This course on onshore and offshore piping systems is the trending area on study and has much scope in any type of pipeline industry. This course comes from the domain called pipeline engineering which consists of the planning of piping systems, technical sketching, designing of materials and selection of pipeline system, construction, maintenance and pipeline operations at onshore and offshore platforms. This course has vast scope in the industries such as pumping stations, storage stations, compressor drives, pipeline operation stations and control stations to carry fluids (gas or liquids) over remote distances. This nature of the job requires engineering skills that incorporate concepts not only from piping engineers but also from other engineering disciplines to handle and fulfil the pipeline operations.
This course is well designed to help learners acquire extended knowledge about the technical concepts on selection criteria, design, material selection, wear and failure, operations and pipeline systems. This course is designed in a well manner to develop the learners to achieve extended knowledge on pipeline systems and its advancements. Since this course emphasizes on the practical aspects, numerous practical examples have been included in the curriculum
WHO SHOULD COMPLETE THIS COURSE
- Pipeline engineers
- Pipeline network design engineer
- Pipeline maintenance
- Pipeline risk assessment engineer
- Process engineers
- Design technicians
- Consulting Engineers
- Engineering managers
- Project Engineer
COURSE OUTLINE
FUNDAMENTALS OF PIPELINE
- Basics
- Factors influencing pipeline design
DESIGN OF PIPELINES
- Pipeline route selection
- Tools and techniques used
- Codes and standards affecting pipeline design
- Construction and maintenance
PIPELINE DESIGN PRINCIPLES
- Hydraulics
- Mechanical design and material selection
PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION FUNDAMENTALS
- pipeline protection and maintenance
- pipeline economics
- physical quantities and units in pipeline design
CASE STUDY I
- General design and engineering of a pipeline – The trans-Alaska pipeline
PIPELINE DESIGN STANDARDS
- Code and specifications
- codes governing the design of piping systems
- developing of codes
- features and scope of codes governing pipeline design
- information contained in piping specifications
- overview of pipeline & components
- design codes
- Introduction to Pipeline Routing
- basic concepts
- factors influencing route selection
- Rules and tools used
- Thumb rules for route selection
- Information/data used in route selection
- Tools used in route selection
- Route selection case studies
- Conclusion
CASE STUDY 2
- Pipeline routing case study: The Baku-Tbilisi – Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline
PIPELINE HYDRAULICS
- Fluid properties and their units
- Density and specific gravity
- Specific weight
- Absolute or dynamic viscosity
- Kinematic viscosity
- Compressibility factors for gases.
LIQUID FLOW
- Types
- Reynolds number
- Pumps
- Types of pumps: centrifugal pump, cavitation
LIQUID FLOW AND PUMPS
- Optimization of line size
- Pressure drop and pumping station location
GAS FLOW AND COMPRESSORS
- Gas flow equation densities
- Continuity equation
- Compressible gas flow and types
- Friction factor
- Gas flow equation for horizontal pipes
- Gas compressors basics
- Types, selection criteria
- Compressor drivers
- Compressor energy balance equation
- Guidelines on compressor design
- Optimization of design of Gas pipelines
MECHANICAL DESIGN
- Forces and stresses in pipelines
- Design criteria
- Common pipeline materials
- Joining methods
- Mechanical design equation
- Design factors based on location of Gas pipelines
LOADS, STRESSES AND CALCULATION EQUATION
- Sustained loads mechanical design for sustained loads
- Thermal expansion/contraction of materials
- Thermal stresses
- Estimation of weight of pipe
- Maximum span between pipe supports
- Estimation of expansion/contraction of pipe
CASE STUDY V
- Determining maximum test pressure and test section volume for hydraulic testing of pipelines
PIPELINE MATERIALS
- Metallurgy and manufacture of offshore pipes
- Manufacturing process – seamless pipes
- Flexible pipelines
- Composite pipes
- High pressure and high temperature pipeline materials
DESIGN FOR LOAD AND STRESSES
- Design for upheaval buckling
- Buckling initialization
- Propagation
- Design for operating stress and strain – thin and thick wall pipe design
- Longitudinal stress
- Thermal expansion stresses
- Pipeline spanning and control
DESIGN OF PIPELINE RISERS
- Riser types
- Design loads and considerations
- Pipeline shore approaches – trenched crossing of sandy beaches
- Horizontal drilling
- Rock shores
- Tidal flats
- Tunnels
PREPARING THE PIPELINE ROW
- Sequence of construction activities
- Surveying and inspection of construction
- Clearing, grading
- Trenching
- Stringing
- Bending
- Welding
PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION I
- Construction by lay barges
- S-lay version of the lay barges
- Construction by lay barges
- Dynamic positioning
PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION II
- J-Lay system
- Construction by reel barges
- Construction by pull and tow methods
- Trenching methods – jet sled method
- Mechanical cutting machines
- Mechanical ploughs
- Construction of pipe-in-pipe methods
- Umbilicals-typical construction of umbilical
