Pipe Layout Specification

Copyright ©, 2012,
Pipe Layout Specification
William G. Beazley, PhD
All Rights Reserved • Required Practices for Pipe, Valve and
Other Copyrights Apply as Noted Fitting (PVF) Layout
• NOT Equipment Layout
• Has Impact on Equipment
• O&M Access to Inline and Offline PVF

Outline of Typical Spec Document Pipe Headroom

(Petronas) (Source: Automatic Fire Protection Design)

INTRODUCTION PIPING COMPONENTS

PIPE SIZING INSPECTION AND
PIPING BASICS TESTING
PIPING ADJACENT TO INSULATION
EQUIPMENT PAINTING AND COATING
UTILITY PIPING REFERENCES
TANK FARM PIPING APPENDICES
PIPING FOR LOADING AND
UNLOADING FACILITIES
ON JETTIES

http://www.autofire.com.au/

Vehicle Impacts Valve at Point Average Man Clearance

Comfort Formosa Plastics Plant (Source: Fluor)

http://www.csb.gov/index.cfm?folder=completed_investigations&page=info&INV_ID=55

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 Average Man Clearance
Average Man Clearance
(Source: Fluor)

Average Man Clearance Average Man Clearance

(Source: Fluor) (Source: Fluor)

Average Man Clearance Kneeling Access

(Source: Fluor) (GCPTA)

http://www.gcpta.org/

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 Crouching and
Crouching Access
(GCPTA) Downward Access
(Emerson Process Management)

http://www.gcpta.org/
http://www.emersonprocess.com/home/news/resources/morephotos.html

Tightening Flange Average Man Clearance

Bolts (Source: Fluor)
(GCPTA)

http://www.gcpta.org/

Technician Inspects Turning a Block Valve

Gauge on Meter Station (GCPTA)

(US DOE)

http://www.gcpta.org/
http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/reserves/spr/SPR_Photographs.html

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 Reaching High Access Gloved Hands in
(GCPTA)
Weather
(GCPTA)

http://www.gcpta.org/ http://www.gcpta.org/

Gloved Access in Subzero Weather Chain Valve Actuation

(US Air Force) (Shell)

http://www.eielson.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123043440 http://www.shell.com/home/content/media/imagelibrary/image_library.html

Access in Valve Accessibility and Clearance

Hazmat Suits - Horizontal Stem
(AK Department of (Source: Chevron Technology)
Environmental
Conservation)

http://www.dec.state.ak.us/SPAR/PERP/gallery/gallery.htm

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 Valve
Valve Accessibility
and
Accessibility Clearance -
and Clearance - Vertical Stem
(Source: Chevron
Vertical Stem Technology)

(Source: Fluor)

Alumina - Kwinana Alumina Refinery.

Battye Library 003873d.

http://www.ccentre.wa.gov.au/index.cfm?event=ignitingIndustryAndDevelopment

Turning a Large Above Head Valve Access

Valve Actuator at (Chevron Phillips Chemical Company)
Proper Height
(GCPTA)

http://www.gcpta.org/
http://www.cpchem.com/enu/image_bank.asp

Inclined Valve Handwheel Reaching Access

(Shell) (US Dept of State)

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/pix/b/nea/iraq/19886.htm

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 Reaching Access to Handwheel on Reaching
Vertical Valve Stem Access to
(BP)
Handwheel
on Horizontal
Valve Stem
(US DOE)
• Technician checks
valve on wellhead
assembly at the
Reserve's Big Hill
site near
Beaumont, TX.
http://www.bp.com/sectiongenericarticle.do?categoryId=9004700&contentId=7009037 http://www.fossil.energy.gov/programs/reserves/spr/SPR_Photographs.html

Platforms
Bending (Source: Bausbacher and Hunt)
Access Description ft mm
Headroom 7’ 2,100
(US Navy) Width of walkways (grade or elevated) 3’ 900
Maximum variance between platforms 9” 230
without an intermediate step
Width at vertical vessels 3’ 900
Distance between inside radius and inside 10” 250
of platform on vertical vessels
Maximum distance of platform or grade 5’ 1,500
below centerline of maintenance access
USN_sailor_operates_fuel_valve_·_070115-N-9479M-004.JPEG Maximum length of dead ends 20’ 6,000

Railing Standards
Stairway, (Source: Chevron Technology)
Grates,
Rails
(Source:
MMS)

Handrails are required on

open sides of platform
http://www.mms.gov/mmskids/explore/explore.htm
areas and stairways.

