Design Of Expansion Loop for Steam Piping

FPS SYSTEM
S No Parameters
Abbr
Unit
Value
1 Total pipe length
L
m
100
2 Highest temperature of stream
T
C
169.7
3 Expansion coefficient
mm/m C x 10^-3 0.01
4 Thermal Expansion
L
inch
9.95
Expansion Loop
5 Modulus of Elasticity
E
Mpsi
27.4
6 Outside dia of pipe
Do
inch
4.5
7 Stress reduction factor
f
psi
1
8 Cold Stress allowance
Sc
psi
14.4
9 Hot stress allowance
Sh
psi
14.4
10 Total allowable stress
Sa
psi
21600
11 Total length of Expansion Loop
12 Width of expansio loop
13 Height of Expansion loop
14

Le
W
H

foot
Foot
Foot

34.41
6.88
13.76

eam Piping
S No
1
2
3

11
12
13

INPUT DATA SI SYSTEM

Parameters
Abbr
Unit
Total pipe length
L
mm
Highest temperature of stream
T
C
Outside dia of pipe
Do
mm
Output Results for Expansion Loop
Expansion Loop
Total length of Expansion Loop
Le
mm
Width of expansio loop
W
mm
Height of Expansion loop
H
mm

2097.47 mm

4194.94 mm

Value
100000
140
114.3

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2097.47
4194.94

Table Expansion co-efficient at different temperatures (mm/m C)

Material
Carbon steel 0.1%-0.2% C
Alloy steel 1% Cr -0.5% Mo
Stainless steel 18% Cr -8% Ni

Material

<0
0.01
0.01
0.01

0-100
0.01
0.01
0.02

Temperature Range (C)

0-200
0-300
0.01
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02

Table Modulus of elasticity at different temperatures E (psi)

Temperature Range (C)
-198
-128
-73
21

Carbon steel with C 0.30% or

less, Ni 3.5%

30

29.5

29

27.9

Carbon steel with C above

0.30%

31

30.6

30.4

29.9

Carbon Moly steel,low Chrome

steeel through 3 Cr Mo

31

30.6

30.4

29.9

Intermediate Chrome steeel

( 5 Cr Mo through 9 Cr Mo)

29.4

28.5

28.1

27.4

Austenitic Steel
(TP 304,310,316,321,347)

30.4

29.9

29.4

28.3

Table Stress reduction factor used in allowable stresses f (psi)

Stress Range Reduction factors
Temp Range
< 7000
7000 - 14000
14000 - 22000
22000 - 45000
45000 - 100000
>100000

f
1
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5

Code

"-28 to -73"
B31.3
20
B31.1 Sec III
14.4
Class 2
15
B31.3

20

Allowable stresses and yield stress for seaml

Temperatu
93
148
204
260
20
20
20
18.9
14.4
14.4
14.4
14.4
15
15
15
15
18.1

17.4

17.2

17.1

B31.1 Sec III

Class 2

15
15

15
15

15
14.5

15
14.4

14.5
14.4

B31.3
B31.1 Sec III
Class 2

20
18.8
17.5

20
15.7
16.6

20
14.1
16.1

18.7
13
15.5

17.5
12.2
15

emperatures (mm/m C)

mperature Range (C)

0-400
0-500
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02
0.02

0-600
0.02
0.02
0.02

0-700
**
**
0.02

nt temperatures E (psi)
mperature Range (C)
93
148

204

260

315

371

426

482

537

27.7

27.4

27

26.4

25.7

24.8

23.8

18.5

15.4

29.5

29

28.3

27.4

26.7

25.4

23.8

21.5

18.8

29.5

29

28.6

28

27.4

26.6

25.7

24.5

23

27.1

26.8

26.4

26

25.4

24.9

24.2

23.5

22.8

27.7

27.1

26.6

26.1

25.4

24.8

24.1

23.4

22.7

es f (psi)

nd yield stress for seamless Piping, KSI (PSI x 1000)

Temperature of Metal C
315
343
371
398
426
17.3
17
16.8
13
10.8 *
14.4
14.4
14.4
13
10.8 *
15
15
15 *
*
*
16.8

16.6

16.3

13.2

12.8

454

482
*
*
*

12.1

510
*
*
*

10.9

537
*
*
*

5.8

14
14.2

13.7
13.9

13.4
13.7 *

13.1

16.4
11.4
14.5

16.2
11.2
14.3

16
11.1
14.1 *

15.6
10.8

12.8
*

12
*

15.2
10.6
*

10.4
*

14.9
10.4
*

7.6
*

14.6
10.2
*

5.6
*

14.4
10
*

13.8
9.8
*

593

648

704

760

815

13

15

11.2

20.4

15.6

21.9

20.8

19.5

18.1

22

21.3

20.7

19.3

17.9