According to the Government Accountability Office, just over 42 GW or about 13 percent of coal-fired capacity has been retired since 2012 or is planned for retirement by 2025. The coming years will ...

In pressure relief systems, accurately estimating temperature changes during fluid flow is vital for relief piping ...

Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT, President Kim, Byung-Suk) has developed a novel non-welded ring-type pipe fitting system to address leakage and corrosion issues in ...

Two of the most important elements in any construction or upgrade project are safety and speed of completion. While one way to increase safety is to eliminate hot work whenever possible, the reality ...

Grooved mechanical piping has been changing the way contractors do business for more than 85 years, but this method of pipe joining is still unknown or misunderstood in some areas of the commercial ...

The type of sprinkler system (except deluge) typically depends on the environmental conditions in which the system will be used and the nature of the space being protected. Wet-Pipe Sprinkler System ...

Corrosion of steel water pipes in the safety-related piping systems of aging U.S. nuclear power plants is fast becoming a safety concern and a significant operational cost, not to mention an ...

PVC pipe has played a key role in water conveyance around the world for more than 70 years. As U.S. municipalities face aging infrastructures and ensuing, costly water loss, PVC is providing a ...