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    Pig Traps (Pig Receivers and Pig Launchers) - EnggCyclopedia

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    Pig launchers and receivers (pig traps) are vessels used to launch and receive pipe pigs into pipelines for cleaning or inspection. Pig traps can be horizontal, vertical, or inclined and consist of a major barrel larger than the pipeline, a minor barrel matching the pipeline size, and a reducer barrel connecting the two. They also include a quick opening door, isolation valves, and nozzles for functions like venting, draining, and pressure monitoring. Key dimensions like barrel sizes and locations of connections must be specified in the pig trap design.

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    Pig launchers and receivers (pig traps) are vessels used to launch and receive pipe pigs into pipelines for cleaning or inspection. Pig traps can be horizontal, vertical, or inclined and consist of a major barrel larger than the pipeline, a minor barrel matching the pipeline size, and a reducer barrel connecting the two. They also include a quick opening door, isolation valves, and nozzles for functions like venting, draining, and pressure monitoring. Key dimensions like barrel sizes and locations of connections must be specified in the pig trap design.

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    Pig launchers and receivers (pig traps) are vessels used to launch and receive pipe pigs into pipelines for cleaning or inspection. Pig traps can be horizontal, vertical, or inclined and consist of a major barrel larger than the pipeline, a minor barrel matching the pipeline size, and a reducer barrel connecting the two. They also include a quick opening door, isolation valves, and nozzles for functions like venting, draining, and pressure monitoring. Key dimensions like barrel sizes and locations of connections must be specified in the pig trap design.

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    Pig launchers and receivers (pig traps) are vessels used to launch and receive pipe pigs into pipelines for cleaning or inspection. Pig traps can be horizontal, vertical, or inclined and consist of a major barrel larger than the pipeline, a minor barrel matching the pipeline size, and a reducer barrel connecting the two. They also include a quick opening door, isolation valves, and nozzles for functions like venting, draining, and pressure monitoring. Key dimensions like barrel sizes and locations of connections must be specified in the pig trap design.

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    Pig launchers and receivers are used to launch and receive pig tools through pipelines for cleaning and inspection purposes.

    Pig launchers and receivers are used to launch pig tools into pipelines and receive them on the other end for cleaning the pipeline using a brushing action as the pig is pushed through.

    The main components of a pig trap are a major barrel, minor barrel, reducer barrel, quick opening door, full bore ball valve, and nozzles for kicker line, relieving line, pressure gauges, pig signaler, purge connection, vent and drains.

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    Pig launchers are essentially vessels used for
    launching of a pipe pig or a pig tool into the
    pipeline for cleaning or inspection purpose. After
    being launched into the pipeline, the pig tool is
    pushed through the pipeline by a driving �uid.
    The pipeline is cleaned along the way by
    brushing action from the pig. On the other end
    the pig tool is received by a pig receiver. Pig
    receiver is also a vessel used for receiving the
    pipe pig tool. Pig launchers and receivers are
    designed to meet the speci�c requirements of a
    pipeline.

    Pig traps can be of horizontal, vertical or inclined


    type. For ease of operation, horizontal pig traps
    are preferred. When space constraints become
    critical, vertical or inclined pig traps are installed
    instead of horizontal.

    The schematic shown here is for a horizontal pig


    launcher. A horizontal pig receiver would be
    almost identical to this schematic, except for the
    position and size of certain nozzles such as
    drain, kicker line and PSV nozzle.

    For any pig trap, be it horizontal, vertical or


    inclined pig launcher or receiver, basic structure
    is similar and consists of -

    1. Major barrel which is larger than the pipeline


    size

    2. Minor barrel which matches with the pipeline


    size

    3. A reducer barrel connecting the major and


    minor barrels

    4. A quick opening door on the major barrel end


    of the pig trap

    5. Full bore ball valve on the minor barrel end of


    the pig trap
    6. Following nozzles - kicker line, relieving line
    (PSV), pressure gauges on minor and major
    barrels, pig signaler on the minor barrel, purge
    connection, vent and drains.

    7. As a safety measure, quick opening door


    should be mechanically interlocked with
    isolation valves on kicker line and main line, so
    that the door cannot be opened when pig trap is
    still connected to these pressurized lines. This
    safety precaution can also be accomplished by
    interlocking the door with vent or depressurizing
    line, so that the door can be opened only when
    the pig trap is depressurized.

    For vertical pig traps, the reducer barrel is of


    concentric type, so that the center lines of major
    and minor barrels match with each other.
    Vertical pig traps are always installed to have the
    major barrel above the minor barrel. The
    tentative position of the nozzle shown in the
    schematic, may change for vertical pig traps.

    Following certain dimensions are important for


    pig trap design and have to be speci�ed in the
    pig trap datasheet, before sending it to the
    supplier.

    1. Major barrel size and length

    2. Minor barrel length and size (same as pipeline


    size)

    3. Reducer barrel length.

    4. Inclination type of pig trap (horizontal or


    vertical)

    5. Slope in case of horizontal pig trap

    6. Location of certain nozzles such as Kicker line,


    Relieving line, drain, vent, pig signaler.

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