Reply With QuoteIf you could let us know what the proposed application is and perhaps attach a sketch of your idea, it might make it a bit clearer for us.
I currently have a situation where I use 1" schedule 80 steel pipe to feed two .203 ports and maintain 7k psi water pressure. due to the application external support is not possible. I am trying to minimize sag. I have considered using an X or Y configuration essentially creating a 21' steel X and placing it thru the pipe. and spot welding it in place thru drilled ports. what I would like to know is in order to keep sufficient volume to feed the two .203 ports and maintain the 7k psi what thickness steel to use and what diameter pipe I may have to use to in order to maintain this volume and pressure. if more information is needed I will try to supply as much as I can. I am also dealing with 30 to 50 mph of turbulence and 1000 to 2000 degree temperatures. any help would be appreciated. let me know if I have posted this in the wrong forum
If you could let us know what the proposed application is and perhaps attach a sketch of your idea, it might make it a bit clearer for us.
Originally Posted by phantomofky
Cake of Doom,
I think the op wants to minimize the sag of the pipe by inserting material into the pipe and spot welding via access holes drilled along the length of the pipe all while maintaining the desired flow and pressure capability of the pipe...
My thoughts;
- Modifying the pipe to reduce sag is interesting and inserting a structural piece will change the flow capacity of the pipe.
- Also, the modifications sounds really expensive to me...
- Estimating the flow capacity at pressure can be done here ---> http://www.engineersedge.com/fluid_f...alculation.htm and http://www.engineersedge.com/fluid_f...alculation.htm
- Can the op simply use a schedule 160 or drawn pipe with custom wall thickness?
Last edited by Kelly_Bramble; 08-13-2013 at 08:26 AM.
This is the bit that got asking what the application was because without any particular reason, this sounded a bit like an over complication. Perhaps I should have specified that I meant the application of the pipe and not the stiffeners.
I don't think I worded my response you very well, my apologizes.
Yes, running 7k psi water pressure through an unsupported length of pipe needs to be conceptually examined.
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the application is for industrial cleaning in a boiler. use a semi automated machine to deliver 7k psi thru the schedule 80 pipe. which has .203 tips in a tee formation. I came up with the x or y configuration after external fins were added to a piece of pipe and greatly reduced sag but the application requires the pipe to rotate 360 degrees. and temps nearing 2000 degrees and the rotation and turbulence make external support impossible. I just need to find out the minimum thickness of steel to make the x or y configuration. and if I need to increase the size of the pipe to maintain volume and pressure. we currently use the 1" schedule 80 but the sag makes aligning the jets difficult. hope this helps
I think Kelly's idea of using a higher grade with a thicker wall would be the route I'd choose because you'll have to resize the pipe to maintain flow rate anyway and may also give yourself the added headache of dealing with back pressure as the liquid tries to get around everything.
x2 - moreover the added complexity of the internal geometry within the pipe would make calculating the flow challenging.
Now thats settled; who's for tea?
Your place or mine?
Another thought I have is for the op to use a high pressure flexible hosing or pipe.
Heck, let the pipe sag...
I'll get it brewing, you grab some cups and we'll meet by the bandstand.
The OP mentions a full 360 rotation with 2000 degs (not sure what units but guessing F). Are there flexible hoses that can stand that?
Another thought: could you not count some of the 7k psi that is being pushed thru the pipe to aide you with the sag? Not putting any sums to it but I'd imagine that trying to bend a pipe that has that sort of pressure going thru it would be a nightmare.
Another thought: Where is this 2000 degs coming from? Rapidly heating water to that sort of temperature, in an enclosed space can't be healthy. If it is a super steam cleaner, and this is 7000 psi of steam going thru (got knows what thats throwing out at the ports) it could still help in reducing sag.
And is this temperature required?
So let me see if I'm understanding this... The nozzles are on the end of the wand only correct? Or are they located several places along the length? (sounds like just the end...) Then you have some sort of thing that hangs onto this l o n g ... h o t ... stick of skinny tube and spins it as it goes through the boiler tubes to blow the scale and crud out.
How about a very loose fitting collar on the tube O.D. maybe about a foot long... that has a face to it the will run into the end of the boiler tube. Then it will slide back as the cleaning wand is twirled through the boiler tube. The loose fitting piece that will hold the end up and slide back the wand will need to be supported above somehow and tied in with the unit. Maybe two independent hoists on your overhead crane bridge where one is attached to the sliding collar and the other to the driving unit. Several ways to skin that cat depending on how much you want to get into...
Good Luck.
Bob
well the pressure does help with the sag but not completely. and yes the nozzles are only at the end of the pipe. and yes its 2000 degrees f. we have used higher grade pipe and due to heat transfer and increased weight it still sags. I may just have to try the internal supports. sometimes trial and error is the best teacher. was just hoping for some suggestions as to what size steel to use in the x structure and size of pipe to use to maintain volume. I appreciate all the suggestions.
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