Process Piping Fabrication
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Process Piping Fabrication Syllabus — Unit-wise Content
The official GTU curriculum for Process Piping Fabrication (subject code 4355502) as prescribed for FT · Semester 5 divides the course into 5 units, covering 72 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (4355502)Unit 1 Basics of piping
- 1.1. Introduction of piping
- 1.2. Duties & responsibilities of piping field engineer
- 1.3. Piping classification
- 1.4. Pipe (types, material, method of joining pipe)
- 1.5. Pipe vs tube
- 1.6. General definitions related to piping.
- 1.7. Length areas, surfaces& volumes related to piping.
- 1.8. Acronyms and abbreviation used in piping.
- 1.9. Vent & drain in piping.
- 1.10. Volume calculation of liquid storage tank.
- 1.11. Industrial process piping
- 1.12. Pipe color code& labelling
- 1.13. Pipe sizes & specification
- 1.14. Introduction of ASME, ASTM, AWS, API ASME B31.1, ASME B31.2
- 1.15. Basic information about ASME B31.3 (process piping) Process Piping Fabrication Course Code:4355502
Unit 2 Piping components
- 2.1. Components for butt welded piping system.
- 2.2. Components for socket welded piping system.
- 2.3. Components for screwed piping system.
- 2.4. Flanges, gaskets, valves
- 2.6. Expansion joint & flexible piping.
- 2.7. Separator, strainer, screens, driplegs, traps, gaskets.
- 2.8. Procedure for application of bolt torque on flanged joints.
- 2.9. Pipe supports.
Unit 3 Piping Drawing
- 3.1. Introduction of piping drawing.
- 3.2. Types of piping drawing.
- 3.3. Piping drawing symbols and abbreviations
- 3.4. Introduction of G.A drawing, process flow diagram (P.F.D), Piping and instrumentation diagram(P&ID), plot plan)
- 3.5. Piping Isometric drawing / spool drawing.
- 3.6. Calculate dimension of pipe fittings from piping isometric drawing.
- 3.7. Pipe to pipe joint development (L-joint, T-joint etc.)
Unit 4 Fluid Mechanics and pipe sizing
- 4.1. Introduction to Fluid mechanics
- 4.2. Definition of hydraulics, fluid mechanics
- 4.3. Definition of total pressure and center of pressure
- 4.4. Properties of fluid
- 4.4.1. Liquid and their properties
- 4.4.2. Density, specific gravity, viscosity, Surface tension &capillarity action, Compressibility
- 4.4.3. Vapor Pressure
- 4.4.4. Fluid characteristics
- 4.5. Pressure measurement
- 4.5.1. Pressure of fluid
- 4.5.2. pressure head of a liquid
- 4.5.3. Pascal laws
- 4.5.4. Relation between positive and Process Piping Fabrication Course Code:4355502 negative gauge pressure (Vacuum) and absolute pressure
- 4.6. Fluid kinematics
- 4.6.1. Type of fluid flow
- 4.7. Fluid dynamics
- 4.7.2. Different types of head
- 4.7.3. Bernoulli’s equation
- 4.8. Laminar flow & Turbulent flow in pipe
- 4.9. Flow through Pipes
- 4.9.1. Loss of energy / head in pipes Loss of head due to frication
- 4.9.2. Minor energy losses
- 4.10. Water hammer in pipes
Unit 5 Piping Fabrication & coating
- 5.1. Orbital pipe welding
- 5.2. Up-hill / down-hill welding.
- 5.3. Spiral pipe welding
- 5.4. Various pipe welding position groove, fillet.
- 5.5. General fabrication procedure for piping spool.
- 5.6. Shop weld plan for piping.
- 5.7. Fit-up & set-up for welding of pipe
- 5.8. Purging/trailing gas concept in pipe fabrication
- 5.9. FPW- full penetration welding of pipe.
- 5.10. Different types of purging.
- 5.11. Equipment/tools / accessories used in piping fabrication (e.g., pulling and lifting)
- 5.12. Hot taping process
- 5.13. TKY joints
- 5.14. Pipe Shaping/bending/forming of pipe.
- 5.15. Coating: definition, introduction, function & types/classification.
- 5.16. Insulation: Introduction, function/objective & classification.
- 5.17. Surface preparation for coating & Painting
- 5.18. Painting: Introduction, function, ingredients, application.
- 5.19. Environment friendly painting. Process Piping Fabrication Course Code:4355502