Pipeline Technology
Testing your Long-Distance Pipelines to the Max
Long-distance pipelines - whether you are involved in the planning, building, or operating of one – demand certified safety standards during design and installation and regular technical monitoring to ensure smooth operation. Our experts use state-of-the-art methods to test and evaluate the pipes connected to your pressure vessels, reactors, and pumps. This helps ensure that your entire plant achieves its maximum service life.
Benefits at a Glance
With custom solutions for pipelines and long-distance pipeline systems from TÜV Rheinland, you can:
- Enhance your legal security and reduce liability claims
- Optimize your processes and ensure trouble-free operation
- Reduce your construction costs even during the planning phase
- Ensure that your plant and equipment maintain their value and provide maximum service life
- Identify hidden defects and material wear early on
- Take advantage of our many years of experience
Our Testing and Consulting Services
- Selection of the optimum pigging system for each field of use
- Support and monitoring of pigging operations – from calibration and evaluation of data to review and acceptance of inspection reports
- Review of pigging procedures and assessment of pig suitability
- Evaluation of pigging operations and assessment of defect locations
- Evaluation of operational safety
- Location of leaks
- Assessment for pressure level increases
- Construction supervision
- Service life estimate
- Maintenance planning
- Recommendations for optimizing renovation and modernization programs
- Recommendations on careful operation to reduce wear, on minimization of pressure fluctuation loads and on extension of remaining service life
Our Test Standards
- Ordinance on high-pressure gas pipeline (Verordnung über Gashochdruckleitungen Gashochdruckverordnung (Gas HL-VO))
- Regulations for long-distance pipelines (Rohrfernleitungsanlagenverordnung (RohrFLtgV))
- Water management code and regulations for storing hazardous substances (Gesetz zur Ordnung des Wasserhaushalts and Verordnung über Anlagen zum Umgang mit Wassergefährdenden Stoffen (WHG/VAwS))
- Industrial safety and health regulations (Betriebssicherheitsverordnung (BetrSichV))
- Hazardous incident regulations (Störfall-Verordnung (StörfallVO))
