This course will familiarize engineers, designers and construction personnel with the layout and design procedures and practices involved in the choice of piping systems and their associated supporting equipment. It will also address in detail, common pipeline components such as pumps, compressors and heat exchangers and will cover their mechanical performance and limitations in different piping arrangements. This course will give participants the background required to complete and successfully apply typical equipment layout and piping arrangements.

1. PIPE WORK DESIGN &
FABRICATION
Your Expert Course Leader
Dr. John L Sproston
John Sproston (UK) B. Sc., M.Eng., Ph D is a Senior Mechanical & Instrumentation Engineer with over 45
years of industrial experience in Process Control & Instrumentation, Liquid & Gas Flowmetering, Heat
Exchanger Engineering, Pumps, Compressors, Turbines and Control Valve Technology. He is currently a
Senior Independent Consultant to various petrochemical industries in the UK, USA, Oman, Kuwait and
KSA wherein he provides consultancy services on both the application and operational constraints of
process equipment in the oil & gas industries.

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About this Training Course
This course will familiarize engineers, designers and construction personnel with the layout and design procedures and
practices involved in the choice of piping systems and their associated supporting equipment. It will also address in detail,
common pipeline components such as pumps, compressors and heat exchangers and will cover their mechanical
performance and limitations in different piping arrangements. This course will give participants the background required to
complete and successfully apply typical equipment layout and piping arrangements.
Course Objectives
Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be able to:
 Apply proper techniques and a good working knowledge of pipe work design and fabrication
 Identify the issues to be considered when designing process piping
 Carryout a pressure design of piping and piping components
 Analyze piping flexibility and gauge the limitations of piping and piping components
 Recognize the various types of pipe supports
 Apply proper methods of leak testing, piping failures and their causes
 Carry out a materials selection and identify their limitations
 List fabrication rules and their bases
 Employ the various inspection techniques, examination, and testing requirements efficiently
 Choose and analyze the performances of heat exchangers, flowmeters and valves
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for engineers who are engaged in the selection and fabrication of piping as well as process and
design engineers, senior draftsmen, piping and process draftsmen and practicing engineers who need to expand their
understanding of pipe layout procedures.
Further, it is suitable for those engineers who require to understand the interaction between the various pipeline
components such as pumps, compressors, heat exchangers and relief valves as well as analysis personnel wishing to
increase their knowledge through this course which will offer practical solutions to piping design problems.

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3 DAY COUSE OUTLINE
SESSION 1: Plant Layout Fundamentals
 Tasks Involved in Plant Layout and Piping Design
 Tasks Involved in Data Used in Plant Layout and Piping
Design
 Rules of Thumb for Plant Layout and Piping Design
 Plant Layout and Piping Design
 Plant Layout Fundamentals
 Procedures and Workflow Methods used in Plant
Layout and Piping Design
 Detailed Design and Engineering
 Process Flow Diagram (PFD)
 Piping and Instrumentation Diagram
 A Typical Plant Design Project
SESSION 2: Plant Piping and Equipment Layout
 Piping and Instrumentation Diagram
 Vertical Vessels or Towers
 Heat Exchangers
 Pumps
 Piping Manufacture Drafting
 Piping Design Codes
 Pipe Fabrication, Installation and Commissioning
 Pipe Designation
 Pipe End Types and Preparation
 Fittings
 Flanges
 Gaskets
SESSION 3: Equipment Layout and Plot Plans
 Equipment and Foundation location
 Excavation drawings
 Paving plan
 P&ID transposition
 Process Plant Definitions
 Basic Design Considerations
 Deviations from Spacing Standards
 General Onsite Layout
 Process Equipment
 Equipment Sizes
 Roads, Access Ways, and Paving
 Equipment Spacing
SESSION 4: Process and Utility Piping and Sizing
 Flow in Pipes
 Bernoulli’s Theorem
 Pressure Drop Calculations
 Moody Diagram
 Hazen Williams Formula
 Equivalent Lengths of Fittings
 Steam flows
 Wall Thickness Calculations
 Hoop and Longitudinal Stress
 Pressure Design ASME B31.3
 Corrosion Allowance
 Underground Gas Piping Installations
 Fuel Gas Lines, sizing and valve types
 Gas Pressure Regulators
SESSION 5: Expansion Joints
 Bellows Type
 Slip Joint
 Universal
 Gimbal
 Hinged
 Pressure Balanced
 Flexible Hose Connectors
SESSION 6: Pipe Supports and Hangers
 Selection and Location
 Anchors
 Guides
 Restraints
 Variable Springs
 Constant Load Springs
SESSION 7: Pumps and Piping
 Layout at Horizontal Centrifugal
 Vertical Inline
 Double Suction
 Positive Displacement
 Performance Characteristics
 Maintenance
 Cavitation

