Pipeline Maintenance Engineering detailed syllabus for Petroleum Engineering (PETRO), R18 regulation has been taken from the JNTUHs official website and presented for the students of B.Tech Petroleum Engineering branch affiliated to JNTUH course structure. For Course Code, Course Titles, Theory Lectures, Tutorial, Practical/Drawing, Credits, and other information do visit full semester subjects post given below. The syllabus PDF files can also be downloaded from the universities official website.
For all the other PETRO 4th Year 1st Sem Syllabus for B.Tech R18 Regulation JNTUH scheme, visit Petroleum Engineering 4th Year 1st Sem R18 Scheme.
For all the (Professional Elective-4) subjects refer to Professional Elective-4 Scheme. The detail syllabus for pipeline maintenance engineering is as follows.
Course Objective:
- To familiarize the students with the various elements and stages involved in transportation of oil and gas.
- To understand international standards and practices in piping design.
- To know various equipment and their operation in pipeline transportation.
- To understand modern trends in transportation of oil and gas
Course Outcome:
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Unit – I
Elements of pipeline design: Fluid properties – Environment – Effects of pressure and temperature -Supply / Demand scenario – Route selection – Codes and standards – Environmental and hydrological considerations – Economics – Materials / Construction – Operation – Pipeline protection – Pipeline integrity monitoring. Pipeline route selection, survey and geotechnical guidelines: Introduction – Preliminary route selection – Key factors for route selection – Engineering survey – Legal survey – Construction / As-built survey – Geotechnical design.
Unit – II
Natural gas transmission: General flow equation – Steady state – Impact of gas molecular weight and compressibility factor on flow capacity – Flow regimes – Widely used steady-state flow equations -Summary of the impact of different gas and pipeline parameters on the gas flow efficiency – Pressure drop calculation for pipeline in series and parallel – Pipeline gas velocity – Erosional velocity – Optimum pressure drop for design purposes – Pipeline packing – Determining gas leakage using pressure drop method – Wall thickness / pipe grade – Temperature profile – Optimization process – Gas transmission solved problems.
Unit – III
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Unit – IV
Liquid flow and pumps: Fully developed laminar flow in a pipe – Turbulent flow – Centrifugal pumps – Retrofitting for centrifugal pumps (Radial-flow) – Pump station control – Pump station piping design. Transient flow in liquid and gas pipelines: Purpose of transient analysis – Theoretical fundamentals and transient solution technique – Applications – Computer applications. Pipeline mechanical design: Codes and standards – Location classification – Pipeline design formula – Expansion and flexibility – Joint design for pipes of unequal wall thickness.
Unit – V
Materials selection and quality management: Elements of design – Materials designation standards – Quality management. Pipeline construction: Construction – Commissioning. Pipeline protection, Instrumentation, pigging and Operations: Pipeline coating – Cathodic protection – Cathodic protection calculations for land pipelines – Internal corrosion – Flow meters and their calibration – Sensors – Pigs-Pipeline Operations and maintenance.
Text Books:
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Reference Books:
- Piping Calculation Manual, E. Shashi Menon, McGraw-Hill, 2004.
- Piping and Pipeline Engineering: Design, Construction, Maintenance Integrity and Repair, George A. Antaki, CRC Press, 2003.
- Pipeline Planning and Construction Field Manual, E. Shashi Menon, Gulf Professional Publishing, 2011.
- Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook, E. W. McAllister, 7th Edition, 2009.
- Liquid Pipeline Hydraulics, E. Shashi Menon, Mareel Dekker Inc., 2004.
- Gas Pipeline Hydraulics, E. Shashi Menon, Taylor and Francis, 2005.
For detail syllabus of all other subjects of B.Tech Petroleum Engineering 4th Year 1st Sem , visit PETRO 4th Year 1st Sem syllabus subjects.
For B.Tech Petroleum Engineering (PETRO) 4th Year results, visit JNTUH B.Tech Petroleum Engineering semester results direct link.