Pipeline rules of thumb handbook: quick and accurate solutions to your everyday pipeline problems

E.W. McAllister0750674717, 9780750674713

Now in its fifth edition, the Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook has been and continues to be the standard resource for any professional in the pipeline industry. A practical and convenient reference, it provides quick solutions to the everyday pipeline problems that the pipeline engineer, contractor, or designer faces. Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook assembles hundreds of shortcuts for pipeline construction, design, and engineering. Workable “how-to” methods, handy formulas, correlations, and curves all come together in this one convenient volume. New, updated material includes new conversion tables in square millimeters, material on sizing plates for sizing pigs, conversion of gas volumes, relief valve sizing, and many other topics. Hundreds of illustrations and photographs provide examples and visual instructions, along with numerous charts and conversion tables that provide at-a-glance answers to even the most difficult pipeline problems. * New material includes conversion tables in square millimeters, material on sizing plates for sizing pigs, conversion of gas volumes, relief valve sizing, and many other topics. * Hundreds of illustrations, photographs, and tables provide answers to even the most difficult pipeline problems at a glance. * A must-have reference work for the pipeline professional, its durable, handy paperback format is perfect for on the job, in the office, or on the road.