Paul:
An extension of the refinery section: consider piping movement (I get into
reciprocating compressors and their associated pulsation control systems).
Southwest Research Institute has some beautiful FEA models showing predicted and
actual movement of compressor piping during operation. You get various modes of
vibration, some of which you wouldn't expect. That could make some good graphic
footage.
George McKinney
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From: Paul Bowers
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Subject: [PipingDesign] Piping on TV
On cable TV in Canada we have a few engineering-related television programs.
Some of the recent ones I've seen:
- the chunnel
- offshore platforms
- tall buildings
- virtual reality for engineering
- big machines
- city underground (lots of piping)
What would be really neat would be a program all about piping. Could it fill
a whole hour and still be interesting? I'm betting yes, if good graphics
could be used.
Of interest to a targetted TV audience might be:
- what is piping design (quite a few hundreds of years of history here)
- refineries and other facilities (what does all that stuff do?)
- pigs and stoppling methods
- the role of piping in everyday life (plumbing)
- really complicated CAD models and animated walk-throughs (cool)
- review and understanding of the safety standards used (99.999% of
facilities do not explode)
- examples of huge pipes/valves used in the past (wow factor)
- study of past failures (must be said)
- suggest more
Any more ideas? The cable television world is looking for material and this
would seem to be a no-brainer.
Paul
Piping Design Central
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