Piping Support Standard Specification (001-027)

Proyecto de Modernización
de la Refinería de Talara
DOCUMENT NUMBER: 2070-GEN-PNG-SPE-004 Page 2 of 24
1. GENERAL 4
1.1. SCOPE AND OBJECT 4
1.2. DEFINITIONS 4
1.3. APPLICABLE CODES, STANDARDS AND SPECIFICATION 4
1.3.1. CODES AND STANDARDS 4
1.3.2. GLOBAL PRACTICE (GP): 4
1.3.3. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS 5
1.3.4. CODES AND STANDARDS 5
2. PIPING SUPPORT DESIGN 6
2.1. SUPPORT LOCATION 6
2.2. SUPPORT TYPE 7
2.2.1. ACCORDING TO ITS LOCATION 7
2.2.2. ACCORDING TO ITS FUNCTION 7
2.2.3. ACCORDING TO THE NATURE AND STATE OF THE PIPE TO BE SUPPORTED 8
2.3. TRANSITION ELEMENT 10
2.4. SUPPORTING ELEMENT. SUPPORTS. 12
2.5. ELASTIC SUPPORT. SPRINGS. 12
2.6. ANTIVIBRATION SUPPORTS 13
3. PIPING SUPPORT CALCULATION 14
3.1. FRICTION FORCES 15
3.2. FORCES ON ANCHORS 15
3.3. SUPPORT AND GUIDE SPACING 16
3.3.1. SUPPORT SPACING 16
3.3.2. GUIDE SPACING 16
4. PIPING SUPPORT MATERIAL 16
4.1. STEEL SHAPES AND PLATES 16
4.2. TUBES 16
4.3. BOLTING (BOLT AND NUTS) AND RODS FOR HANGING 17
4.4. OTHER ELEMENTS 17
4.5. MATERIAL SPECIFICATION FOR SUPPORT MEMBERS 18
5. GENERAL NOTES, PREFABRICATION AND ERECTION 19
5.1. GENERAL 19
5.2. WELDING 20
5.3. BOLTING AND THREAD ELEMENTS 20
5.4. PAINTING 21
6. SYMBOLOGY ON PIPING DRAWING 21

THE GRAPHIC INDICATION OF A PARTICULAR PIPE SUPPORT POSITION ON A PIPING ISOMETRIC DRAWING WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
6.1. SUPPORT POSITION IDENTIFICATION

6.2. PIPE SUPPORT MARK
6.2.1. STANDARD PIPE SUPPORT
6.2.2. SPECIAL PIPE SUPPORT
6.2.3. STRUCTURAL PIPE SUPPORT
6.2.4. RESTING POINT
6.3. IDENTIFICATION LETTER/S FOR PIPE SUPPORT TYPES
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ANNEX CONTROL
CODE DESCRIPTION REVISION
HG-102-I STANDARD PIPE SUPPORT DRAWINGS

ANNEX I 2
COLLECTION
ANNEX II HG-111 COLD AND CRYOGENIC PIPE SUPPORTS 0
HG-102-II RECOMMENDED SHAPES AND MAXIMUM LOADS

ANNEX III 0
APPLICABLE TO STANDARD DRAWINGS
GCD-131-200.09 CALCULATION AND SUPPORT OF ≤1 1/2”

ANNEX IV 0
PIPES
EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN EUROPEAN BEAMS AND

ANNEX V 0
AMERICAN BEAMS
1. GENERAL
1.1.Scope and object
This Specification, with the Codes and Standards listed in paragraph 1.3constitutes the basic
document to determine the minimum requirements for the design, calculation and installation of the
necessary elements for piping supports. This specification develops and completes the Global Practice
(GP) GP 04-02-02
1.2.Definitions
- COMPANY: PETROPERU
- CONTRACTOR: Técnicas Reunidas.
- SUBCONTRACTOR: Means any person, firm, partnership, company, corporation or combination
thereof to which the CONTRACTOR has sent the QUOTATION REQUEST or placed the purchase
order.
1.3.Applicable codes, standards and specification
1.3.1. Codes and Standards
All Codes and Standards shall be applicable according to their latest issues when the contract is
signed.
Where the client provides engineering standards, project specification & design basis, then these
shall be observed in conjunction with the industry standards.
The following list shows the main codes used in piping supports for piping systems:
1.3.2. GLOBAL PRACTICE (GP):
- GP 03-07-01: “Piping Layout, Supports, and Flexibility”
- GP 03-08-01: “Expansion Joints”
- GP 04-02-02: “Pipe Supports”
- GP 04-01-01: “Concrete design and Construction”
- GP 04-01-02: “Structural Steel Design”
- GP 04-01-03: “Design Loads for Structures”
- GP 03-10-04: “Plastic and Plastic-Lined Piping”
- GP 19-01-01: “Paint and Protective Coatings”
- GP 18-07-01: “Welding Procedures”
- EN-12195-2: “Standard for Lashing”
1.3.3. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS
- PP-02070-C-004: “Procedimiento de Numeración de Documentación”
- PP-02070-C-501: “Procedimiento Gestión Documental”
- 02070-UNIDAD-PRO-LIS-001: “Lista de líneas”
- 02070-GEN-ENG-SPE-002: “Insulation for Hot Service”
- 02070-GEN-PRO-SPE-001: “Site Information & Utilities Main Conditions”
- 02070-GEN-PNG-SPE-003: Stress Analysis Specification.

