Re: Lucite Tubing - Burst Pressure to Working Pressure
02/11/2009 11:22 AM
If it is not designed to a piping code simply use an appropriate factor of safety.
For example:
If the product is non-toxic/corrosive, low temperature/pressure, non-flammable (perhaps water) and the risk of failure and pressure fluctuations is low you may find that dividing the bursting pressure by 1.5 would be an appropriate operating pressure.
However, if the product is toxic/flammable/corrosive, and/or the tubing is subjected to thermal/environmental degredation, etc. You may find that you want to divide the bursting pressure by 3 (or more)
Clearly the safety factor is of prime importance and should be selected by great experience and judgement (and again this is if the tubing is not to be designed to a code)