Plastic piping handbook
David A. Willoughby, R. Dodge Woodson, Rick Sutherland
Résumé
Written by expert David Willoughby, a 20-year veteran in the field, Plastic Piping Handbook is a one-of-a-kind, comprehensive guide to the durable, economical piping solution used today in 90 percent of low-pressure liquid and natural gas installations. You get the facts you need on a full range of vital topics, from pipe selection to pipeline purging and drying, to leak detection. This incomparable resource features codes and specs for gas and water transmission, inspection and testing procedures, and provides you with plenty of charts, data sheets, and tables. You'll find at your fingertips hundreds of pages of clear, practical guidance to help you:
* Design systems for municipal, industrial, commercial, residential, and field use
* Follow step-by-step procedures for aboveground and buried pipe design
* Choose and apply pipes, control valves, and regulators
* Adhere to codes and standards
* Install, inspect and test pipelines
* More!
FEATURING NEW INSPECTION, TEST, AND LEAK DETECTION PROCEDURES, CODES, AND STANDARDS USED IN NATURAL GAS AND WATER UTILITIES
Written by expert David Willoughby, a 20-year veteran in the field, PLASTIC PIPING HANDBOOK is a one-of-a-kind comprehensive guide to the durable, economical piping solution used today in 90 percent of low-pressure liquid and natural gas installations. Inside you'll find hundreds of pages of clear, practical guidance to help you:
* Apply plastic piping for greater reliability, durability, and economy in gas and liquid systems
* Design systems for municipal, industrial, commercial, residential, and field use
* Find solutions quickly with easy-to-read charts, tables, and diagrams
* Exploit hydraulic and engineering principles, and plastic pipe characteristics, for best performance
* Follow step-by-step procedures for aboveground and buried pipe design
* Choose and apply pipes, control valves, and regulators
* Adhere to codes and standards
* Handle construction operations
* Install pipelines
* Inspect and test
* Purge and dry plastic piping
* Detect leaks
* Maximize long-term and short-term economic advantages
The reference of the decade on a subject too long neglected, this indispensable handbook is finally here to make work flow more smoothly in your engineering or construction office or site.
Contents
- Chapter 1: General Information
- Chapter 2: Plastic Piping Characteristics
- Chapter 3: Fluid Flow
- Chapter 4: General Design Procedures
- Chapter 5: Above Ground Pipe Design
- Chapter 6: Buried Pipe Design
- Chapter 7: Pipe Handling and Construction
- Chapter 8: Horizontal Directional Drilling
- Chapter 9: Chemical Resistance of Plastics and Elastomers
- Chapter 10: Sliplining Sewers
- Chapter 11: Testing
- Chapter 12: Protecting Public Safety Through Excavation Damage Prevention
- Chapter 13: Brittle-Like Cracking in Plastic Pipe for Gas Service
- Appendix A: Specifications for Materials and Construction for a Natural Gas System
- Appendix B: Transportation of Natural or Other Gas by Pipeline: Minimum Federal Safety Standards
- Appendix C: Plastic Piping Systems Components
- Appendix D: Plastic Pipe Fittings
- Appendix E: Glossary
L'auteur - David A. Willoughby
David Willoughby (Baltimore, MD) is a Projects Manager for Rummel, Klepper & Kahl, a consulting engineering firm headquartered in Baltimore, MD. He has 20 years of experience in engineering, technical writing, and management in the natural gas, petroleum and pipeline industry. Mr. Willoughby is registered by the Council of Engineering Specialty Boards as a Petroleum Operations Engineer. Mr. Willoughby serves as the Project Manager for several major pipeline projects that include many HDD applications and has performed HDD consulting and designs on numerous water body and road crossings. He has a B.S. degree in Petroleum Engineering and has affiliations with the American Society of Petroleum Operations Engineers, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Petroleum Equipment Institute, Directional Crossing Contractors Association, National Association of Corrosion Engineers, and the Society of Petroleum Engineers.
Caractéristiques techniques
| PAPIER | |
| Éditeur(s) | Mc Graw Hill |
| Auteur(s) | David A. Willoughby, R. Dodge Woodson, Rick Sutherland |
| Parution | 01/10/2001 |
| Nb. de pages | 752 |
| Format | 15,5 x 23,5 |
| Couverture | Relié |
| Poids | 558g |
| Intérieur | Noir et Blanc |
| EAN13 | 9780071359566 |
| ISBN13 | 978-0-07-135956-6 |
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