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DesignDetailConsiderationsforPipingSupports

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ASMECodeforPressurePiping

SpecificdesignrequirementsforpipingsupportareincludedinthesectionsofASMEB31,CodeforPressure
Piping,listedbelow:

B31.1,PowerPiping

B31.2,FuelGasPiping

B31.3,ProcessPiping

B31.4,LiquidTransportationSystemsforHydrocarbons,LiquidPetroleumGas,AnhydrousAmmonia,and
Alcohols

B31.5,RefrigerationPiping

B31.8,GasTransmissionandDistributionPipingSystems

B31.9,BuildingServicesPiping

B31.11,SlurryTransportationPipingSystems

In addition, ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section III, defines rules for piping supports used in
nuclearpowerplants.

Theserequirementsmustbeadheredtoonpipinginstallationswhenpipingmustconformtothesecodes.In
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mostcases,supportsconformingtoMSSSP58areacceptablefortheseinstallations.

GovernmentSpecifications

The Federal Specification WWH171, of the latest issue and entitled Hangers and Supports, Pipe, is the
governing specification for all federal agencies. This specification illustrates types of pipe hangers and
supportsandliststherequirementsofcertainapplications.

DesignTemperature

Designtemperaturesforpartsofhangersandsupportsindirectcontactwithpipeshallbethetemperature
of the fluid contained in the pipe. Parts of hangers and supports not in direct contact with pipe may be
designedtoatemperaturereducedby100Fper1in(55Cper25mm)awayfromthepipewall.Allowable
stresses
formaterialscommonlyusedinthedesignofpipehangersandsupportsarelistedinapplicablecodesand
standards.

WeldedFabrication

Welded fabrication shall be accomplished with good engineering practice as prescribed by the appropriate
welding code. In the United States, the American Welding Society (AWS) and the American Society of
MechanicalEngineers,SectionIX,arethegoverningcodes.InGermany,DINEN288controlswelding,and
in Britain it is BS 5135. Attachments welded directly to the pipe must be of appropriate (compatible)
chemical composition, and the process of attachment must conform to the requirements for fabrication of
thepiperegardingpreheating,welding,andstressrelieving.

ColdSpring

The coldspringing procedure for piping systems involves, basically, the cutting short of each segment of
pipinginanamountequaltosomespecificpercentageofthenormalthermalgrowthofthesegment,with
properallowancetocompensateforpossibleterminalconnectionmovements.Thecumulativeeffectresults
in an offset gap between the piping ends at the point of final field closure. The drawing together and
alignment of the piping ends by the application of required forces and moments are called cold pull and
resultinaslightrelocationofallpointsalongtheentirepipingsystem.

Thisrelocationistheonlyeffectthatcoldspringinghasonsupports.Thepipingisthenconsideredtobein
the coldsprung position, which is equivalent to the cold operating position. The movement at all support
points from the erected to the coldsprung position must be calculated, and provision made for this
movementintheformofhangerrodadjustment.

Adjustment

Itisnecessarytoprovideverticaladjustmenttoattainthedesiredelevationofthepipingsystem.Onpiping
supportedfromabove,itmaysufficetoadjustanMSSSP58Type1,5,6,9,or10supportthroughtheyoke
portionbyraisingorloweringthenutontherod.Forlargerrangesofadjustments,itisnecessarytoprovide
a turnbuckle, MSSSP58 Type 13 or 15, in the hanger rod. It is also practical to select a top attachment
wherebyadjustmentcanbemadeatthetopofthehangerrod.

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On piping which is supported from below, provision for adjustment can be made with screw thread
stanchions,MSSSP58Type38,orbyshimsorgrout.

ProtectiveCoatings

Protectivecoatingsarenormallyappliedtopipesupportsforcorrosionresistance.Metalliccoatingsmaybe
applied by either the electroplating or the hotdip process. Nonmetallic coatings, if selected for specific
purposes,shouldbeappliedasrecommendedbythemanufacturer.Considerationmustbegiventocoatings
usedonthreadedpartsthataretobeassembledaftercoating.

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