JNTUK B.Tech Pipeline Engineering gives you detail information of Pipeline Engineering R13 syllabus It will be help full to understand you complete curriculum of the year.
Learning Objectives: The students will be able to learn
- Basic concepts in design, operation and maintenance of liquid and gas pipe lines.
- Basic concepts related to the behavior of well fluids for proper designing of flow lines/trunk pipe lines.
- Procedures to obtain permissions to install pipe lines as per the State/DGMS regulations.
- Operation and maintenance of gas compressors and compressor stations.
- HSE issues of handling and transport of oil and gas.
- Pipeline integrity management techniques.
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: Gas compression:Types of compressors – Compressor drivers – Compressor station configuration – Thermodynamics of isothermal and adiabatic gas compression – Temperature change in adiabatic gas compression – Thermodynamics of polytropic gas compression – Gas compressors in series – Centrifugal compressor horsepower – Enthalpy / Entropy charts (Mollier diagram) Centrifugal compressor performance curve- Reciprocation compressors.
Coolers : Gas coolers – Air-cooled heat exchangers –Heat transfer equations for coolers – Fan air mass flow rate – Required fan power – Gas pressure drop in coolers – Iterative procedure for calculations based on unknown T2.
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.
UNIT-V: Pipeline mechanical design:Codes and standards – Location classification – Pipeline design formula – Expansion and flexibility – Joint design for pipes of unequal wall thickness – Value assemblies – Scraper traps – Buoyancy control – Crossings – Depth of cover – Aerial markings – Warning signs.
Pipeline construction: Construction – Commissioning.
UNIT-VI: Materials selection: Elements of design – Materials designation standards Pipeline protection, Instrumentation and Pigging: Pipeline coating – Cathodic protection – Cathodic protection calculations for land pipelines – Internal corrosion – Flow meters and their calibration – Sensors – Pigs.
Outcomes: The students will be able to
- Become pipeline engineers to supervise pipeline industry.
- Provide guidance and supervision in the repair and maintenance of pipelines. Plan and execute corrosion protection methods to improve the life of the pipeline.
- Become a good public relations officer in dealing public and media at the time of land acquisition & during emergency operations.
Text Books
- Pipeline Design and Construction: A Practical Approach, M. Mahitpour, H. Golshan and M.A. Murray, 2ndEdition, ASME Press, 2007.
- Pipeline Engineering, Henry Liu, Lewis Publishers (CRC Press), 2003.
- Reference Books
- Piping Calculation Manual, E. ShashiMenon, 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. ShashiMenon, Gulf Professional Publishing, 2011.
- Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook, E. W. McAllister, 7th Edition, 2009.
- Liquid Pipeline Hydraulics, E. ShashiMenon, Mareel Dekker, Inc., 2004.
- Gas Pipeline Hydraulics, E. ShashiMenon, Taylor & Francis, 2005.
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