULATION (PIPING)

    Type of thermal insulations, Insulation materials, Insulation layer structure, Insulation thickness, Economic insulation thickness, Economic thickness of cylindrical insulation .

12. BURIED PIPE

    Material selection, Corrosion protection, Design method (Flexible design, Pipe laying Conditions, Stress on pipe wall and Ovality

13. ATTACHMENTS

    Sample calculations in PDF files