May 2017
Special Focus: Maintenance and Reliability
A deeper examination of thermal expansion issues in process equipment and piping
Piping and process equipment that operate at high temperatures experience thermal expansion. If free thermal expansion is restrained, mechanical stresses are created within the component.
This is a preview of our premium content. Thank you for your interest—please log in or subscribe to read the full article.
The Author
Related Articles
- Common challenges in risk-based inspection for piping: Insights from experience
- Hydrocarbon value chain optimization: Non-CAPEX opportunities to improve gross margins for the downstream sector—Part 2
- Optimizing NGL treatment for sulfur and methanol reduction at Pembina NGL Corporation’s Redwater fractionation plant—Part 2
Comments