Pipe Hangers and Supports

The piping system in an industrial facility or refinery can represent up to half of the design man-hours and a third of the total cost of a facility. Despite looking quite robust and often being constructed of steel, all piping needs to be properly supported and anchored. Without support, piping would sag and leak at its joints and place excessive stress on connected equipment. In this online, interactive course, you will learn how pipe supports and hangers carry weight, limit pipe movements, and manage both the stress in the pipes and loads on connected equipment.

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Course Details

Learning Objectives

  • Explain the need for pipe supports
  • Describe how temperature changes affect piping
  • Describe how designers deal with thermal expansion
  • Calculate piping support spacing for liquid filled steel pipes
  • Identify different types and components of suspension and non-suspension pipe hangers
  • Describe the difference between variable and constant effort spring supports
  • Explain the difference between guide and anchor supports
  • Describe two ways to attach a pipe support to concrete

Specs

Course Level Intermediate
Languages English
Compatibility Audio, Video, MobileReady, Responsive

Jay Scheldorf

Author

Jay Scheldorf is a Chemical Engineer with a PhD from the University of Idaho. After graduating he worked for UOP, commissioning and troubleshooting oil refinery processes around the world. He was a founding partner at Pacific Simulation, which provided simulation software, services, and simulation-based training to the pulp and paper industry. Jay also spent time as a control engineer at Ahlstrom, working primarily on Kamyr digesters. At Convergence Training he developed and supervised the production of hundreds of pulp and paper-related online training modules, as well as a variety of general technical and safety-related modules.

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