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 Stairway, OSHA Approved
Grates, Ladder?
Rails (Source:
(Source: StrangeDangers.com)
MMS)

http://www.mms.gov/mmskids/explore/explore.htm http://www.strangepolice.com/content/item/109375.html

OSHA on Ladders
Ladders (Source: Bausbacher and Hunt)
Description ft mm
Width of ladders 1 ‘ 6” 450
Diameter of cage 2’4” 710
Extension at step-off platforms 4’ 1,200
Distance of bottom hoop from grade or platform 8’ 2,400
Distance between inside radius of vertical vessels to 1’2” 350
centerline of ladder rung
Maximum vertical rise of uninterrupted ladder run 30’ 9,150
Maximum slope from vertical axis 15°
Toe clearance 8” 200

Ladder Enclosure & Platform Extreme Ladder Access

(Source: Engineered Storage Products Company) (Source: Trellchem®)

Self-closing gates at
ladder openings and all
platforms are required

http://www.slurrystore.com/40/AgiNozzl.html
http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Lab/3518/SH-Wallpapers.htm

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 Stairs
(Source: Bausbacher and Hunt) Width of
Walkways
Description ft mm (Source: Center for
Width (back-to-back of stringer) 2 ‘6” 750 Environmental
Maximum vertical one-flight rise 18’ 5,500 Research Education)
Maximum angle 50°
Headroom 7’ 2,100 • 2'6" is OSHA
Width of landings 3’ 900 • 3' is more realistic

http://dep.state.ct.us/educ/cere/schoolprograms.htm

Ladder and Ladders

(Source: The Grating Company)
Platform
Examples
(Source: Tsukishima
Kikai Co.,Ltd.)

Ladders that extend more than 20ft above

grade must have safety cages - OSHA

http://www.tsk-g.co.jp/en/tech/ind/ind1.html
http://www.fibreglassgrating.com/

Fixed and Ladder &

Temporary Platform
Ladder Access Clearances
to Vessels (US DOE)
(US DoE)

http://www.nrel.gov/data/pix/
http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyfacts/sources/non-renewable/refinery.html

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 Handrails & Stairs
Platforms & Bridges (Source: The Grating Company)
(Source: The Grating Company)

http://www.fibreglassgrating.com/

http://www.fibreglassgrating.com/

Valve Maintenance Process Piping Installation

(Source: ABB, Weir Valves & Controls) (Source: Black Cat Construction)

http://www.abb.com
http://www.offshore-technology.com/contractors/valves/hopkinsons/hopkinsons5.html http://www.bcc-qatar.com/projectgallery.htm

Operator Adjustment in View of Indicator

(GCPTA)
Access to
Controls
(Source:
Bausbacher
and Hunt)
• Rule: If task
takes two
hands, don’t
do it from a
ladder.
http://www.gcpta.org/

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 Operator Access
to Valves and
Indicators
(GCPTA)
Operator Access
to Valves
(Source: Air
Products)

http://www.gcpta.org/
http://www.airproducts.com/PhotoLibrary/restricted/photo-plant.asp

Operator Access to Valves

(Source: Air Products) Operator Access
to Valves
(Source: Air
Products)

http://www.airproducts.com/PhotoLibrary/restricted/photo-plant.asp http://www.airproducts.com/PhotoLibrary/restricted/photo-plant.asp

Operator Access to Stirred Reactor Operator Access

(Source: Black Cat Construction)
(Source: Air Products)

http://www.airproducts.com/PhotoLibrary/restricted/photo-plant.asp http://www.bcc-qatar.com/projecthistory.htm

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Valve and Piping Layout at Low Walks Valve Arrangement for Access from Walkways
(Source: Chevron Technology) (Source: Chevron Technology)

Valve Access Extreme Operator Access

from Platform (http://www.hazmat.tripod.com)
(Shell)

http://www.hazmat.tripod.com/id4.html

Atmospheric Vents Near Platforms

Maintenance (Shell)
Platforms

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Atmospheric Underground Elevations
Vents (Source: Bausbacher and Hunt)
(Source:
Bausbacher and
Hunt)

• Top of Stacks
& Continuously
Operating
Vents - 10ft
(3m) above any
platform within
35ft (10.5m)
radius
• Vertical
distance may
be reduced by
same distance
is outside Like Stadium
safety radius
Seating
Photo by Derek Jensen (Tysto)

Typical Gravity Feed Arrangement Typical Pipe Rack Elevation

(Source: Bausbacher and Hunt) (Source: Bausbacher and Hunt)

Pipe Rack Configurations

(Source: Bausbacher and Hunt)

Typical Pipe
Rack in a Vertical
Arrangement
(Source: Bausbacher
and Hunt)

http://www.nrel.gov/data/pix/

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 Outline of Typical Spec Document
1. TABLE OF CONTENTS
2. 1. INTRODUCTION
3. 1.1 SCOPE
4. 1.2 DISTRIBUTION, INTENDED USE AND
Questions REGULATORY CONSIDERATIONS
5. 1.3 DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS
6. 1.4 CROSS-REFERENCES
7. 1.5 SUMMARY OF CHANGES SINCE
PREVIOUS EDITION
8. 2. PIPE SIZING
9. 2.1 GENERAL
10. 2.2 PRELIMINARY PIPE SIZING

Atmospheric
Vents
(Source:
Bausbacher and
Hunt)

• Top of Stacks
& Continuously
Operating
Vents - 10ft
(3m) above any
platform within
35ft (10.5m)
radius
• Vertical
distance may
be reduced by
same distance
is outside
safety radius

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