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SESSION 7: Pumps and Piping (Cont…)
 Suction Piping Considerations
 Strainers
 Valving
 Parallel Layouts
 Series Layouts
 Supports
 API 610 Loads on Nozzles

SESSION 8: Materials-Control and Selection
 Metallurgy – Steels
 Fabrication of Piping Systems
SESSION 9: Instrumentation
 Level
 Flow
 Pressure & Temperature
 Relief Valves
SESSION 10: Instrumentation
 Shell & Tube
 Fin-Tube
 Plate
 Piping Layout Considerations
 Nozzle Loading
SESSION 11: Instrumentation
 Reciprocating
 Centrifugal
 Piping at Compressors
 Vibration Considerations
SESSION 12: Reasons for Stress Analysis
 Methodology
 Static Analysis
 Using Stress Analysis Programs
SESSION 13: Towers and Vertical Vessels
 Distillation Columns
 Tower Internals
 Trays
 Packings
 Reboilers
 Nozzle Orientation
 Piping at Towers
 Supports
 Platforms and Ladders
 Piping Layout
SESSION 14: Practical Exercises
SESSION 15: Numerical Case Studies
Sessions commence at 9am on all days, with short intervals at 10.30am and
3.30pm respectively with light refreshment. Lunch will be provided at
12:30pm for 1 hour. Sessions will end at 5pm on all days.

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ABOUT YOUR EXPERT COURSE DIRECTOR:
Dr. John L Sproston
John Sproston (UK) B. Sc., M.Eng., Ph D is a Senior Mechanical & Instrumentation Engineer
with over 45 years of industrial experience in Process Control & Instrumentation, Liquid & Gas
Flowmetering, Heat Exchanger Engineering, Pumps, Compressors, Turbines and Control Valve
Technology. He is currently a Senior Independent Consultant to various petrochemical
industries in the UK, USA, Oman, Kuwait and KSA wherein he provides consultancy services on
both the application and operational constraints of process equipment in the oil & gas
industries.
During his early career, Dr. Sproston held key positions in Rolls Royce (UK) where he was involved in the design of turbine
blading for jet engines, subject to pre-specified distributions of pressure. During this period and since, he has also been
closely involved in various aspects of Turbomachinery, Thermodynamics and Fluid Mechanics where he has become a
recognized authority in these areas.
Later, he joined the academic staff of University of Liverpool in UK as a Professor in Mechanical Engineering Courses. A
substantial part of his work has been concerned with detailed aspects of Flowmetering both of single & multiphase flows.
He has supervised doctoral research students in this area in collaboration with various European flowmeter manufacturers.
He joined Haward Technology Middle East in 2002 and was later appointed as European Manager (a post which has since
lapsed) and has delivered over 150 training courses in Flowmeasurement (single- and multi-phase), Control, Heat
Exchangers, Pumps, Turbines, Compressors, Valve and Valve Selection as well as other topics throughout the UK, USA,
Oman and Kuwait.
During the last two years he has delivered Courses with other Training Companies operating in the Far and Middle East. He
has published about 150 papers in various Engineering Journals and International Conferences and has contributed to
Textbooks on the topics listed above.

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