- 02070-GEN-PNG-SPE-001: “Piping Material Classification”
- 02070-GEN-PNG-SPE-002: Piping Material Specification.
1.3.4. CODES AND STANDARDS
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS
- ASME B31.3 "Process Piping".
- ASME B31.1 "Power Piping".
- ASME B31.4 “Liquid Transportation Systems for Liquid Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids”.
- ASME B31.8 “Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems”
- ASME B16.5 “Steel Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings”.
- ASME B16.47 “Large Diameter Steel Flanges”.
MANUFACTURERS STANDARDIZATION SOCIETY
- MSS-SP-58"Pipe Hangers and Supports. Material, Design and Manufacture"

- MSS-SP-69"Pipe Hangers and Supports. Selection and Application"
- MSS-SP-77“Guidelines for Pipe Support Contractual Relationships”
- MSS-SP-89“Pipe Hangers and Supports-Fabrication and Installations Practices”
2. PIPING SUPPORT DESIGN
Pipe support design shall consider parameters like the support location, the support function and the
characteristics of the pipe to be supported.
Special mention should be done to elements of special nature like transition elements, support
members and elastic supports.
TR will design the supports for all pipes 2” nominal diameter and larger, as well as supports for smaller
sizes, when the safety of the pipe might be affected due to flexibility problems. The rest of the required
supports shall be defined and located in the field by others, under TR field supervision.
Supports for lines running on pipe racks shall be designed by TR regardless the pipe size. When
possible, pipes 2” nominal diameter and smaller will be supported from larger and adjacent pipes.
Although the supports for pipes 2” nominal diameter and larger shall be totally dimensioned to allow
their prefabrication, the pipe support subcontractor shall check possible deviations as consequence of
admissible tolerance in the plant erection or build them so that it might be adjusted “in situ”.
2.1.Support location
Location of different elements used for piping supports shall be established according to the following
criteria:
- Proximity of existing structures on or from which the support device can be constructed.
- If a pipe support structure is required, this must be as small as possible.
- Possibility to construct a common support for several pipes.
- The support device must not obstruct free spaces required for maintenance and operation of valves,
equipment, motors, etc.
- Distance between adjacent supports in a sole pipe must not cause in it, stress values higher than
permitted in the corresponding Code.
- To be as close as possible to the points where loads concentration might exist (valves, filters, etc.).
- To be as close as possible to the points where a sharp change in a pipe direction is produced.
- Must warranty that the real performance of the pipe system are in accordance with the hypothesis
taken into consideration in the studies of “Piping Stress Analysis Calculations” of the system.
- To receive as less influences as possible from piping contraction or expansion when it might exist.
- To limit the action of the pipe on the equipment to which it is connected, in order that the forces and
moments caused on nozzles are within the values permitted by the equipment manufacturer.
- In case that the equipment is disconnected for maintenance, the necessity of a minimum of temporary
supports shall be considered.
- Supports must be reasonably inspected in order to make sure that its operability remains along the
time. Special considerations shall be taken in the spring installation with respect to the gage orientation
in order to make it visible.
2.2.Support type
The nature and type of piping support depends basically on:
- Its location.
- Its function.
- Nature and state of the pipe to be supported.
2.2.1. According to its location
Supports may be located on horizontal or vertical pipe runs, avoiding doing it on different runs of the
mentioned. In any case supports may be grouped under two principle categories:
a) Supports in which the supporting element is basically subjected to compression stresses. (Pedestal
type supports).
b) Supports in which the supporting element is subjected to tension stresses (hanging type supports).
In both cases, between the pipe and the support itself, a certain transition element generally exists,
whose basic function is:
- To facilitate the interconnection between both elements (e.g. horizontal trunnions for hanging a
vertical run of pipe).
- To produce a better distribution of loads in the pipe (e.g. cradles welded to the pipe).
- To avoid possible corrosion caused by the contact of different materials (e.g. clamps of alloy steel on
pipes of alloy steel also).
2.2.2. According to its function
Supports may have as a sole purpose, the absorption of pipe weight in order of not produce in the pipe
stress values higher than permitted. In this case the supports are subjected to the action of a vertical
force which is the weight that they have to support. If the support point has been considered, in the
studies of the piping thermal stresses, without vertical movement, the support located in that point
could be vertically rigid.
On the other side, it shall be necessary to have an elastic device (e.g. spring) when the point in which
the support has to be located is subjected to a vertical displacement, which if it is not allowed, it could
cause in the pipe a stress higher than permitted.
Sometimes devices are installed to prevent and/or to limit the free movement of the pipe in a certain point.
According to their way of work, these devices may be:
a) Guide, if it acts against the transversal displacement of the pipe.

