PIG

Pipeline Inspection Gauge

 LENGTH 01 04 DIAMETER

PIPELINE
DIMENSION
DUAL
DIAMETER WALL
PIPELINES THICKNESS
02 03
PIPELINE MATERAILS

1 2 3
BASE
LININGS COATINGS
MATERIALS
 PRODUCT PRESSURE

OPERATION
CONDITION

TEMPERATURE FLUID VELOCITY

PIPELINE
CONNECTION

Y-CONNECTION
PIPELINE
CONNECTION
Y-CONNECTION
• Angle between inlet branches;
• Radius between inlet and outlet
branches;
• Inlet branch intersection radius;
• Increase in internal diameter.
 Y-CONNECTION
 

Where,
(Mm, dm) pig mass and
(Mp, dp ) pipe diameter for the model
 Y-CONNECTION
 

where is the transporting fluid density.

Hence,
TYPICAL
Y-
CONNECTION

ASSEMBLY
LAYOUT
PIPELINE
CONNECTION

TEE CONNECTION
WITH REMOVABLE
SUBSEA PIG
RECEIVER
PIPELINE
CONNECTION

TEE CONNECTION
WITH RETURN
PIGGING LOOP
Computational
scheme