NDLI: Plantain fibre particle reinforced HDPE (PFPRHDPE) for gas line piping design

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Author	Ihueze, C. C. Oluleye, A. E. Okafor, C. E. Obele, C. M. Abdulrahman, J. Obuka, S. Ajemba, R.
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	This work targets the emergence of new composite material of plantain fibre particles filler and high density polyethylene matrix. Three particle sizes of plantain fibres, 75, 150 and 300 µm were produced, modified and used to compose high density matrix composite of three volume fraction with injection molding machine following appropriate ASTM standard test specifications. Taguchi robust design was used to plan the experiment and the optimum responses of tensile, flexural, impact and hardness values were determined. The ultimate tensile strength of the new material, plantain fibre particle reinforced high density polyethylene (PFPRHDPE) was used to determine burst pressure of some pipeline pipe schedules to be used for flow line design while yield strength of PFPRHDPE was used to determine the design pressures of some pipeline pipe schedules using ASTM B31.8 standard code equations. Also determined was the material toughness requirement to prevent fracture propagation of pipeline pipes. Pressure drops due to friction and fittings of pipelines as well as structural integrity of the new material were also evaluated and certified. PFPRHDPE was successfully developed as new material having enough tensile strength, yield strength, toughness and very low water absorption to be used in the design of crude oil flow lines. The density of the new material favours design of pipelines of light weight and pipelines of high specific properties. The new material when in place solves the problems associated with corrosion in oil and gas product systems.
Starting Page	370
Ending Page	396
Page Count	27
File Format	PDF
ISSN	0972656X
Journal	International Journal of Plastics Technology
Volume Number	21
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	0975072X
Language	English
Publisher	Springer India
Publisher Date	2017-10-26
Publisher Place	New Delhi
Access Restriction	Subscribed
Subject Keyword	Plantain Fibre Gas line Piping Design Polymer Sciences Materials Science
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Polymers and Plastics

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