b) Directional anchor, if it acts against the axial displacements of the pipe.
c) Anchor, if it acts against the transversal, axial and vertical displacements and besides restricts
rotation in all three axes.
d) Hold Down: limits vertical movement
The objective of these devices is to control the direction and the orientation of the movement which is
originated on the pipe as a consequence of the thermal expansion.
In general, when selecting the type of required support for a pipe, it shall be taken into account not
only the weight to be supported and the thermal conditions of the pipe, but any other phenomenon that
could affect the system (equipment settlement, vibrations, water hammer, etc.).
Additional temporary supports may be installed for cleaning and testing during erection. These
supports will be clearly marked and identified on drawings.
2.2.3. According to the nature and state of the pipe to be supported
Considering that the nature and/or state of the pipe to be supported affect to the location and design of
the support, the following groups may be established:
a) Supports for steel pipes at ambient or hot temperature, internally lined or not with other material
different from the pipe base material.
The following considerations shall be taken into account:
a.1. The effect of the pipe temperature on the transition element and support structure.
a.2. The material type of the transition element to avoid local corrosions caused by the unlikeness with
the base material of the pipe.
a.3. The thermal treatments of the pipe to be supported, in order to avoid transition element welds. In
case that its use is indispensable, this transition element shall be marked on the isometric
drawing in order to be considered in the construction of the pipe line.
a.4. The nature of the possible internal lining considering its fragility in order to admit a maximum
deflection in the span between supports and its performance against local welding to couple
transition supporting elements.
a.5. The effect to the pipe size, in order to arrange a transition element to avoid potential local
overstressing that may damage the pipe as a consequence of dead weight, additional actions due
to thermal strain or actions of any other nature that might exist. (Calculation detail in point 3.3.1 of
this specification)
a.6. The thickness of insulation for insulated pipes in order to arrange a transition element which
stands out of the insulation.
When insulation is only for personnel protection, pipe may be considered as not being insulated at the
support point, cutting the insulation in such a way that a free axial movement of ±100 mm in both
directions is allowed.
b) Supports for cold pipes.
The contents of this point apply to cold pipes not considered cryogenic.
b.1. To avoid as much as possible to break the insulation steam barrier, the transition element of support
shall be located outside of this barrier. Therefore the compression resistance of the insulation will be
considered for the sake of necessity of substitution, in the application zone of the support, by high
compressive strength special material, such as “Permali”, “Neoimprex” or high density polyurethane”. b.2.
The transition elements which necessarily must be welded to the pipe shall be of the same or
equivalent quality material and shall be properly insulated in order to avoid icing.
b.3. The transition elements directly joined to the pipe shall not be in direct contact with the support,
but there must exist between both a sufficiently resistant insulated element (high compressive
strength special material).
b.4. Supports, whose supporting points are cold vessels, shall be connected to the existing clips arranging
between both a sufficiently resistant insulation element (high compressive strength special material).
c) Supports for plastic pipes.
c.1. The special flexibility and low mechanical resistance of these pipes in order to place the supports
with adequate short spans, taking into account that the working stresses should be small enough
to avoid damages (cracks, openings, etc.) in the pipe that would break its chemical barrier.
c.2. The inconvenience of arranging a transition element glued to the pipe because its union has
points of low or no mechanical resistance (wearing cradles are excluded).
c.3. All transition elements shall be attached to the pipe by means of clamps, which must have in their
interior face a rubber band in order to avoid damage to the pipe due to excessive tightening.
c.4. All direct contact between pipes and supports shall be avoided particularly in those points where
displacements could exist because a superficial deterioration in the pipe caused by the friction
should damage gravely the integrity of the pipe.
c.5. For those pipes that due to their characteristics or their operation conditions might cause situations
of excessive elasticity, it shall be necessary to support them in a continuous way. (e.g. with steel
light angle at bottom).
2.3.Transition element
The transition element is any intermediate device between the pipe to be supported and the support itself.
This device does not exist when the mechanical resistance of the pipe considering its temperature at the
supporting point, heat transmission, etc., allows it.
The transition elements more often used are:
- Shoes
For insulated hot pipes where the heat lost must be avoided. Standards SA4-3858A to SA4-3862A
attached to this Specification.
The height of the shoe shall be such that the bottom of the insulation is 20mm minimum above the support.
Insulated hot piping with 75mm thick or less insulation shall have a 100mm pipe shoe. Insulated hot piping
with insulation thickness greater than 75mm up to 125mm shall have a 150mm pipe shoe.
- Cradles/Saddles
They must be used for pipes directly supported, and they have a double mission: to avoid the direct
friction of the support on the pipe or insulation, eliminating the punctual erosion and/or corrosion in the
contact zone and producing a better distribution of the load in the supporting point on the pipe wall or
the insulation. Standards SA4-3761A and SA4-3858A to SA4-3860A attached to this specification.
To avoid potential local overstressing that may damage the pipe as a consequence of dead weight,
additional actions due to thermal strain or actions of any other nature that might exist; the following
considerations shall be followed:
Diameter Cradle or Saddle required
D ≤ 6” reinforcement shall be specifically determined
8” ≥ D ≥ 14” Cradle if D/t + 3CA > 65
Cradle if D/t < 95
16" ≤ D ≤ 36"
Saddle if D/t ≥ 95
D > 36" Saddle
Where,
D: outside diameter of the pipe (mm)
t: minimum wall thickness when fully corroded (mm) CA: corrosion allowance (mm)
- Lugs for hanging
Pieces made of a flat plate and drilled, which are welded directly to the pipe.
They can be good substitutes of the clamps in pipes less than 10" nominal diameter but its use is
generally limited due to the increasing of local stresses that it produces on pipe wall. Standard SA4-
3728A attached to this specification.
- Pipe clamps
Generally used for hanging pipes, they can have two or three bolts depending on its specific work.
They are also used as part of shoes which cannot be welded directly to the pipe or when this weld is
not desirable. Standards SA4-3710A; SA4-3711A; SA4-3720A and SA4-3721A attached to this
