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Section – 6G: Flange Tools – Downloads

Written by Anton Dooley March 7, 2014November 22, 2024

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Tools available for downloads, in relation to Flange articles.

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Section 7 - Plant Layout

Section – 7A: Defining Offsite Facilities for Process Plants

Written by James Pennock January 1, 2014October 9, 2024

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Some have asked questions such as: “What is Balance of Plant?”; “What is Offsites?” What is OSBL?” and “What needs to be considered when a project includes Offsites.” Let’s try to answer these types of questions.

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Section 7B – Plant Layout Tools – Downloads

Written by Anton Dooley March 7, 2014November 22, 2024

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Plant Layout Tools – Downloads

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Section 7C – Plant Layout Calculators

Written by Anton Dooley March 7, 2014November 22, 2024

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Plant Layout Calculators – Downloadable tools

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Section 8 - Equipment Piping

Section – 8A: General Guidelines for Equipment and Piping Location, Spacing, Distances and Clearances

Written by James Pennock January 1, 2014October 9, 2024

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This article should only be used as a guide. It’s intended purpose is to help the piping designer who is responsible for placement of one specific item in a typical refinery, chemical or petrochemical process plant or someone who may need help in developing a total plot plan for a complex unit. The guidelines given […]

Section 8 - Equipment Piping

Section – 8B: Introduction to Vessels and Vessel Orientation

Written by James Pennock January 1, 2014October 9, 2024

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The question on many minds may be “Why does Piping do Vessel Orientation?” We can answer that question two ways. The first answer would be, because of the traditional role of Piper and the content of the vessel orientation activity itself. The traditional role of the Piper has always been the bringing together of […]

Section 8 - Equipment Piping

Section – 8C: Vertical Vessel Orientation

Written by James Pennock January 1, 2014October 9, 2024

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Vessel orientation is normally the only equipment related layout activity that can be done without specific input from a vendor. All of the information required for vessel orientation is generated on the project in the form of P&ID data and project standards. It is also one of the few activities that will feed one […]

Section 8 - Equipment Piping

Section – 8D: Distillation Towers

Written by Anton Dooley October 31, 2014October 9, 2024

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The process used in the extraction of various hydrocarbons is distillation, or fractionation , and the process happens in a Distillation or Fractionation Column. So how does the distillation process work?

Section 9 - Pipe Supports

Section – 9A: Pipe Supports, Part – 1

Written by James Pennock January 1, 2014October 9, 2024

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The subject, “Pipe Supports” is a much more complex subject than the term suggests. Let’s talk about Primary & Secondary pipe support systems.

Section 9 - Pipe Supports

Section – 9B: Pipe Supports, Part – 2

Written by James Pennock January 1, 2014October 9, 2024

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Part – 2 of Pipe Supports – We are going to focus on specific data required to properly size, qualify and select a support. To do this we will look at one specific device. The specific device we will focus on is the Hanger Rod.