CSG Facility Pipe Support Options:

Piping Stress Analysis Approach

AGIT Gas Speak Colloquium 2012

Clinton Glanville
Mechanical Engineer
Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR)
Agenda
• Why do we need pipe supports?
• Pipe Support Options
• CSG Pipeline Facilities
• Piping Stress Analysis
Pipe Supports
• 6 Degrees of Freedom
Vertical

Axial

Lateral
Piping Systems
• Coal Seam Gas Pipeline Facilities
– Pig Launchers & Receivers
– Filters
– Metering
– Vent Systems
– Tie-ins to other facilities
• Large Bore Piping (600mm+ Pipe Diameters)
• Equipment Load Limits
• Corrosion
• Isolation from Cathodic Protection (CP)
Pipe Supports: Rests

Saddle Welded Shoe Clamped Shoe

Pipe Supports: Anchors

Clamped Anchor
Pipe Supports: Struts, Stops, Guides

Guide with wear pad

Pipe Supports: Hangers

Rigid Hanger Constant-Effort Hanger

Spring Hanger
Piping Stress Analysis: An Introduction
• Safe piping designs
• Stresses
• Loadings
• Displacements
• Dynamic loadings
• Optimisation
Piping Stress Analysis: Software
Piping Stress Analysis: CAESAR II
Modelled Piping & Supports

Spring
Hanger:
+Y

Double-acting Guide: Z
Vertical: Y

Anchors: X, Y, Z, RX, RY, RZ

Piping Stress Analysis: CAESAR II
Operating: Weight, Pressure, Temperature
Piping Stress Analysis: CAESAR II
Sustained: Weight, Pressure
Piping Stress Analysis: Pipe Supports
Refining the Model:
• Gaps
• Friction
• Support Stiffness
Piping Stress Analysis: Results
• Load Cases
Loads Displacements
– Operating
– Sustained
• Reports
– Loads
– Displacements
• Stress Isometrics
– Support Types
– Locations
Piping Stress Analysis: Stress Isometric
Examples: Dummy Leg
Examples: U-Bolts & Teflon Pads
Examples: Not recommended
Examples: When it goes wrong
Examples: Piping disengagement
Summary
• Pipe supports have a major effect on piping system safety
and integrity
• Optimal pipe support and piping system design can
decrease project costs and prevent failure
Disclaimer
These materials contain information of a general nature and are
provided for discussion purposes only. They do not in any way represent
engineering advice and KBR does not warrant the accuracy,
completeness or currency of the information in these materials. Any
person who uses or relies on these materials does so entirely at their
own risk.

Thank you!
Clinton Glanville
Mechanical Engineer