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Plastic Pipes Conference Association # 1974 Southampton

In this section, you will find a database of all articles presented and published by PPCA in biannual conferences organized by PPCA since 1970.

 
A 24 in (610mm) x 10 mile potable water pipeline in PVC

Author(s) : Collins 1974 Southampton

In common with the rest of the country Cornwall has an increasing demand for water. This is partly due to improved living standards but is intensified by the above average increase in resident population due to immigration and by the seasonal demand of the rapidly growing tourist industry. The consequent problems of...

A major ductwork and waste system in plastics for aggressive and radio-active laboratory effluents

Author(s) : Schneiders 1974 Southampton

The subject of this paper "A major ductwork and waste system for aggressive and radioactive laboratory effluents", indicates that this is not a description of a conventional system but that the special requirements imposed in the operation of a radiochemical laboratory must be taken into account. Why in fact are such...

A water distribution scheme for Washington new town

Author(s) : Irving 1974 Southampton

This paper describes the function and operation of the Water Company and the Washington Development Corporation, gives details of the planned development of the new town, deals briefly with the design of the distribution system and provides details of the Company's mainlaying and servicing departments and their...

Attitudes and aptitudes at the interface between the pipe manufacturer and the user

Author(s) : Howie 1974 Southampton

The title of this paper was selected by the organisers, presumably in the belief that mutual education and a sympathetic appreciation of each other’s “attitudes and aptitudes” between manufacturers and users are still fundamental to the objectives of this Symposium. The word “still” is-inserted. in. this opening...

Automatic irrigation systems

Author(s) : Bell 1974 Southampton

It has often been said that “automatic irrigation is no longer a luxury, but rather a definite necessity.” The concept of automatic irrigation does not have to be sold anymore. Its advantages have been demonstrated time and time again in both turf and agriculture. Automatic systems have enjoyed a tremendous growth...

Case studies of plastics pipelines in acid-proof installations

Author(s) : Schmidt, Kessler 1974 Southampton

Due to the increasing production of metallurgical products — applicable to innumerable fabrications — suitable plant for the removal of the scale adhering to hot rolled goods thus became necessary in order to produce a surface rendering possible a further treatment of the pre-material. A new phase of development in...

Development for polymers in pipemaking

Author(s) : Mueller 1974 Southampton

Pioneering work on plastics pipe made from thermoplastic polymers began in 1928 following the production on the technical scale of the first few tonnes of polyvinyl chloride, and later in 1935 with the commencement of the production of low density polyethylene. The first service evaluations on the product and its...

Discussions - Sessions 1-6

Author(s) : Holmes-Walker 1974 Southampton

Mr. J. Kuik (Ethylene Plastique): Would polypropylene co-polymer pipes have a longer service life compared to the homo-polymers? If so could this explain the fact that British pipes seem to be made from co-polymers? Dr. W.F. Mueller : The difference between them is the impact resistance and this is also fixed in...

Experience at Droitwich in the use of PVC drainage

Author(s) : West 1974 Southampton

The purpose in presenting this Paper is to discuss the practical experience gained from the installation of a system of PVC drains and the advantages to be gained from a modern approach to the design of housing estate drainage by use of plastics components. Terms and abbreviations used in this Paper are peculiar to...

Experience with uPVC sewers in West Germany

Author(s) : Jirka, Greenrod 1974 Southampton

At the second International Plastics Pipes Symposium held at this University in September, 1972, Dr. J. Dotzauer of Kunststoffwerk Gebrueder Anger GmbH delivered a paper entitled “Six Years of Experience with uPVC pipes and sewers in West Germany”. Much interest was aroused at the Symposium by this paper, not least...

Flexible water pipes for high voltage cable cooling systems: A review of present practice and possible future developments

Author(s) : Beale 1974 Southampton

For a given system voltage, the power transfer capability of an underground cable circuit is determined by the amount of current which may be passed through the conductor. Although secondary heating effects occur due to dielectric and sheath losses, proximity effects, etc., the primary limitation is that due to the...

International developments in PVC gravity sewer design

Author(s) : Carter 1974 Southampton

I was privileged to present papers on the structural design of PVC sewers at the earlier Symposiums and again to report progress. UK entry into the Common Market makes it desirable to consider further PVC sewer laying practice and the results of experience in Continental European countries. Experience has been...

