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The document discusses common interview questions asked about jacketed piping systems. It provides answers to 3 sample questions: 1) Why jacketed piping is used - to convey very viscous fluids heated inside an inner pipe by steam or other heating medium between the inner and outer pipes. 2) How to calculate equivalent density for heating mediums like water in the jacket - using a provided formula accounting for inner radius, outer radius, and density of the heating medium. 3) Major stress checks for jacketed piping include sustained/expansion stress checks of core and jacket, buckling load checks, weld strength checks between core and jacket, deflection checks of the jacket, external pressure checks, and axial

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Jacketed Piping

The document discusses common interview questions asked about jacketed piping systems. It provides answers to 3 sample questions: 1) Why jacketed piping is used - to convey very viscous fluids heated inside an inner pipe by steam or other heating medium between the inner and outer pipes. 2) How to calculate equivalent density for heating mediums like water in the jacket - using a provided formula accounting for inner radius, outer radius, and density of the heating medium. 3) Major stress checks for jacketed piping include sustained/expansion stress checks of core and jacket, buckling load checks, weld strength checks between core and jacket, deflection checks of the jacket, external pressure checks, and axial

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Jacketed Piping: Interview questions and

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Common questions asked in Piping stress interview related to Jacketed piping are listed
below:
1. Why Jacketed Piping is used?

Ans: It is commonly used to convey very viscous process fluids in an inner pipe, heated by
steam/hot water/hot oil or other heating medium between the jacket and core pipe. Vacuum
jacketing is also used as an insulator for cryogenic fluids and can be analyzed using the same
calculation method for heated jacketed piping.
2. If water (density=1000Kg/m3) is flowing through the jacket then what is value of
density you will enter into Caesar spreadsheet?

Ans: We have to calculate equivalent density for the same. The following formula can be
used
Actual jacket fluid equivalent density = [(rj2 – Rc2)/ rj2 ] x dj
Where, rj = Inner radius of core
Rc = Outer radius of pipe
dj = Density of heating medium

3. What are the major stress checks that you will perform while analysing Jacketed
Piping system?

Ans:· Sustained And Expansion Stress Check


Limits of calculated stresses due to sustained loads (primary stresses) and displacement strain
due to expansion (secondary stresses) should be evaluated separately for core and jacket pipe
(as per clause 302.3.5 of ASME B31.3).
· Checking of buckling load. (Manual Calculation):
This check will not be performed by Caesar-II as it is not in the code. However it will provide
force calculated at the junction point (P) between core and jacket. It should be less than Pcr
which is given by the formula
Pcr = 4π2 *Ec*Ic , For Core
L2
2
Pcr = 4π *Ej*Ij , For Jacket
L2
Where,
P = Force calculated by computer program at junction point
Pcr = Critical force
Ec, Ej = Modulus of Elasticity of core/ jacket material
Ic = Moment of Inertia of Core
Ij = Moment of Inertia of Jacket
L = Length of pipe between junction of core/ jacket.
If P ≤ Pcr then no buckling failure
· Weld strength check between jacket and core pipe:
P calculated at the junction point between core & jacket pipe compared with allowable load at
the weld point.
P allowed = area of weld * 80% of hot allowable stress of material
Area of weld = π D * root of weld
D = Diameter of core pipe
Root of weld = 0.707 * weld size
If P calculated ≤P allowed, then the system is safe
· Checking of deflection of jacket:
In this case, it is assumed that no spider/spacer is used between core and jacket. Deflection
for the jacket with available length has to be computed and should be ensured that it does not
create obstruction to the flow of hot medium in the jacket. Normally maximum allowed
deflection of jacket is T/2, where T is the thickness of jacket.

· Checking for External Pressure (By material Group):


Sometimes jacket may be subjected to partial vacuum conditions due to failure of steam
supply and subsequent condensation of steam inside the jacket. In such cases, jacket should
be checked for vacuum condition.
Like another example in a system the core is at a pressure of 30 psig and the jacket is at a
pressure of 180 psig, then the core is subjected to an external pressure of 150 psig. For this
the core must be investigated for collapse or local buckling from the external pressure load
(Refer para 304.1.3 of ASME B31.3 and UG-28 through UG-30 of ASME BPVC Section-
VIII Division-I)
· Checking for Axial stress:
As per ASME B31.3 calculated displacement stress range (Expansion case stress) is
SE = (Sb2 + 4St2)1/2. Code does not take into account the axial forces and consequent axial
stress in calculating expansion stresses. This is because for the normal pipe axial forces are
normally due to longitudinal stresses which is already taken care in thickness calculation and
sustained stress calculations, but in case of jacketed piping, axial stresses at core-jacket
junction point is just not due to longitudinal stresses, but mainly due to differential thermal
expansion of core and jacket pipes. Thus calculated stress should be corrected by adding axial
stresses for local analysis of that particular junction point. Thus,
Actual StressSEa = SE + Axial Force/ Area
Axial force can be obtained from CAESAR output or can be calculated by the equation,
Faxial = E x ΔL x Area
L
Or else, CAESAR also calculates the value of axial stresses which it calculates for operating
case. Activate the option “Add F/A in stress” in configuration file. Axial stress due to thermal
differential is added to the calculated expansion stress and then it should be compared with
the allowable loads as per ASME B31.3.
4. What allowable value is considered for welding check at core jacket interconnection?

Ans:
Two methods are prevalent. You have to consider any one of the following (discuss with the
stress lead)
a) Consider the 0.6 times of electrode tensile strength (As per AISC code)
b) Consider SE=1.25Sc+0.25Sh of electrode as allowable (as per secondary stress generated
theory)

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