specification. The union by pairs of halves clamps shall be made by means of hexagonal head bolts
threaded in their total length and with a nut.
When on stainless steel pipes carbon steel clamps have to be used, these shall have on their interior
part (contact zone) a thin plate of TEFLON for pipe temperature up to 240°C or a thin plate of stainless
steel for higher temperatures. It should be 0.5mm thick (max.) and 20mm wider than clamp width.
- Trunnions/Floor Stands
Made with straight pieces of pipes and welded directly to the base of the pipe as if it were a 90º branch
connection but without drilling the pipe. Standards SA4-3781A; SA4-3784A; SA4-3785A and SA4-
3853A to SA4-3855A attached to this specification.
- Special devices
When the nature, disposition, etc. of the pipe to be supported or the support itself requires it, special
devices should be designed (generally made with plates, shapes and/or tubes) in order that they might
do the work of a transition element.
Transition elements being directly welded to a pipe shall be of the same or equivalent quality material
as the pipe. Acceptable substitutes for weld-on transition elements to be used in alloy systems are
bolt-on types fabricated from carbon steel or austenitic stainless steel as specified in TR drawings.
2.4.Supporting element. Supports.
Support is any device, capable to admit the loads that the pipe will transmit to it. This transmission can
be direct or through adequate transition elements.
In general, the supports shall be made of steel material (plates, shapes, tie rods, etc.). Their resting
point is often the ground (on adequate concrete die), platforms or existing steel structures, existing
concrete structures or the vessels themselves (by means of previously welded clips), etc.
Preferably, the supports shall be removable; therefore the union to their supporting points shall be
made generally by means of bolts being those of expansion or chemical type when they are installed
in concrete structure. The bolts shall have metric and right-hand thread.
2.5.Elastic support. Springs.
When in a support point of a pipe, the vertical movement needs to be allowed, it is necessary to use
springs. The springs shall be those ones exiting in the market that have helicoidal supports, reserving
the use of any other type of spring for very exceptional cases; i.e. disk, hydraulic and counter weight
supports. Selection of springs shall be established taking into account the following recommendations:
- Hydraulic or counter weight supports can be used only in special cases and requires Client’s approval.
- The spring type shall be selected based on the real possibilities of connecting to the pipe. There are
basically two different types; the hanging and the supporting type.
- The spring’s series shall be selected based on the actual movement that it is allowed, there are
basically three standard series of variable springs with displacements up to 45, 90 and 180mm.
- The size of the spring shall be selected based on the load to be supported. There are basically
twenty sizes with loads between 20 and 12.000 Kg.
- The spring selection shall be made for the working conditions (load and movement) of the pipe and it must
be also valid for the occasional conditions (start up, shut down and any other special conditions).
- Every spring will come gauged from shop to its installation load and with an adequate locking device,
to avoid its normal operation during the hydraulic test. Such locking devices must be retired after
hydraulic test and before the star-up of the plant.
- When a large difference of load exists between operation and installation conditions, the effects that
such difference produces on the connected pipe or equipment during installation condition shall be
analyzed.
- Every spring shall have clearly indicated in its scale gage the positions corresponding to the cold and
hot condition of the pipe.
- The stops for hydraulic test as well as the structural elements of the springs shall be able to support
2.5 times the maximum allowable working load as a minimum. If the load in the hydraulic test condition
was larger than the above mentioned value, temporary supports shall be installed before and
maintained during the hydraulic test in order to complement the resistance of such elements. These
temporary supports shall be partial or entirely removed after the test, as indicated on the support
drawings.
- Variable load springs shall be installed whenever the load variation as consequence of the expected
movement (movement x spring rigidity) does not exceed 25% of the operation load. If the load variation is
larger than the allowed, constant load springs or counter weight devices shall be studied.
- The total travel to be specified in a constant load spring shall be the maximum range (upwards plus
downwards movements), which produces the most unfavorable condition plus a fixed quantity specified
by the selected vendor.
2.6.Antivibration supports
All process piping connected to reciprocating compressors will be subject to an analog study (beat
analysis) and active mechanical response.
This study will include press cylinders and equipment between the compressor and the largest
container placed upstream and downstream of it.
As circuit limits will be also considered the "knock-out drums."
In addition to the normal considerations that have to be taken into account for every line, when
supporting lines connected to reciprocating compressors, the following points shall be taken into
account in the design and the arrangement of the supports:
a) Minimize the level of pulsations of gas that could overload the compressor and cause forces on the
pipe difficult to restrict with conventional supports.
b) Separate the system's natural mechanical frequencies of the acoustic frequencies of the gas, to
avoid possible resonances in the system.
To comply with the two points mentioned above the use of antivibration supports is required.
Standards SA4-3880A to SA4-3882A attached to this Specification.
The suction and discharge manifolds of reciprocating compressors will be supported from the ground
to facilitate the installation of restrictions that dampen the vibrations, hence, so these manifolds must
be set as close to the ground as possible
Suction lines, interstage and discharge of reciprocating compressors shall not be supported from the
structure of the deck when it exists.
3. PIPING SUPPORT CALCULATION
The mechanical design of piping supports shall be made taking into consideration the rules
established in the norms and codes mentioned in point 1.3, as well as, any other normally accepted
practice currently in use.
This design is to ensure the capability of the pipe support to support or restrain loads in the most
unfavorable situation, taking into account:
- Weight Loads
- Hydraulic test Loads
- Thermal loads
- Wind and Earthquake Loads
- Reaction Forces at Relief Valves
- Impact Loads
The maximum allowable unit stresses for structural steel members and bolts shall be in accordance
with the AISC Specification.
The maximum allowable unit stresses for pipe-supporting elements and trunnions shall be in
accordance with ASME B31.3, Process Piping.
3.1.Friction Forces
In those supports where horizontal movements exist with the consequent generation of friction forces,
the following friction coefficients shall be considered:
Surfaces in Contact Friction Coefficient

