INTRODUCTION to PIPING DESIGN
Introduction
“Introduction to Piping Design” training course educates the participants on the fundamentals and designing of piping system components and equipment. Through this piping engineering course the candidates develop analytical and designing skills to ensure that the planned system delivers desired function.
Course objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, the delegates will be able to:
- Gain knowledge more expanded in piping
- Understand parameters which is determining of design
- Understand the fabrication ways of components and testing
- Highlights the fundamental areas of competent piping engineering
- Knowledge and background on piping diagrams
- Different types of piping components
- Overview on applicable codes or standards to design of piping
- Fabrication of piping
Participant profile
The course is designed for piping designers, inspection engineers, inspection personnel, operating engineers and maintenance engineers.
The duration
5 days
Course outline
The training provides participants with:
- Day 1: Piping design and engineering (fundamentals)
- Day 2: Basic knowledge of applicable standards
- Day 3: Basic piping components required
- Day 4: Piping diagrams
- Day 5: Welding & Examination
Course contents:
Day-1
Piping design and engineering (fundamentals)
- Introduction to piping designing & engineering
- Evolution of piping
- Manufacturing methods
- Piping materials and selection
- Pipe dimensioning
- Schedule numbers
- Common piping abbreviations
- Major organizations for standards
- Commonly American code in piping ASME/ANSI
- Common abbreviations etc
Day-2
Basic knowledge of applicable standards
- ASME/ANSI codes & specification
- Specification classes
- Piping abbreviations
- General abbreviations
- Pipe wall thickness calculations
- Operating pressure
- Design pressure
- Operating & design temperature
- Max allowable operating pressure
Day-3
Basic piping components required
- Type of Fittings – elbows, weld tee, stub in, couplings, reducers, weld cap, screwed and socket welded fittings, Pipe nipples, flanged fittings and use of fittings
- Type Flange -Types, P-T ratings and facings.
- Gaskets, bolts and nuts.
- Major Valves – Types, Materials operations, applicability, codes and specifications.
Day-4
Piping diagrams
- Uses of flow diagrams, process flow diagrams
- Mechanical flow diagrams, utility flow diagrams
- Process and instrumentation diagrams
- Piping symbols
- Line symbols
- Valve symbols
- Piping isometrics
- General arrangement drawings- sections/elevations/ detail drawings
- Plot plan procedures
Day-5
Welding & Examination
- Shop and Field Welding
- Welding Processes
- Weld Defects
- Post-Weld Heat Treatment
- Welding inspection methods