Research on static in PE fuel gas pipe
Below are resources for information on static in PE pipe.
- Static Ignition Risks
"Study Indicates Risk To LDC Assets Posed By Static Electricity"
Article written by Dirk Smith and published in Pipeline and Gas Journal April 2011 - Basics of Pinholing in PE Pipe
The Basics of Pinholing in PE Pipe is an overview of the mechanism of the creation of pinholes in PE pipe and how to prevent them. - Electrostatic Pinholing in PE Pipe
"Electrostatic pinholing in PE service lines"
This article was originally presented at the 17th International Plastic Fuel Gas Symposium in 2002 and was later published in the June, 2003, edition of "Pipeline and Gas Journal" magazine about a pinholing incident at Memphis Light Ga and Water. - Memphis Light Gas and Water article in Pipeline and Gas Journal
- Failure analysis of electrostatic leaks in
distribution system
"Analysis of Microscopic Leaks in Polyethylene Gas Distribution Piping"
This was an analysis of pinhole leaks in a United Cities Gas distribution system done by Gas Research Institute. -
Static Electric Pinholing through PE pipe - Mountain
Fuel Gas
The first technical paper ever published about pinholing of in PE fuel gas pipe. - Failure Analysis of pinholes in PE pipe at Connecticut Natural Gas by GTI
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PHMSA Update
Presented at 2018 Louisiana Pipeline Safety Meeting by Alan Mayberry, PHMSA Assistant Administrator for Pipeline Safety