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STANDARD

Part 13.01.06

SELECTION OF TEE CONNECTION TYPES

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STANDARD

Part 13.01.06

SELECTION OF TEE CONNECTION TYPES

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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1 General ............................................................................................................... 3
2 Stainless steel pipes ......................................................................................... 3
3 Carbon steel pipes ............................................................................................ 4
4 GRP pipes .......................................................................................................... 4

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1 General

Branch connection, reinforced-branch connection and factory-made tees are the

main types of tee connections. The selection between these types is mainly based on
the pressure strength, the DN1:DN2 ratio, the price and the space.

2 Stainless steel pipes

2.1 Pressure strengthof tee connection

The maximum allowable pressures for a branch connection with reinforcement are
listed in standard 13.02.08.

A factory-made tee is designed for the nominal pressure of the pipe class (see
standard 13.02.07).

2.2 Reinforced branch connection

A reinforced branch shall be made with a reinforcement plate (see Figure 1) or

alternatively using thicker wall in branch pipe.

The dimensions of reinforcement plates are presented in Standard 13.02.09. The wall
thickness of the reinforcement plate must not exceed s in the calculations.

Figure 1 Reinforced-branch connection

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2.3 Selection procedures

The maximum pressure in the line at the location of the tee connection shall be used
as the design pressure of the tee connection.

The maximum design pressure at the pressure side of the pump can be defined by
adding the head of the pump to the hydrostatic head.

The maximum design pressure of the tee connection at the suction side of a pump is
maximum hydrostatic head.

A reinforced branch with thick wall pipe or plate reinforcement shall be used if
pressure strength can be achieved with reinforcement, otherwise a factory-made tee
shall be selected.

External loads such as vibrations and big bending moments shall be considered
when necessary.

3 Carbon steel pipes

Branch connections shall be used generally except if DN2/ DN1 = 1. Pressure

strength of the branch connections and tees shall be checked case by case.

For high pressure piping tee-piece shall be selected. Tee pieces with DN2/ DN1 > 0.8
are not permissible for a design within the creep range of the material.

For instrumentation connection a reinforced branch connection shall be selected. See

the instrumentation standards.

4 GRP pipes

Tee-piece shall be specified for tee connections where the size of the branch pipe is
equal or up to two DN sizes smaller than the main pipe. Otherwise reinforced
branches shall be used.

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