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Support For Sloped Lines: Jitendra Surve

This document provides guidance on supporting sloped pipe lines. It discusses that sagging must be considered and supported depending on the material flowing through the pipe. It recommends sloping lines to prevent pocketing of liquids and draining when needed. Specific recommendations are provided for sloping lines on pipe racks and in buildings using brackets, hangers, and adjustable supports. Considerations for supporting flexible plastic and glass pipes include using steel channels, half pipes for support, and padding hangers to avoid cracking.

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Support For Sloped Lines: Jitendra Surve

This document provides guidance on supporting sloped pipe lines. It discusses that sagging must be considered and supported depending on the material flowing through the pipe. It recommends sloping lines to prevent pocketing of liquids and draining when needed. Specific recommendations are provided for sloping lines on pipe racks and in buildings using brackets, hangers, and adjustable supports. Considerations for supporting flexible plastic and glass pipes include using steel channels, half pipes for support, and padding hangers to avoid cracking.

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JITENDRA SURVE PIPING GUIDE 03/04/03

SUPPORT FOR SLOPED LINES

• As pipe is not completely rigid, sagging between points of support


must occur.
• In many instances sagging is acceptable, but in others it must be
restricted.

• The nature of the conveyed material, the process and flow


requirements determine how much sagging can be accepted.
• Sagging is reduced by bringing adjacent points of support closer.
• Pocketing of liquids due to sagging can be eliminated by sloping the
line so that the difference in height between adjacent support is at
least equal to triple the deflection (sag) at the midpoint.
• Lines which require sloping include blowdown headers, pressure-relief
lines and some process, condensate and air lines.

• Complete draining may be required for lines used in batch processing


to avoid contamination, or where a product held in a line may
degenerate or polymerize, or where solids may settle and become a
problem.
• In freezing conditions, lines conveying condensate from traps to drains
are sloped; condensate headers may be sloped (as an alternative to
steam tracing), depending on the rate of flow.

• In the past, steam lines were sloped to assist in clearing condensate,


but the improved draining is now not considered to be worth the
difficulty and expense involved.

SLOPED LINES ON PIPERACKS

• Slopped lines can be carried on brackets attached to the piperack


stanchions.
• To obtain the required change in elevation at each bent, the brackets
may be attached at the required elevations; alternately a series of
brackets can be arranged at the same elevation and the slope obtained
by using shoes of different sizes-this method leads to fewer
construction problems.
• Shoes of grades sizes are also the best method for slopping smaller
lines on the piperack.
• It is not usual or desirable to hang lines from the piperack unless
necessary vertical clearances can be contaminated.

SLOPED LINES IN BUILDINGS

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JITENDRA SURVE PIPING GUIDE 03/04/03

• Inside a building, both large and small sloped lines can rest on steel
brackets, or held with hangers.
• Rods with turnbuckles are used for hangers on lines required to be
sloped.
• Otherwise, drilled flat bar can be used.
• Adjustable brackets are available from the Unistrut and Kindorf ranges
of support hardware.

SUPPORTING PIPE MADE FROM PLASTIC OR GLASS

• Pipe made either from flexible or rigid plastics cannot sustain the same
span loads as metal pipe and requires a greater number of support
points.
• One way of providing support is to lay the pipe upon lengths of steel
channel sections or half sections of pipe or by suspending it from other
steel pipe.
• The choice of steel section would depend upon the span loads and the
size and type of plastic pipe.

• For glass process and drain lines, hangers for steel pipe are used,
provided that they hold the pipe without causing local strains and are
padded so as not to crack the pipe.
• Rubber and asbestos padding are suitable.
• Uninsulated horizontal lines from 1 to 6 inch in size containing gas or
liquid of specific gravity less than 1.3 should be supported at 8 to 10 ft
intervals.
• Couplings and fittings shall be about 1 ft from a point of support.

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