Pipe racks carry process, and utility piping, and also include instrument and electrical cable trays, as well as equipment mounted over all of these. 1, shows a typical pipe rack. This is a small presentation on Pipe Rack and Rack Piping. A pipe rack is the main artery of a processing unit. It connects all equipment with lines that cannot run through adjacent areas. Because it is located in the middle of most plants, the pipe rack must be erected first, before it becomes obstructed by rows of equipment. Pipe rack design is one of the significant aspects of plant design and a good design contrbutes to integrity and reliability of the plant and the. The length of Pipe rack 42m is considered to avoid forces due to thermal expansion of pipe rack under ambient temperature and free to expand at ends. This is general engineering practice for Pipe rack design with single vertical bracings and mentioned in “Design Specification for Steel Structures”. A pipe rack is an elevated steel structure designed to support and route process piping, electrical cable trays, and instrument cable runs between equipment in industrial facilities such as refineries, petrochemical plants, and LNG terminals.