Steel - Concrete 0,45
Steel - Steel 0,40
S. Steel – Lubrite (T ≥ 200ºC) 0,10
S. Steel – Teflon (T ≤ 200ºC) 0,10
Teflon – Teflon (T ≤ 200ºC) 0,10
In any case, the recommendation of the manufacturer of these materials shall be considered.
3.2.Forces on anchors
The anchors, besides of resisting forces produced by the pipe weight, occasional loads on the pipe,
etc., must be designed to support the loads produced by the thermal expansion of the pipe.
Anchor structures for one or more pipes shall be designed for the largest developed force considering
its normal and abnormal operation conditions and taking into account that not all pipes with a possible
of abnormal operation have to be considered working simultaneously in such condition, but according
to the following table:
Number of Pipes. To be Considered for Design
1 100%
2 to 4 50%
More than 4 25%
In general, select pipes of larger size, considering all the transversal forces acting on the structure in
the same direction.
3.3.Support and Guide Spacing
The following rules and values for supports and guides spacing are only for reference. They are
indicated mainly for small bore pipes whose supports shall be defined and located in field.
3.3.1. Support Spacing
For allowable pipe spans refer to 02070-GEN-PNG-SPE-003: “Stress Analysis

Specification”, para. 6.1.
3.3.2. Guide Spacing
For recommended guide spacing refer to 02070-GEN-PNG-SPE-003: “Stress Analysis

Specification”, para. 6.2
4. PIPING SUPPORT MATERIAL
In general, support material selection shall be as per table shown in point 4.5 “Materials Specification
for Support Members”.
4.1. Steel shapes and plates
(1)
Material: common carbon steel welding with the following minimum mechanical characteristic .
Yield point ......................................... 2.600 kg/cm²
Modulus of elasticity ......................... 2,1 x 106 kg/cm²
Modulus of rigidity ............................ 0,81 x 106 kg/cm²
Poison's ratio .................................... 0,3
Coefficient of lineal expansion ......... 12 x 10-6 m/(mºC)
(1) If the plates to be used are for making a transition element and they have to be directly welded to the pipe, the plates
shall be of the same or equivalent quality material as the pipe.
4.2. Tubes
For trunnion fabrication, tubes shall be of the same or equivalent quality material as the pipe to which
they are welded. For the construction of a supporting structure, they will be of any other existing quality
material in the Project, adequate to the effects to which they will be subjected.
4.3. Bolting (Bolt and nuts) and Rods for Hanging
On the support list of materials the following abbreviations will be used:
MB: Machine Bolt

