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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | This classic reference has built a reputation as the "go to" book to solve even the most vexing pipeline problems. Now in its seventh edition, Pipeline Rules of Thumb Handbook continues to set the standard by which all others are judged. The 7th edition features over 30% new and updated sections, reflecting the exponential changes in the codes, construction and equipment since the sixth edition. The seventh edition includes: recommended drill sizes for self-tapping screws, new ASTM standard reinforcing bars, calculations for calculating grounding resistance, national Electrical Code tables, Corilis meters, pump seals, progressive cavity pumps and accumulators for lubricating systems.
* Shortcuts for pipeline construction, design, and engineering
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| | Product Details | | Author: | E.W. McAllister | | Paperback: | 762 pages | | Publisher: | Gulf Professional Publishing | | Publication Date: | June 05, 2009 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 1856175006 | | Product Length: | 10.9 inches | | Product Width: | 8.4 inches | | Product Height: | 1.7 inches | | Product Weight: | 3.75 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.9 inches | | Package Width: | 8.4 inches | | Package Height: | 1.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 3.85 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 18 reviews |
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4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 A Good HBK with Room for Improvement Jul 27, 2009
By Cosmas Topographicos
"Cosmas Alexandrinus"
Rules of Thumb Handbook:
This useful handbook, written for construction and operations engineers, is presented to field users, who need information data, trouble shooting advice, or confirmation of some decision.
This handy HBK has a room for improvement, in presentation and reorganization, but deserves more than only one star, no doubt. Referring to this book less frequently than others on Didaskalex short list, I think it is helpful for various engineers who work on Pipeline projects, and those who operate them.
Hand Book Scope:
A HBK depends on the user needs, which cannot be fulfilled by one reference, most of the time. It is not intended replace a text for the users, normally engineers. Some components are not covered; Valve actuators, Crude heaters, P. Lines capacity boosting, ...
Most pipelines need mechanically operated valves due to their size. Fired heaters are used with booster stations to reduce heavy crude viscosity, and radically reduce pump horse power. Boosting a pipeline capacity is encountered overtime, and includes booster pumps, but dictates that pipe schedule pre determination, should be considered in many times.
Pipeline Codes:
Advancing pipeline technology promoted new and revised codes of practice for the petroleum and natural gas industries. This is also mandatory for users who need to check applicable rules.
ASME code for pressure piping, widely recognized throughout the world, included design, manufacture, installation, and testing of oil and gas pipelines, since 1935, should have been included like
National Electric codes (pp. 127-129). Recently, API developed an ANSI standard for pipeline integrity standard, which should have been mentioned.
Environmental/ Safety Issues:
Environmental Defense today urged defeat of the Senate pipeline bill, criticizing it as weak and ineffectual, Environmental issues are very serious today.
Conducted Environmental Assessment (EA) is based on the condition of the pipeline as it existed at the commencement of the process The report would be contingent upon operation of the proposed project with mitigation measures that would be implemented prior to, and following, start-up of the pipeline.
Above quotations underline such issues should be treated clearly.
Cost Estimate:
ENR publishes both a Construction Cost Index and Building Cost index that is widely used in the construction industry. All indices have a materials and labor component. ENR contains an index review of all five national indexes for the latest 14 month period.
This book deserves 4* but should be edited in a way to amend drawbacks.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Good Resource Aug 10, 2009
By Ctwink
Pipeline Rules Of Thumb Handbook 7th ed (E.W. McAllister, Editor), is a great resource for engineers working in this field or who have to manage these types of projects. It's also a good resource for college students who have these types of classes. I especially liked how the book was setup first starting with general pipeline terms and equations, followed by again general construction practices and techniques before it delved into more technical areas like instrumentation.
One thing that I noted that was a little bit disappointing was how basic (i.e. OLD & ANTIQUATED) almost all the pictures, graphs, and tables were. From the looks of it, some of the graphs and tables were printed off a dot-matrix printer in the mid-80's and then pasted onto the page for printing. The pictures, what few are included, are predominantly dark and/or stark, industrial-type images. While the later issue is not of a big concern for a resource book - it isn't a novel - the former is a big deal. It appears to me that although the author has updated his TEXT to sharper fonts and updated a few of the figures so that they look like they were done within the last 10 yrs, the rest of the tables & graphs being so out-of-date brings the overall quality of the book down. It's unfortunate that through seven editions, the editor and Gulf Professional Publishing haven't bothered to bring the overall quality of the book up to date.
So although the overall presentation of the information kind of leads you wanting, for what it's used for - a reference manual - the Pipeline Rules Of Thumb Handbook is great at what it does.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Indispensible Aug 05, 2009
By Patrick W. Crabtree
"The Old Grottomaster"
For the mechanical engineer, contractor, construction site manager, or pipe fitter, this volume is a must have. The best feature of the work is its multiple indexing which makes it easy to find the solution to your problem.
While the laws of physics do not change, materials and devices do -- so this book will bring you up-to-date on any of the issues involving pipelines, including appurtenant engineering issues such as electrical concerns, etc.
