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DRG training courses 2026

Our 2025 classroom training course schedule for CAESAR II Statics, CAESAR II Dynamic and PV-Elite is online! We also offer a wide range of online training courses in fiberglass engineering, fluid flow, piping and pressure vessel design.

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tray weld analysis, finite element analysis, ASME standards, weld fatigue, vessel support integrity, thermal stresses, cyclic stress assessment, support ring weld, tray stability
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Tray Weld Finite Element Analysis

The vessel under consideration features three horizontal trays positioned at different elevations. These perforated trays are supported by and welded to a support ring, which

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Maximum operating temperature in the cooler system model: 85°C (purple) and 45°C (pink).

Static Stress Analysis for Gas Air Cooler Systems

The station model of the Winksele Compressor Station, to be built in Belgium, was divided into two models with some mutual overlap, a compressor model and a filter model, each covered by a separate stress report. A third report covers the gas air coolers as model C, an add-on to

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CAESAR II model plot of a GRE pipe run coloured by wall thickness in mm. The pipe shown is the 2.4 mm section.

Static Stress Analysis of an Underground GRE Firewater System

Seventeen underground GRE firewater subsystems at a degassing station were analysed in CAESAR II for three load cases, hydrotest, operational and sustained, to ISO 14692. It may be concluded that, upon implementation of the recommendations, the static pipe stresses are acceptable and the flange loads are moderate. Underground GRE Firewater

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CAESAR II model plot of one buried GRE subsystem showing applied wall thickness by colour.

Static Stress Analysis of a Buried GRE Firewater System Upgrade

Thirteen buried GRE firewater subsystems were modelled in CAESAR II and assessed to ISO 14692 for hydrotest, operating and sustained load cases. On implementation of the recommendations, static pipe stresses are acceptable and flange loads are moderate. The buried glass-reinforced epoxy (GRE) piping in the firewater system upgrade at a

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Model view of the re-routed pumping station loops and platform piping, with supports shown as arrows.

GRE Firewater Line on a Jetty with Moving Trestles

The main firewater line for a new oil terminal jetty is made from glass reinforced epoxy (GRE) pipe. It starts at the onshore transition between underground and above-ground pipe, where it connects to steel lines, and follows a jetty about 1.5 km long. A firefighting platform about one third of

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Static analysis model of one buried GRE system. New piping is shown in pink and existing piping, included as continuation piping, in purple.

Stress Analysis of an Underground GRE Firewater Extension

Nine underground GRE firewater systems, 77 stressed isometrics in total, were analysed in CAESAR II against the ISO 14692 allowable stress envelopes, with soil-pipe interaction modelled to the American Lifelines Alliance (2001) soil model. Modifications included a support bracing, polystyrene foam, NBR gasket stiffness limits and additional laminate for a

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The report concludes that the results for the transient cases stay within the allowable figures for the applicable piping if valve closure rates are limited and simultaneous hydrant closures are avoided. It recommends that the closure of the open hydrants be distributed over a time interval and that the interval between closures be prevented from dropping below 0.5 seconds. As an alternative, the closure time of each hydrant could be stretched beyond 1 second per inch of line size. Both closure analyses used the same rate of 1 second per inch for each hydrant. Simultaneous closure over 3 seconds exceeded the allowable. Closure at 0.5 second intervals over 8.5 seconds gave 20.3 barg. Both peaks were assessed against the 26.6 barg occasional-load allowable.

Firewater Ring Main Extension in Buried GRP Piping

A new unit was added to an existing gas complex, and the firewater ring main was extended to serve it. Three sets of four 3-inch hydrant valves were modelled, twelve hydrants in total. Each hydrant is required to produce a minimum of 1452 l/min at 7.0 barg, and the hydrant

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