SB: Stub Bolt
N1: Hexagonal Nut
EB: Expansion Bolt
CB: Chemical Bolt
RB: Reinforcing Bar (Corrugated)
4.4. Other elements
Special material not covered in the above groups will be detailed on the support drawings where required.
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SH A194 A106 A A307 A307
A312 A240 A193 A320 Gr.8 Gr. B 36 Gr. B Gr. B A194
5. GENERAL NOTES, PREFABRICATION AND ERECTION
5.1.General
- All supports shall have an identification mark. This mark shall be the same as that shown on piping
drawings, unless otherwise indicated in such piping drawings.
- All supports shall be designed to permit dismantling the supported pipes.
- All dimensions shall be in mm. or sexagesimal degrees.
- Orientation angles shall be measured in clockwise direction regarding to Plant North.
- Supports are dimensionally valid for prefabrication; however, due to admissible construction
tolerances they shall be checked before fabrication or constructed in such a way that they permit
adjusting “in situ".
- All springs must remain blocked in order to avoid overloads on pipes or equipment nozzles until
hydrostatic testing has been done.
- If during the installation of the springs, the load gage made in the shop had been accidentally lost,
use the existing regulating devices (turnbuckles, threaded pieces, etc.) in order to reach the correct load
indicated on the scale of the spring.
- When a plate must be bended and the external bending radius is not specifically indicated, this shall
be twice its thickness for plates up to 10 mm. and three times its thickness for thicker plates.
- For supports where different steel shapes than those graphically represented on the standard
drawings are required, the reference for the substitution criteria shall be as indicated on standard
drawing nº SA4-3702A.
- Pipes shall be temporary supported during their installation and until the final supports have been
installed in order to avoid overloads on pipes or equipment nozzles.
- Special attention shall be paid to pipes resting on brackets by means of trunnions in order to assure
that the pipe weight is supported by the brackets and not by the equipment nozzle.
- Vent holes made in cradles and trunnions shall be plugged by means of solid grease if the operation
temperature of the line where they are welded is 100ºC or lower.
- Construction of supports types CS1 to CS4 (see drawings SA4-3764A to SA4-3767A) shall be made
maintaining the existing material reinforcements of pavement. If this is not possible, a new material
reinforcement shall be properly joined to the existing one.
- Any support element being directly welded to a pipe shall be of the same or equivalent quality
material as the pipe, unless otherwise indicated.
- A Stainless Steel thin plate of 1mm thick and 100mm wide shall be welded on top of C.S. pipe
supports, when not insulated S.S. pipes rest directly on them.
- When a plate has to be fixed to concrete with expansion bolts and a shape is required to be welded
on this plate, the weld between them shall always be made after the plate has been fixed.
- Small bore connections (1.5” and smaller) to reciprocating compressor lines shall be provided in the
field by pipe support subcontractor with stiffening plates (see drawing SA4-3871A).
5.2. Welding
- The union of different constitutive elements of a support shall be made using continuous bead
welding unless bolted unions or other type of union is indicated.
- The welding of supports, anchors, trunnion, guides, etc. to pipelines must be made with approved
welding procedures as required in the GP-18-07-01 “Welding Procedures Version (3.0.0 JAN 2010, except
DIOL 3.0.0 A, JAN 2010)”.
- The throat of the fillet weld shall have a minimum thickness of 0.7 times the thickness of the thinner
plate to be welded, unless otherwise indicated.
- Welds of any pipe support element welded to a pipe shall be made in such a way that the wall of the
pipe shall not be burnt through.
- The use of rivets is not permitted.
- Welding of support elements directly welded to pipes shall be submitted to PWHT Project Specific
Requirements.
5.3.Bolting and thread elements

- Threaded elements shall have metric and right hand thread unless otherwise indicated.
- When tie rods are used for hanging pipes, they shall be designed so that their length can be adjusted
“in situ”. If it is not possible, the same effect can be obtained by using turnbuckles between the rods.
Standard SA4-3726A attached to this specification.
- The minimum sizes of rods for hangers shall be the following:
M-10 for pipes £ 2” nominal diameter

M-12 for pipes ³ 2 ½ “ nominal diameter
- All bolting unions shall be fixed by using a nut and lock nut.
- The diameter of all bolt holes shall be 2mm larger than the corresponding bolt size and unless
otherwise noted shall be disposed on the axis of scratch gage of steel shapes.
- Expansion bolts shall be HILTI-HSL-3 types, unless otherwise indicated.
- Chemical bolts shall be HILTI-HVA/HAS types, unless otherwise indicated.
5.4.Painting
The surface of steel used for construction of pipe supports shall be protected by painting according to
GP-19-01-01 “Paint and Protective Coatings (Version 3 0 0, APR 2004 except DIOL 3 0 0 A , APR
2004)”. Special attention shall be paid to the surfaces that are not accessible when the support is
installed in order to provide the appropriate protection before erection. At these not accessible
surfaces, the "finish second coat" is not required.
6. SYMBOLOGY ON PIPING DRAWING
The graphic indication of a particular pipe support position on a piping isometric drawing will be as
follows:
- For standard and special pipe support:
Where No.: Pipe support position identification (see point 6.1)
- For clarification notes and existing pipe support: GUIDE GAP = 5 mm
Support point of a pipe resting on an existing support assigned to another line, shall be indicated as
follows:
EXIST. SUPP. –AAA-BBBB-CCC-DDDDD
a: Pipe support position identification of the point to which the existing support is assigned. This
support drawing notes shall be located below its own pipe support position identification.
EXIST. SUPP.- 001-PC-FCK-40303

