Course Description:

This course provides the participants with refreshment and deep knowledge they need in the field of design, manufacturing, inspection and repair of pipelines. This covers design, material, configurations, dimensions, stresses, and internal flow, inspection & repair aspects.

 Course Goal:

To enhance participants’ knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to understand how pipe work design and fabrication troubleshooting

Course Objectives:

By the end of this course the participant will be able to:

1. Identify piping system components.
2. Be familiar with expansion and stresses.
3. Understand piping Component Design Aspects.
4. Understand design loads in pipelines

Course Outline:

• Introduction.

• 1. Piping system components.
  2. Introduction to fluid mechanics.
  3. Process piping & utility piping systems.

• Expansion and stresses.

• • 1. Pipe wall thickness.
    2. Cold springing.
    3. Thermal expansion.
    4. Single plane systems.
    5. Multiple plane systems.

• Materials.

• 1. Type of materials.
  2. Welding & temperature considerations.
  3. Corrosion resistance & stress cracking.
  4. Preparing initial take-offs.
  5. Failure of material.
  6. Inspection & testing of pipelines.
• Piping Component Design Aspects.

• 1. Piping isometric drawings.
  2. Orthographic piping general assembly plan.
  3. Model piping.
  4. Component design (hangers, supports, anchors, guides, wedges, valves etc…).
  5. Pressure rating.
  6. Facility piping details.
  7. Pipe fittings & standardization.
  8. Design loads in pipelines.

 Who Can Benefit?

Piping staff (Designers, manufacturers, inspectors and repairers).