Industrial process piping (and accompanying in-line components) can be manufactured from wood, glass, steel, aluminum, plastic and concrete. The in-line components typically sense and control the pressure, flow rate and temperature of the transmitted fluid, and usually are included when one discusses the concept of piping design. Piping systems are documented in Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams. If necessary, pipes can be cleaned by the tube cleaning process

Plumbing is the form of piping that most non-technical people are familiar with, as it constitutes the form of transportation that is used to provide liquids (water) and gases (natural gas) to their homes. Piping also removes waste from the household in the form of sewage.

Piping also has many other industrial applications, which are crucial for moving raw and semi-processed fluids for refining into more useful products. Some of the more exotic materials of construction are titanium, chrome-moly and various other steel alloys.

Usage in Geo-science

In Geo-science, Piping is subsurface erosion caused by seepage of water and soil along with it. It leads to formation of underground pipes. Since the roof of the pipe can cave in, they can be a threat to constructions over them. Sometimes a network of wide pipes is present under the surface.News story about cave-in of large subsurface erosion tunnel.

See also

• Category:Piping contains many related articles.

External links

• Contains photos of piping systems in oil refineries
• Description of book explaining the ASME B31.3(2004) Code on Process Piping
• Pipingdesign website (Includes technical articles, available courses, software , etc.)

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