You'll also find lots of common sense solutions such as how to determine the length of a roll of sheet steel. Obviously, the book also includes about every chart and graph which could possibly be relevant to this field of endeavor.
An investment in this handy volume can save you a lot of time and money on the job site. I wish that the binding were more rugged but, barring that, I have nothing but good things to say about the text.
Recommended.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Quick Solutions 24/7 for Pipeline Engineering Problems Jul 25, 2009
By Didaskalex
"Eusebius Alexandrinus"
Handbooks on Pipelines:
A handbook is a type of reference work, that contains a collection of information intended to provide ready reference for users. Reviewing a handbook is different from other books, you need to use it for a period of time, before attempting to evaluate its strong and weak points. A technical reviewer conducts a review on selected chapters comparing them with others available in similar handbooks, since technical treatment of technical subjects, or its components can be available in other hand books, and treated from different expertise and scope, some are prepared by major Pipeline operators, few complimentary Handbooks;
Handbook of valves, piping, and pipelines by R. Warring
Handbook of Pipeline Engineering Computations by A.Marks
Hdbk of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing by S. Mokhatab, W. Poe
Pipeline Risk Management Manual, by W. Muhlbauer
Pipeline Pigging Handbook by J.Cordell and H. Vanzant
Pump Handbook by I. Karassik, et al
Valve Selection Handbook, by P. Smith and R. Zappe
Instrument Engineers' Handbook, by B. Liptak
Rules of Thumb Handbook:
This useful handbook, written by an expert pipelines construction and operations consultant, is presented primarily to his own peers. It contains a wide range of relevant information, in addition to quick handy solutions to everyday problems, used to be called 'rules of thumb'.
The editor's approach after presenting some basic 'General Information', is to highlight pipe construction main issues, right of way,ditching, laying and welding followed by basic steel pipe characteristics and data, under "Pipe Design," followed by Electrical codes and formulas for a whole host of cable, motor controls, and flood light components. Two short chapters on PL (Pipe Line) Hydrostatic testing and drying completes this first main part.
Before turning to consider the main subject of Oil and Gas transmission, the editor adds two chapters, on Control Valves to address mainly Relief valves and Rupture discs, with few daily operating hints. The second subject is an important construction and maintenance issue on Corrosion and Coatings, that includes many How & Whats, estimation, trouble shooting subjects, especially concerning Cathodic protection.
Natural Gas Transmission:
General gas properties, physical properties tables, and a glossary briefly introduce the user to basic gas laws, calculations, and compressibility charts. Gas compression follows, Centrifugal Compressors, their HP, performance and Gas pipeline calculations, with various charts, monographs and estimates on the many related subjects.
Multiphase flow includes the eternal Lockhart-Martinelli, and other two phase treatment, do not show two phase regimes and where the methods apply.
Liquids Pipelines, Oil Pumping:
This core subject defines the Handbook to a majority of pipeline operation fact finders, and advise seekers. Since management consultants hired fresh graduates from engineering schools to determine economic feasibility of financing projects, bypassing the expertise of engineering firms, such treatment for Gas and Liquid transmission would evolve as the main subject for most if not all Handbooks on pipelines, PL Rules of Thumb no exception, 90, 75 and 60 pages, one third of total coverage. the sizing charts for pumps and compressors are based on contemporary state of the art. Two papers by D. Kriebel on centrifugal pumps, with H-Q system curves and numerical estimates underline this HBK applied scope.
Measurement/ Instrumentation:
For such valuable energy products, those parameters and tools control the crucial issues for determining pipeline profit, and safeguard steady operation. Accordingly, gas measurement was given a fare share. Carbon dioxide, a natural gas ingredient and ethylene were treated by Shell experts. Orifice flow and PD meters were also covered by measurement experts, and most of modern flow measurement devices are covered.
SCADA, Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition is the main concern of pipeline engineers, so selection of its technology was treated briefly but clearly.
Other Operating Concerns:
Pipeline Leak and its detection techniques paralleled advances in monitoring systems. Storage and intermediate tanks section provides many charts to help estimate from vapor loss to dike capacity. Maintenance is a domain of its own, needs a concise guideline to operators.
Economics tends to instruct you on the critical issues from economic Evaluation to accounting fundamentals in 50 pages, with graphical support.
Rehabilitation & risk evaluation where pipeline risk modelling will persuade you to seek consultants of the editor expertise, at least to conclude very engaging covered issues .
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Up to Date and Very Useful Mar 28, 2012
By Tiffany Dingrado
I got this book for a very good friend who is an engineer. He was given the task of wiring and mounting the lighting fixtures for a high school baseball field near our home and he told me the section on floodlighting concepts really saved his bacon. I told him he was just being polite and he answered by telling me that he was telling me true, he really used the book.
He said that it covers a wide range of rules and formulas that deal with a whole plethora of things, he actually used that word in a sentence "plethora", a city planner might request of him. He said that the book was up to date and very useful.
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