International standardisation - a pipe dream

Author(s) : Littlewood 1974 Southampton

Maybe Henry Ford had the right idea when he said of his cars, ‘You can have any colour you like as long as it is black! He would most certainly get a shock if he were to return to earth again and see the wide variety of ‘blacks’ now available. Perhaps his idea of standardisation represented the ideal situation for a...

Investigations concerning uPVC drain and sewer pipes and fittings

Author(s) : Vaelimaa 1974 Southampton

The experiences of utilizing uPVC pipes as. pressure pipes for fresh water have been both extensive and favourabie, In recent years uPVC has also been introduced as material for relatively thinwalled’ drain and sewer pipes buried in the ground. In connection with this development a lot of research work has been...

Plastics pipe in land drainage and irrigation

Author(s) : Ede 1974 Southampton

In considering the role for plastics il should be emphasised that as a consultant the issue as between choice of a traditional material or product and its plastic counterpart in general follows a logical sequence of selection in which in the end the most suitable material emerges either on technical or economic...

Plastics pipes in the Shell Centre building, London - a retrospective view

Author(s) : Hall 1974 Southampton

In the early ‘1950s, The Shell International Petroleum Company decided to centralise their activities in a new Headquarters Building Complex known as “The Shell Centre”. This complex was built in London, on-the Old Festival of Britain Site at Waterloo, overlooking the River Thames, and consisted of a twenty six...

Polyethylene systems in the distribution of gas

Author(s) : Wilkinson, Halliwell 1974 Southampton

The purpose of this paper is to offer some of our experience and ideas concerning the use of. P E systems for the distribution of gas within the Emgas Region of British Gas Corporation. The Emgas Region covers an area of approximately, 17,500 sq.kilometres (7,000 sq. miles) and supplies 1,353,000 consumers through...

Stress cracking in uPVC and high impact pipes in the natural gas distribution network

Author(s) : Mutter & Benjamin 1974 Southampton

Fig, 1 gives the last known figures (1-1-73) of materials used in the Dutch gas network at 8 bar and lower (under supervision of the gas boards). The figure shows that during the last 18 years more than 20,000 km of uPVC pipes have been laid, and that since 1966 about 3,200 km of high impact PVC have been applied....

The Analysis of practical failures of plastic pipelines

Author(s) : Marshall, Williams 1974 Southampton

During the last ten years, it has often been predicted that plastics will be used in increasing quantities as true engineering materials, Whilst there has been an increased acceptance of GRP as a positive alternative to metals in many applications, the use of thermoplastics for major load bearing structures has been...

The plumber's role in the plastics industry

Author(s) : Bambrough 1974 Southampton

The plumbers role in the plastics industy G. Bambrough, MIP Senior Partner, George Bambrough & Associates No one will argue that plumbers have played an important role in the development of plastics for rainwater, soil waste and drainage systems in the UK. Almost without exception, the manufacturers of these systems...

The role for plastics in developing countries

Author(s) : Stern 1974 Southampton

There is a role for plastics in developing countries, but the current costs of petroleum products of course, reflect on the opportunities for plastics in competition with other materials. This of course, has been markedly influenced with the effect of the fuel crisis. Some months ago in Etheopia, a plastics factory...

The use of plastics pipes for an integral cooled 400kV cable system

Author(s) : Barton, Cliffe 1974 Southampton

The 400 kV cables installed by the Central Electricity Generating Board to match their largest 400 kV overhead lines appear to set the limits of conductor size which cable manufacturers produce, Before the Severn installation, with which this Paper in the main deals, the maximum size of conductor available for 400 kV...

Unusual hospital effluents and plastics drainage

Author(s) : Payne 1974 Southampton

A modern hospital is a most complex buildinn and, unlike other types of congested development, does not associate itself with any particular type of human activity, but covers the whole spectrum of the functional requirements of 'homo sapiens'. For the object of this paper 'hospital' can roughly be divided into four...

Plastics pipelines in electrolytic process plants

Author(s) : Kruft 1974 Southampton

Members of the Association

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