What is your experience with the use of non-metallic materials such as FGRP , HDPE , etc in water services ( diferent types of water) in oil refining industry, any best practices , lessons learned during construction , testing.
Shamefully, I am not familiar with what FGRP is. I'm currently working with flexible PVC film, and very focused.
HDPE? If I were able I wouldn't hesitate to replace my home's water lines with it.
Just from an installation view I was impressed with HDPE in the late Nineties.
I worked for what started as a golf course irrigation company that quickly found a lot of business in several municipal applications for water. Leachate and methane recovery in landfills was one of the jobs we (field techs) tried to avoid.
I've seen HDPE successfully used in caustic containment, paper plant wastes, multiple uses in coal mines, and I'm sure a few I didn't experience.
One thing I remember you need to keep in mind when burying the pipe, allow for more shrinkage than you would even think is possible. Come back the next morning if you have that luxury.
I won a bet one crisp morning in Cynthiana, KY when over eighteen inches on roughly a hundred and fifty foot run was comfortably in the trench after leaving it sticking out the top the day before.
From memory, I'm not sure if using it for oil and gas is a good idea. I would Google that, or contact a supplier.
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<...FGRP...> is resistant to attack from seawater, unlike most metals.
<...HDPE...> is among the materials approved in the UK for use with potable water.
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