Example:
6.1. Support Position Identification
Pipe support position identification (SUPPORT ID) shall be included on the isometric drawing, within
the symbol used for its graphic indication, as follows:
AAA-BBBB-CCC-DDDDD
Where:
AAA: Sequential number from 001 to 999 as required
BBBB: Identification code of the fluid ”FLUID CODE”
CCC: Unit identification “UNIT CODE”
DDDDD: “LINE SEQUENCE NUMBER”
Example: 001-PC-FCK-40303
6.2. Pipe Support Mark
Each pipe support position can be composed by one or more pipe support types (see point 6.3)
identified by their corresponding Pipe Support Mark, conforming all together only one support and
defined as Pipe Support Assembly.
The Pipe Support Mark of the different pipe support types shall be as follows:
6.2.1. Standard Pipe Support
As established on each one of the standard support drawings, see annex HG-102-I, attached to this
specification.
6.2.2. Special Pipe Support
SS-AA
Where:
AA: Sequential number from 01 to 99 as required
Example: SS-01
6.2.3. Structural Pipe Support
This type of pipe support shall be defined on Civil drawing and might be mentioned on piping isometric
SPS -___ - _ _ _
a b
Where:
a: Unit identification “UNIT CODE”
b: Sequential number from 001 to 999 as required
Example: SPS-FCK-001
6.2.4. Resting Point
The support mark of a support point of a pipe resting directly on an existing structure or existing pipe
rack/track without any other support mark shall be indicated as follows:
Resting Point
6.3.Identification Letter/s for Pipe Support Types
CL – Clamp
EL – Elements for piping supports
UB – U-Bolt
B – Bracket
BG – Guide bracket
C – Cradle for metallic pipe
CS – Concrete pier
D – Directional anchor
FA – Anchored floor stand
FG – Guided floor stand
FS – Sliding floor stand
G – Guide
GE – Plate for guide
GR – Guide for pipe on pipe rack
H – Hanger
PS – Pipe Support from existing steel or concrete

S – Spring
SL – Sliding pad
T – Trunnion for metallic pipe
TEMP – Temporary support
TR – Reinforced pad
Z – Shoes
V – Vibration pipe support
SS– Special pipe support
SPS – Structural support defined on Civil drawings.
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PIPING SUPPORTS SPECIFICATION
Att01-ANNEX I:
HG-102-I PIPE SUPPORT DRAWINGS COLLECTION
THE PRESENT DOCUMENT OR DRAWING IS THE PROPERTY OF TECNICAS REUNIDAS AND SHALL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUNSTANCES BE TOTALLY OR PARTIALLY, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
TRANSFERRED, REPRODUCED, COPIED, DISCLOSED OR USED WITHOUT ITS PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT, FOR ANY PURPOSE AND ANY WAY OTHER THAN THAT FOR WHICH IT IS SPECIFICALLY
FURNISHED OR OUTSIDE THE EXTENT OF THE AGREED UPON RIGHT OF USE.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Steel shapes substitution criteria SA4-3702A-0
Pictorial guide (Sheet 1 of 7) SA4-3703A-0
Medium weight clamp for not insulated horizontal pipe SA4-3710A-1
Heavy weight clamp for not insulated horizontal pipe SA4-3711A-1
Medium weight clamp for insulated horizontal pipe SA4-3720A-1
Heavy weight clamp for insulated horizontal pipe SA4-3721A-1
Forged eye nut SA4-3724A-0
Forged turnbuckle SA4-3726A-0
Welding lug on steel SA4-3727A-0
Welding lug on pipe SA4-3728A-0
Square washer SA4-3730A-0
Union for welding SA4-3731A-0
U-Bolt. SA4-3732A-0
Vertical bracket on horizontal vessel (Sheet 1) SA4-3741A-0
Vertical bracket on horizontal vessel (Sheet 2) SA4-3742A-0
Horizontal bracket on horizontal vessel SA4-3743A-1
Single bracket on vertical vessel. (Sheet 1) SA4-3744A-0
THE PRESENT DOCUMENT OR DRAWING IS THE PROPERTY OF TECNICAS REUNIDAS AND SHALL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUNSTANCES BE TOTALLY OR PARTIALLY, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TRANSFERRED,
REPRODUCED, COPIED, DISCLOSED OR USED WITHOUT ITS PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT, FOR ANY PURPOSE AND ANY WAY OTHER THAN THAT FOR WHICH IT IS SPECIFICALLY FURNISHED OR OUTSIDE THE EXTENT
OF THE AGREED UPON RIGHT OF USE.
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Double bracket on vertical vessel SA4-3747A-0
Single guide bracket on vertical vessel SA4-3756A-0
Double guide bracket on vertical vessel SA4-3757A-0
Cradle for metallic pipe SA4-3761A-0
Concrete pier with anchor bolt for supports on pavement SA4-3764A-0
Concrete pier with top plate for supports on pavement SA4-3765A-0
Concrete pier with anchor bolt for supports on compacted ground SA4-3766A-0
Concrete pier with top plate for supports on compacted ground SA4-3767A-0
Directional anchor for pipe without shoe SA4-3775A-0
Directional anchor for pipe with shoe SA4-3776A-0
Directional anchor for galvanized pipe SA4-3777A-0
Anchored floor stand SA4-3781A-0
Stop for floor stand SA4-3782A-0
Guide for floor stand SA4-3783A-0
Sliding Floor stand SA4-3784A-0
Adjustable floor stand SA4-3785A-2
Guide on vertical pipe (Sheet 1) SA4-3788A-0
Guide on horizontal pipe (Sheet 1) SA4-3796A-0
Guide on horizontal pipe (Sheet 2) SA4-3797A-0
THE PRESENT DOCUMENT OR DRAWING IS THE PROPERTY OF TECNICAS REUNIDAS AND SHALL NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUNSTANCES BE TOTALLY OR PARTIALLY, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, TRANSFERRED,
REPRODUCED, COPIED, DISCLOSED OR USED WITHOUT ITS PRIOR WRITTEN CONSENT, FOR ANY PURPOSE AND ANY WAY OTHER THAN THAT FOR WHICH IT IS SPECIFICALLY FURNISHED OR OUTSIDE THE EXTENT
OF THE AGREED UPON RIGHT OF USE.

