Basic information on the most commonly used and difficult fabricating problems.

The Engineer's Guide to Plant Layout and Piping Design for the Oil and Gas Industries gives pipeline engineers and plant managers a critical real-world reference to design, manage, and implement safe and effective plants and piping systems for today's operations. This book fills a training void with complete and practical understanding of the requirements and procedures for producing a safe, economical, operable and maintainable process facility. Easy to understand for the novice, this guide includes critical standards, newer designs, practical checklists and rules of thumb. Due to a lack of structured training in academic and technical institutions, engineers and pipe designers today may understand various computer software programs but lack the fundamental understanding and implementation of how to lay out process plants and run piping correctly in the oil and gas industry. Starting with basic terms, codes and basis for selection, the book focuses on each piece of equipment, such as pumps, towers, underground piping, pipe sizes and supports, then goes on to cover piping stress analysis and the daily needed calculations to use on the job. - Delivers a practical guide to pipe supports, structures and hangers available in one go-to source - Includes information on stress analysis basics, quick checks, pipe sizing and pressure drop - Ensures compliance with the latest piping and plant layout codes and complies with worldwide risk management legislation and HSE - Focuses on each piece of equipment, such as pumps, towers, underground piping, pipe sizes and supports - Covers piping stress analysis and the daily needed calculations to use on the job

For mechanical and chemical engineers working for engineering construction as well as process manufacturing companies with responsibility for plant layout, piping, and construction; and for engineering students. Based on the authors' collective 65 years of experience in the engineering construction industry, this profusely illustrated, comprehensive guidebook presents tried-and-true workable methods and rules of thumb for plant layout and piping design for the process industries. Content is organized and presented for quick-reference on- the-job or for systematic study of specific topics. KEY TOPICS: Presents general concepts and principles of plant layout -- from basic terminology and input requirements to deliverables; deals with specific pieces of equipment and their most efficient layout in the overall plant design configuration; addresses the plant layout requirements for the most common process unit equipment; and considers the computerized tools that are now available to help plant layout and piping designers.

Pipe designers and drafters provide thousands of piping drawings used in the layout of industrial and other facilities. The layouts must comply with safety codes, government standards, client specifications, budget, and start-up date. Pipe Drafting and Design, Second Edition provides step-by-step instructions to walk pipe designers and drafters and students in Engineering Design Graphics and Engineering Technology through the creation of piping arrangement and isometric drawings using symbols for fittings, flanges, valves, and mechanical equipment. The book is appropriate primarily for pipe design in the petrochemical industry. More than 350 illustrations and photographs provide examples and visual instructions. A unique feature is the systematic arrangement of drawings that begins with the layout of the structural foundations of a facility and continues through to the development of a 3-D model. Advanced chapters discuss the customization of AutoCAD, AutoLISP and details on the use of third-party software to create 3-D models from which elevation, section and isometric drawings are extracted including bills of material. - Covers drafting and design fundamentals to detailed advice on the development of piping drawings using manual and AutoCAD techniques - 3-D model images provide an uncommon opportunity to visualize an entire piping facility - Each chapter includes exercises and questions designed for review and practice

This book was created with over (10,000) formulas worked out to create over (1,600) pipe templates to simplify the everyday task of pipe layout and fabrication for pipefitters and welders. In this book you will find pipe templates for the following. Concentric LR 90 degree base ell supports for (1 1/2" pipe on 1 1/2" pipe) through (24" pipe on 48" pipe.) Dummy leg supports laying flat on 90 degree ells (1 1/2" pipe on 2" pipe) through (14" pipe on 48" pipe.) Eccentric LR 90 degree base ell supports (1 1/2" pipe on 2" pipe) through (24" pipe on 48" pipe.) Eccentric throat level LR 90 degree base ell support (1 1/2" pipe on 2" pipe) through (24" pipe on 48" pipe.) 22 1/2 degree lateral through 60 degree lateral (1 1/2" pipe on 1 1/2" pipe) through (24" pipe on 48" pipe.) 7 1/2 degree miters through 45 degree miters (1 1/2" pipe) through (48" pipe) Orange peel head (2" pipe) through (24" pipe) Concentric reducers (3" x 2") through (24" x 22") Eccentric reducers (3" x 2") through (24" x 22") 90 degree concentric saddle tee (1 1/2" pipe on 1 1/2" pipe) through (42" pipe on 48" pipe) 90 degree eccentric saddle tee (1 1/2" pipe on 2" pipe) through (42" pipe on 48" pipe) This book also includes pipe information on decimal equivalents charts, decimal of a foot chart, fitting to fitting make-up dimension chart, formula's for center line dimensions of trimmed elbows, chart for length and spacing dimensions for nozzles with and without reinforcing pads, multiplier constants, pipe circumference chart, pipe data charts by schedule and weights and wall thickness and weights, formula's for solving known and unknown angles, chart for dimensions of span distance for dummy legs, standard valve dimensions chart and trigonometric formula tables.