Salesian Polytechnic University

South Campus
Civil Engineering

Subject: Sanitaria

MATTER: GRP Pipe (fiberglass) and no trench method

STUDENT:
César Encalada

PEDAGOGICAL MEDIATOR:

Ing. María Gabriela Soria Pugo

Period: 52

DATE OF DELIVERY: 2 -July- 2018

 1. Matter: GRP Pipe (fiberglass) and no trench method

2. Objective

2.1. General Purpose

 Know the applications of the GRP pipe (fiberglass) and the technological
methods applied in the technology without trench.

2.2. Specific Goal

 Know the utilization and characteristics of GRP pipe

 Know the types types of rehabilitation without ditch

3. Abstract

GRP Pipe (fiberglass)

PAVCO has been producing plastic pipes for 50 years, but 6 years ago they ventured into
the topic of large diameter pipes of polyester reinforced with glass fibers; the company
PAVCO begins to expand since before it had a catalog of diameters that reached up to
60 inches of diameter of plastic pipe and now it is expanding with pipes of great
diameters for which several studies were made to see the most efficient pipe, the pipe
selected was made of fiberglass material, this type of pipe can be used in aqueducts,
sewerage, irrigation districts, it can be used in everything that is industrial districts,
hydroelectric power stations; It is used in rehabilitation without trench.

The GRP pipe has a high resistance so it is not a fragile pipe is very resistant so it is a
thermo stable pipe, that is, it has been subjected to high pressures; One of its properties
that can be mentioned is its high resistance to corrosion, which can be said that this pipe
will not require any additional coating, has a roughness of 0.009 Manning like a PVC
pipe, this pipe It is much lighter than the other pipes, it could be said that it weighs a
quarter less of an iron and PVC pipe, which can be said to be able to transport more GRP
pipe; In the manufacture of GRP pipe it has been possible to reach lengths of up to 12
meters, the advantages of this pipe is that it can be installed on the surface or
underground installation so it would not suffer any structural damage; with this pipe it
is possible to work pressures of 32 Bar or 464 psi which can replace an iron pipe, it can
have a rigidity of 2500 Pas with a maximum temperature of 50 ° C.

No trench method

Improvement and restoration of urban infrastructure we usually ask ourselves; ¿How is

the maintenance of this infrastructure?, ¿How is the operation of this infrastructure?
How do I improve my system?
Rehabilitation without trench is a group of techniques, processes, including equipment,
machines and materials involved, which tend to minimize the need to excavate the
surface to build, replace or rehabilitate any type of pipeline. These technologies reduce
the environmental, social impacts and costs associated with underground works. With
traditional technology the process of rehabilitation of drinking water networks when
they are leaking, breaking, aging and corrosion which causes the closing of roads, traffic
obstruction, noise and long periods of construction and cuts of supplies; With the
technologies without trench all the above is minimized.

One of the benefits of this technology is, vehicular traffic is not congested, the
destruction of the road decreases, auditory pollution decreases, business income losses;
The applied technology for the rehabilitation of networks are the following:

• CIPP (Cured in place pipe)

• Repair of Props
• PB: Pipe bursting
• Compact pipe

Props repair: It is the most effective solution in the repair of small faults in sewer pipes
and industrial use, the solution is to eliminate the defects of the pipe that cause
infiltration exfiltration in the network without renewing or replacing the entire stretch
of the turn.
The repairs are punctual that are made in the pipe with diameters between 160 mm and
400 mm.

PB: Pipe bursting: It consists of the introduction of a new pipe taking advantage of the
trace of the pipeline to be rehabilitated, this technology consists in opening a passage
on the old pipeline, while the new one is installed. The main advantage of this technique
is that the new installed pipe is of the same diameter or larger than the existing pipe.
The diameters of application are: 75 mm to 250 mm.

Compact pipe: Compact Pipe products have proved to be an ideal technique for
trenchless rehabilitation of traditional water pipes, a PE circular pipeline is longitudinally
bent into a C shape during the extrusion process. The cross section of the pipeline is
then reduced by 35% so that it can be easily introduced into the
existing channeling. Once inside the pipe, Compact Pipe is inverted by steam due to the
"memory effect" of the polyethylene. Compact Pipe recovers its original shape, and by
adding pressure air during the cooling process, the new pipeline is adjusted to the inner
surface of the original pipe.
4. Conclusions and Recommendations

4.1. Conclusions

 The GRP pipe withstands pressures of up to 32 Bar or 464 psi, making it a high
strength pipe that, compared to other pipes, would not reach such pressures.

 This pipe has the same Manning roughness of 0.009 with which it would have a
PVC pipe but they would have different roughness due to the type of material
that was manufactured.

 In the technology without ditch, the different types of methodology are very
useful for the rehabilitation of a sanitary network so as not to cause costly
damages in the urban and road infrastructure is minimal.

4.2. Recommendations

 In order to carry out sanitary or hydroelectric projects, it is better to use the GRP
pipe due to its high resistance to exteriors or underground.

 For the application of the methodology without ditch in the city of Quito, it must
have all the necessary equipment to be able to carry out and spaces where they
can be placed.