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Proyecto de Modernización

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6. SYMBOLOGY ON PIPING DRAWING 21

6.1. SUPPORT POSITION IDENTIFICATION

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CODE DESCRIPTION REVISION

HG-102-I STANDARD PIPE SUPPORT DRAWINGS

ANNEX II HG-111 COLD AND CRYOGENIC PIPE SUPPORTS 0

HG-102-II RECOMMENDED SHAPES AND MAXIMUM LOADS

GCD-131-200.09 CALCULATION AND SUPPORT OF ≤1 1/2”

EQUIVALENCE BETWEEN EUROPEAN BEAMS AND

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1.1.Scope and object

1.3.Applicable codes, standards and specification

1.3.1. Codes and Standards

1.3.2. GLOBAL PRACTICE (GP):

- GP 03-07-01: “Piping Layout, Supports, and Flexibility”

- GP 03-08-01: “Expansion Joints”

- GP 04-02-02: “Pipe Supports”

- GP 04-01-01: “Concrete design and Construction”

- GP 04-01-02: “Structural Steel Design”

- GP 04-01-03: “Design Loads for Structures”

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- GP 03-10-04: “Plastic and Plastic-Lined Piping”

- GP 19-01-01: “Paint and Protective Coatings”

- GP 18-07-01: “Welding Procedures”

- EN-12195-2: “Standard for Lashing”

1.3.3. PROJECT SPECIFICATIONS

- PP-02070-C-004: “Procedimiento de Numeración de Documentación”

- PP-02070-C-501: “Procedimiento Gestión Documental”

- 02070-UNIDAD-PRO-LIS-001: “Lista de líneas”

- 02070-GEN-ENG-SPE-002: “Insulation for Hot Service”

- 02070-GEN-PRO-SPE-001: “Site Information & Utilities Main Conditions”

- 02070-GEN-PNG-SPE-003: Stress Analysis Specification.

1.3.4. CODES AND STANDARDS

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS

- ASME B31.3 "Process Piping".

- ASME B31.1 "Power Piping".

- ASME B31.8 “Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems”

- ASME B16.5 “Steel Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings”.

- ASME B16.47 “Large Diameter Steel Flanges”.

MANUFACTURERS STANDARDIZATION SOCIETY

- MSS-SP-58"Pipe Hangers and Supports. Material, Design and Manufacture"

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2. PIPING SUPPORT DESIGN

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The nature and type of piping support depends basically on:

2.2.1. According to its location

2.2.2. According to its function

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According to their way of work, these devices may be:

a) Guide, if it acts against the transversal displacement of the pipe.

2.2.3. According to the nature and state of the pipe to be supported

The following considerations shall be taken into account:

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b) Supports for cold pipes.

The following considerations shall be taken into account:

c) Supports for plastic pipes.

The following considerations shall be taken into account:

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Diameter Cradle or Saddle required

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