Archive for August 2016
García-Lozano, J.
Working as project engineering manager, corporate pipe stress&supports manager, lead piping engineer, stress analyst and supports specialist during the last 13 years for EPC projects including upstream, LNG, refinery and combined cycle plants.
Read MoreBaron, Hervé
Hervé has 20 years of experience on Oil & Gas Projects.He held various Engineering and Project manager positions on FEED and EPC jobs, for both on-shore and off-shore facilities.
Read MoreFernández-Coronado, Iván
Ivan Fernandez has a BSc in Industrial Engineering and an MSc in Engineering Design. He has more than 10 years of work experience, most of it dedicated to engineering projects for the Gas & Oil industry, Mining Industry and Energy Generation.
Read MoreGonzalez Otero, Sara
Sara has more than 10 years of international career in Técnicas Reunidas Group, for Oil & Gas projects, as an Engineer and Leader Engineer in Instrumentation and Control.
Read MoreDooley, Anton
Currently working as the Lead Piping Designer on a mining & minerals project in Canada, Anton has over 20 years of piping design experience.
Read MoreBotermans, Rutger
Currently director at Red-Bag. Various management positions and Project Manager of capital investment projects in the petrochemical industry, including engineering contractors, an operator owner and a fabricator.
Read MoreIs an eccentric reducer normally only used at pump suction? It is ever used for any other cases? If so, give the details.
No, eccentric reducers are also used for line size reductions in pipeways in order to keep the bottom of pipe (BOP) the same and in proper contact with the pipe supports. It is also used in other cases. Eccentric reducers are used on both the inlet and outlet piping to some other equipment. The equipment…
Read MoreMETS Qatar Exhibition – February 2015
InIPED together with the University of Zaragoza will be present at the METS Qatar Exhibition at booth #529. The Turbomachinery Laboratory at Texas A&M University organizes this event with support from Qatar Petroleum, the host and titanium sponsor. The symposium’s other sponsors include: ExxonMobil Qatar, RasGas Company Ltd. and Qatargas Operating Company Ltd. as major…
Read MoreTPS Houston – September 2015
InIPED together with the University of Zaragoza was present at the Turbo Machinery and Pump Symposium in Houston at booth #2843. The Turbomachinery Laboratory sponsors two annual symposia, held in the Fall of each year, to promote professional development, technology transfer, peer networking, and information exchange among industry professionals. The main purpose for InIPED was the promotion of…
Read MoreQ&A – What is a bridle?
A Bridle is a special piping arrangement done by the piping designer to hold the Level Instruments for a Vessel or Tank. Level instruments such as: Level Glass (or Gage), Level Transmitter, Level Controller and Level Alarm. See example of an Instrument Bridle below.
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