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- also including components addressing water uti-
lities - had filtered to sort out Industrial Chemical
Plants most common components and sizes.
Specific attention had paid to make sure that the
closest approach to standard metallic materials
had taken in defining data library.
Fig. 2 – Georg Fisher ecoFIT Ball Valve as defined in SmartPlant® Reference Data A clear Target
up to the highest engineering level of the piping di- The clear target for both Vendor and Clients was
scipline (figure 2). the possibility to define prerequisites to create a di-
gital pipe class for a specific material and related
Standardize the Approach, project, plant or to a selection of Clients / Com-
Maximize the Flexibility pany internal guidelines as either Owner Operators
or EPC contractors.
Joint survey conducted on most common chemi- Many peculiarities had assessed in order to define
a general methodology and guidelines that would
cals identified general solutions for both water and apply to any other plastic material in the future,
when defining pipe classes; among others, some
as many chemicals as possible as materials to key aspects are the following:
• chemical compatibility, safety and derating
prioritize in implementing Smart Plant® Reference
factors, which differ from the traditional
Data. metal-oriented “corrosion allowance appro-
ach”: expected lifetime also for plastic can
The materials selection had conducted through a be accordingly targeted, but not in terms
of progressive material corrosion like for
comprehensive review of existing installations at metals; this approach is more oriented to
evaluate the environmental stress by joint
Community member Companies, considering fol- action of chemical exposure, temperature
and pressure, in terms of performance of
Fig. 3 –Georg Fischer Piping lowing aspects: the material, which indeed shows no visible
Systems ecoFIT Ball Valve • vendor decades-long record of installations; or measurable decay like the metal does in
Datasheet • feedback from worldwide customers; most cases;
• pressure-temperature diagrams, whose stron-
• guidelines provided for ger dependence on temperature requires
a different approach to pressure rating: the
chemical compatibility by operational window needs to be accordingly
restricted and dynamically suited to more fre-
Datasheet thermoplastic piping in the quent sub-intervals;
gültig ab: 4/8/14 collection “Medienlisten • jointing technology, especially in case of wel-
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butt fusion, or requires considering additional
At this purpose, ecoFIT components (couplers) in case of electrofu-
TcGihhnaeefonot.gerpgecsh.@FnOisigcucearholeGrdrgeafPnitsaiepcraihanrelgerC.SncoooynstmdtbeitiI minnodtnseisnrLngot edfat,:SnPhdaotltenspot:af/ta/pwecphxwlyp,w.rCe.pHsis-p8liyn2gw0.1agreSroacrnhgtaefifsdfhccahhueasr.recanoc/mtSewrisittzicesrlaonf dthPehgoonoeds+.4T1h-e(0y)5a2re-6s3u1bj1e1c1t 1toe-mail: High Density Polyethylene sion or solvent cementing of sockets;
product range had cho- • thermal expansion, which requires flexible sec-
sen due to versatile ap- tions calculations and dedicated fixed points
plication field, wide range definition, with influence also by the tempera-
of available components, ture at which the installation happens;
• bracketing and supporting distance, where
and possibility to fit with temperature and specific weight of the con-
different valve materials. veyed media play a non-negligible role.
Several workshops had
taken to identify aspects Bottom line: the whole set of ecoFIT library had
that piping engineers used as basis for defining first general purpose
have to consider in family of applications and services, so that piping
classes in the system address what follow:
selecting materials for • generic process piping;
design and installation • cooling water;
• selected chemicals;
when defining and • wastewater systems.
creating thermoplastic
pipe classes (figure
3).
The originally exten-
sive product range
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