Optimizing System Design and Performance with OpenFlows Hydraulic and Hydrologic Solutions

Purpose: This document has been prepared to provide instruction and information on how South East Water (SEW) achieves the design life of its assets through prudent corrosion control measures. While this document outlines the standards which apply to each risk control and may provide some general information and reinforcement of critical aspects of each standard, it is not intended that this document replicate technical information contained in the standards.

SA Water is responsible for operation and maintenance of an extensive network of buried pipelines. Cathodic Protection (CP) is applied to a large proportion of those buried assets which assists with the management of external pipeline corrosion and is therefore and an important asset management tool to greatly increase asset life. This Standard has been developed to assist in the design, maintenance, construction, and management of SA Water’s pipeline CP infrastructure. The purpose of this Standard is to detail the requirements for each phase of a pipeline CP project from design, construction and commissioning, to maintenance and monitoring to ensure a consistent approach is achieved independent of the delivery model of a project, its location, project ownership or other influences.

Piping systems are like arteries and veins in the oil industry. Piping systems comprise of pipes, flanges, bolting, gaskets, valves etc. They also include pipe hangers, supporting elements and other items necessary to prevent over pressurization and over stressing of the pressure containing components. Hence, one can say that pipe section when fitted with valves and other mechanical equipment and properly supported by hangers and supports are called piping.