The Piping Institute

CERTIFICATE COURSE IN PIPING ENGINEERING (CCPE)

The syllabus includes the following points.

• Piping engineering - the design cycle: How it is actually carried out in the
industry
• About Piping components
• International Codes and Standards - application
• Mechanical design fundamentals - applications in piping
• Valves
• Fluid properties to keep in mind - Pressure, density, Sp. weight, Sp. gravity,
Viscosity
• Pressure measurement - a recap
• Understanding fluids in flow and the Bernoulli’s equation
• Real systems - the General Energy equation and the power required by pumps
• Application of Reynold’s number, energy losses due to friction and minor losses
• Pipe sizing - how to go about it
• Series and parallel piping systems
• Pump selection - how to do it
• Flow of gases and about blowers & compressors
• Air flow inside ducts
• Plot plan and Equipment layout
• Piping drawings - the basics
• Flow analysis and pump sizing in software environment
• Stress analysis - an introduction
• Piping material specifications - how to develop them
• Introduction to welding and fabrication aspects
• Introduction to piping estimation - inch-meter and inch-dia
• Piping systems in ships
• Piping systems in Mobile Offshore Drilling Units (MODUs)
• International Classification societies and rules