RE: [Fwd: Type of piping]

From: <Steve>
Date: Tue Mar 01 2005 - 18:48:00 EST

Hi Barry

Use steel pipe. Screwed pipe is fairly cheap assuming the pressure isnt too high for it.
Too hot for the cheaper plastics, and you need to be extra careful using plastic pipe with compressed gas
. The majority of the cost will be in the installation hours, not the materials as it looks like a small fiddly job.

Cheers

Steve.

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From: Paul Bowers [mailto:pbowers@pipingdesign.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 12:41 PM To: PipingDesign@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Barnaby.Bryce@eon-uk.com
Subject: [PipingDesign] [Fwd: Type of piping]

Guys, here's a question from a visitor to the site.

The image mentioned below has been uploaded to http://www.pipingdesign.com/drawings/comp_dwg.jpg

What is the pressure?

Paul

• Original Message -------- Subject: Type of piping Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 10:50:50 -0000 From: Bryce, Barnaby ( Energy Wholesale ) <Barnaby.Bryce@eon-uk.com> To: <info@pipingdesign.com>

Hello there,

   I was wondering if you could help me out with an NVQ project -

   I have a design idea (see attached picture if you like) which involves

a ring main tapped off from the outlet of a screw type air compressor in

an acoustic enclosure, through a timer-operated solenoid valve. The idea

behind this is that it will regularly blast out the built up dust from the radiator fins.

   BUT- and this is where I was wondering if you could help- I'm not sure

what type of pipework is most suitable for this application. The air from the compressor will be fairly hot, up to around 70-80 degrees C, but the pipework will only be used for a few seconds at a time. Is plastic pipework ok for this? I'm after the easiest to fabricate and install that will be effective for the job. I hope you were the right people to ask!
Thanks

Barny Bryce
Knowledge-hungry apprentice

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