High Energy Piping Evaluation, 2008 Engineering, Pulping and Environmental Conference

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High Energy Piping (HEP), for the most part, is often disregarded during planned outage inspection activities. However, failure would result in considerable costs and possible personnel injury. Steps for an effective evaluation method are presented, as well as, an overview of pipe supports and discussion of potential damage mechanisms.