GAS PIPING

For those of you who are new or newly entering the world of oil and gas, the following terms may term this sounds a bit foreign. But never mind, we will introduce those terms, so you will be more aware of what it was piping system. In piping, you will hear the term pipes, fittings, elbows, reducers, flanges, valves, instruments, support, stopper, guid, and so forth. As if all of that? how to form its shape? well then what does it do? In order not confused, let's clear up one by one with a picture sequence. See the picture below:

We start the first picture, above there are three tanks, which we will connect one by one. In a system or plant, there will definitely be a fluid flowing from one place to another. Well from 3 tanks or can call the vessel, will be connected fluid from one tank to the other two tanks. What we need here?

Yes, we need such thing as of the pipe. A spherical shells made of metal (iron), plastic or other materials that are usually used to drain the fluid, gas or anything that can flow. But the problem here (from the image above), the pipe is usually always a straight, whereas the third tank is not in one line. How to connect, we need what?

We need a fitting. What is it fitting? fitting is part of a piping system that works to change the direction of flow (known as the elbow), making branching (as do Tee), or connect the large pipe with a small pipe. See the picture above, we see from the first tank, he needed elbow, to divert the flow of the first tank. Then move to the next direction, we need Tee connecting the first tank to tank 2 and tank 3. And the next hand, we need the reducer, because of the size of the pipes that connect different diameter. That all are the types of fittings. However, there are further problems, the pipes need to be connected to the tank, it needs anything?

He took flange. A connecting mechanism between the pipes to the pipe or of the pipe to the equipment as well as vessel. Actually for splicing mechanism not only used flange, we can connect with the way in welding, can use a screw or socket. Is used here so that the connecting flange can be easily dismantled and in pasangkembali, and strong enough to withstand high pressure. Therefore we use the flange. Now the next problem, we need something that can regulate fluid flow, the flow is shut

down

or

a

large

set

of

small

inflows.

We

need

something

else?

We will need a valve, a mechanism that can open and close the flow. Besides that, there are working valve to prevent reverse flow. There are several types of valves, including globe valve, gate valve, ball valve and so forth. Furthermore, in the system in which the fluid stream, whether the fluid is guaranteed clean? whether the fluid is no dirt passing later? So, we need a tool that can filter, so we need what?

We

need

a

strainer. In a piping system, especially the use of steam, then the damage often caused due to dirt flowing in the pipeline such as scale, rust or spesenyawaan on the connection. All the dirt that needs to be filtered, which in turn is expected to reduce the stoppage time / downtime due to maintenance.