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News Release from: Pittsburgh Corning | Subject: Foamglas
Edited by the Processingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 March 2007
Foamglas insulation used on major UK gas
terminal
Foamglas cellular glass insulation from Pittsburgh Corning has been used extensively throughout the new Langeled gas reception terminal, for Ormen Lange gas imports to Easington in East Yorkshire
Foamglas cellular glass insulation from Pittsburgh Corning has been used extensively throughout the new Langeled gas reception terminal, for Ormen Lange gas imports to Easington in East Yorkshire Gas originating from the Norwegian Ormen Lange field is received at Langeled, operated by joint venture partners Hydro, Petro, Statoil, Dong, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips and Gassco
This article was originally published on Processingtalk on 11 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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When fully operational, Langeled is expected to import 74million cubic metres of natural gas per day, which equates to 15-20% of the total UK requirement.
Construction services were managed by Centrica Energy, with Parsons E+C responsible for the front-end engineering design, engineering, procurement and construction supervision.
The design criteria for the receiving facilities specified a plant operating life of 50 years and plant availability equal to, or exceeding, 99.8%.
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The process temperatures and local conditions were ideal for resulting in corrosion under insulation, and the ability of Foamglas cellular glass insulation to be totally effective at preventing this phenomenon was a significant factor in its specification.
Other criteria specified for the construction included rapid installation of pipework and vessels due to a short site programme, together with the avoidance of metallic cladding to ensure long-term system integrity.
As a result the Foamglas Terostat PCFR insulation system was used throughout the reception terminal for both pipe-work and vessels, on both hot and cold applications.
This involved over 2km or Foamglas up to 60mm thick, with some treated pipe-work over 24inches in diameter.
Foamglas is 100% closed cell and is thus infinitely impermeable to the passage of water and water vapour, it is non-combustible to Euroclass A1 and can withstand a wide range of operating temperatures from the coldest cryogenic application up to 430C.
Terostat PCFR is a polymer coating for Foamglas which is factory applied, allowing the insulation to be site-ready for installation without the need for separate weather-protection coatings.
This dramatically increases installation speed as well as enabling the pre-coating of prefabricated elements such as elbows, domes and cones, reducing the need for site fabrication.
The combination of impermeable and non-combustible Foamglas and flexible and weather-resistant Terostat PCFR ensures an exceptionally stable and resilient insulation system to meet the requirements of such a demanding application.
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