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Process Plant Piping Design (Review)


Course Description

Process Plant Piping Design is a comprehensive, highly practical and interactive course. This is a
step-by-step course package that covers topics from initial requirements to the final drawings
used for construction of process plant with complex facilities.

Process plants, such as refineries and petrochemical plants, are consisting of equipment, piping
systems, instruments, electrical systems, electronics, computers and control systems. The design,
engineering and construction of process plants involve multidisciplinary team efforts. Piping
design constitute a major part of the design and engineering efforts in EPC projects.

Students will have an opportunity to learn and discuss the techniques and procedures used in the
design and engineering of process plants. The outcome will be a well prepared work force with the
required skills in safe, operable, constructible and cost-effective design for satisfying the needs of
clients.

This course covers the broad spectrum of needs for the engineering students and the new hire
engineers and designers in piping field, including:

Roles and responsibilities
Project phases, such as conception phase to construction
Industrial process plant and process equipment
Applicable piping codes, standards and specifications
Terms and abbreviations concerned with piping
Pipe, piping components, valves and equipment
Materials for piping components
Piping charts and tables
Detailing the design and drafting of piping systems
Methods for connecting piping components to equipment
Fabrication, assembly and construction
Piping support sand selection
Inspection and testing
Operation and maintenance influencing piping design
Safety precautions








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The course package consists of two parts: Process Plant Piping Design I and Process Plant Piping
Design II. Process Plant Piping Design I focuses on piping components and materials and Process
Plant Piping Design II will focuses on plant layout and piping arrangement around equipment. Mini
projects are integrated into the package to provide hand on experience the students.


Admission Requirements

This course is designed for who want to understand or improve the design and engineering
principles involved in process plant piping design without any prerequisite. Those who will benefit
the most from this course include the following:

Personnel from EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) companies
Chemical (Process) Engineers and Technicians
Mechanical Engineers and Technicians
Piping Designers and Piping Engineers and Technicians
Project Engineers
Personnel providing CAD support for Plant Layout and Piping Design
Equipment Designers, Engineers and Technicians
Structural Designers, Engineers and Technicians
Instrumentation and Control Designers, Engineers and Technicians
Electrical Designers, Engineers and Technicians
Consulting Engineers
Plant Maintenance Personnel


Process Plant Piping Design I
Piping Components and Materials
Process Plant Design
Process plant characteristics
Project and contract types
Project implementation processes
International codes and standards
Piping codes and standards
Piping design methodologies and guidelines
Piping group job functions
Piping engineer and designer responsibilities







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Piping engineer and designer skills
Piping job interfaces with other engineering disciplines
Required documents and data for piping design
Piping designer deliverables documents
Hierarchy of piping design documents
Piping-related computer programs and their capabilities
Pipe Manufacturing
Pipe types
Metallic: cast iron, ferrous and non-ferrous
Non-metallic: thermoplastic and thermosetting
Pipe manufacturing & fabrication
Seamless
Seam welded: CW, ERW, EFW and SAW
Pipe Sizes and Schedules
Pipe sizes and dimensions (NPS and length)
Pipe schedule and wall thickness
Pipe material standard
Fluid service category ASTM standards
Effects of alloying elements in steel
ASTM designation system
Important Terminology and Definition in Accordance with ASME B31.3 (1)
Design pressure and temperature, stress types in piping systems, allowable stress,
corrosion allowance, yield strength, piping system corrosion, corrosion allowance, heat
treatment, material toughness and etc.

Workshop 1

Pipe Materials and Marking
Cast iron, carbon steel, alloy steel, stainless steel
Thermoplastic and thermosetting
Piping color coding
Pipe marking
Pipe End Preparation and Pipe Joints







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Pipe Ends:
Plain ends (PE)
Bevel ends (BE)
Threaded ends (TE)
Pipe joints:
Flanged and butt weld
Socket weld and screwed
Hubbed connection
Mechanical coupling
Soldered
Pipe Design and Construction Considerations
Wall thickness and minimum wall thickness
Welding technologies
Welding and weld materials
Preheating
Post weld heat treatment
Weld inspection "nondestructive examination" (NDE)
Inspection levels
Important Terminology and Definition in Accordance with ASME B31.3 (2)
WPS, WPQR and WPQ
Cathodic protection
Galvanic protection and galvanized pipes
killed carbon steel
Coating and lining
Hot and cold insulation
Tracing and jacketing
Pressure testing
Dimensional standards

Workshop 2

Fitting Types
Elbows, returns, bends and mitered bends







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Reducers and swage nipples
Unions and couplings
Caps and plugs
Tees (reducing and equal) and cross
Olets: Weldolet, Sockolet, Threaolet, Laterolet, Elbowlet, Nippolet, Sweepolet and
Flangolet
Reinforcement branch connection (Hot tapping)
Fitting Sizes and Classes
Class or rating
Connection types and abbreviations
Construction materials
Sizes and dimensions
Design and construction considerations in accordance with ASME B31.3
Wall thickness
Branch chart
Dimensional standards

