May 2016
Special Report: Maintenance/Reliability
Apply a short-term, high-temperature carbon steel solution to piping systems
Carbon steel (CS) piping and equipment are used extensively in refineries and petrochemical plants, where fluid temperatures vary from moderate to high for various processes.
The Authors
is senior engineer working in the piping materials department of Reliance Engineering Group (REG) in Jamnagar, India. He has more than eight years of experience in piping material engineering, and holds a BS degree in chemical engineering.
M. G. Choudhury is Engineering Manager at Reliance Engineering Group in Mumbai, India. His major area of expertise is plant engineering, with an emphasis on piping and pipe stress. He has 40 yr of working experience in piping design and engineering. He has also performed work for Engineers India Ltd., Toyo Engineering Corp., Chemtex and SABIC.
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