Flange Types
Flange attachment (ends):
Weld neck
Slip on
Lapped joint
Socket welded and threaded
Flange facing: flat face, raise face, ring type joint and toungue-grouved
Flange types: spectacle blinds, spades, spacers and orifice
Application, advantages and disadvantages
Flange Sizes and Classes
Sizes and dimensions
Class or rating
Selection guideline
Design and construction considerations in accordance with ASME B31.3
Lap-joint stub end
Flange boltup: Criss-Cross bolt-tightening
Flange staggering







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Causes of flange leakage
Dimensional standards

Workshop 3

Types of Valves
Functions: block flow, throttle flow and prevent flow reversal
Types: gate, globe, ball, plug, diaphragm, butterfly and check valves
Valve parts and construction materials
Valve actuators
Types: manual, pneumatic, hydraulic and electric
Application, advantages and disadvantages
Connections: thread, socket weld, butt weld, flanged and wafer
Application, advantages and disadvantages
Class or rating
Sizes and dimensions
Selection guideline
Design and construction considerations in accordance with ASME B31.3
Inspection and testing
Fire-safe
Dimensional standards
Gasket, Bolts and Nuts
Gasket types: nonmetallic, semi-metallic or composite and metallic-ring type
Construction materials
Selection criteria
Sizes and dimensions
Design and construction considerations in accordance with ASME B31.3
Dimensional standards
Bolt types: machine bolts & nuts and stud bolts & nuts
Construction materials
Sizes and dimensions
Design and construction considerations in accordance with ASME B31.3
Dimensional standards
Non-Piping Items







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Safety and relief valves
Strainers
Expansion joints
Measurement instruments

Workshop 4

Process Plant Piping Design II
Plant Layout and Piping Arrangement around Equipment

Piping Design Terminologies and Definitions
Key groups involving in project phases
Major keywords in process plant piping design
Safety in plant design
Constructability, operability, maintainability and accessibility
Equipment, Electrical and Instrument
Civil & Structure
Piping components and supports
Process and utility lines
Tracing, insulation, painting, coating, lining
Fabrication, erection and installation
Welding, Inspection and pressure tests
Deliverables; documents and drawings
Piping components, materials and standards review
Pipes and fittings
Piping components, materials and standards review
Flanges and valves

Workshop 1

Plant Layout Basic Considerations
Location conditions and environmental issues







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Safety, operability and maintainability and accessibility
Economical design (plant life expectancy and life-cycle cost) and Future expansion
Plant Layout Detailed Considerations
Safety and hazards classification
Area arrangement and roadways
Service building, control room and electrical sub-station
Firefighting and prevention of the spread of fire
Process and utility units
Offsite and waste treatment facilities
Fabrication, erection and installation
Distances/clearances requirements for process units, equipment and piping
Piping Layout Basic Considerations
Plant structures and platforms
Terminology and definition
Type of structures
Design and construction consideration
Pipe racks and sleepers
Terminologies and definitions
Types of pipe racks
Design and construction consideration
Under/above ground piping
Terminologies and definitions
Types of piping routing systems
Design and construction consideration
Piping Layout Detailed Considerations
Terminologies and definitions
Types of valves, location, installation, accessibility and operability considerations
Drain, vent and sampling system
Instrument types (pressure, temperature, flow, level), locations considerations

Workshop 2

Drums, Vessels and Tanks







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Terminologies and definitions
Types
Locations
Nozzle elevation and orientation
Piping and instruments
Piping supports
Platform arrangements
Maintenance
Towers
Terminologies and definitions
Types
Locations
Nozzle elevation and orientation
Piping and instruments
Piping supports
Platform arrangements
Maintenance
Pumps
Terminologies and definitions
Types
Locations
Nozzle elevation and orientation
Piping
Instruments
Piping supports
Maintenance
Workshop 3
Piping arrangement around drums, vessels and tanks
Piping arrangement around drums, vessels and towers
Piping arrangement around drums, vessels and pumps
Heat Exchangers
Terminologies and definitions
Types







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Locations
Nozzle elevation and orientation
Piping
Instruments
Piping supports
Maintenance
Pipe Supports
Terminologies and definitions
Stress and support
Support types and application
Support location considerations
Dimension and selection
Reference standards
Workshop 4
Piping arrangement around heat exchangers
Support arrangement around piping
Workshop 5
Piping routing in accordance with:
Codes and standards
Piping material specification (PMS)
Equipment layout
Equipment data (drawings and nozzle orientation)
P&ID
Instrument hook-up drawings
Piping deliverables:
Plot plan "plant layout" and piping layout
Piping isometrics and spools
Bill of materials or material take off


Career Opportunities

Upon completion of this course you will be able to take the following positions:

Chemical (Process) Engineer and Technician







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Mechanical Engineer and Technician
Piping Designer and Piping Engineer and Technician
Project Engineer
Piping CAD Technologist/technician
Equipment Designers, Engineer and Technician
Structural Designer, Engineer and Technician
Instrumentation and Control Designer, Engineer and Technician
Electrical Designer, Engineers and Technician
Consulting Engineers