VINYLPLUS 2030 COMMITMENTS FOR PVC PIPES

Author(s) : Xin Zhou, Abdullah Saber, Shuqiang Wang, Huilong Chen

PE-RT II (PE100 classification) is designed >50 years lifespan at elevated temperature which aims to the growing demands on the applications of hot water and other industrial applications. District heating is a growing market in Greater China. However, the conventional pipes have serious corrosion issue in this...

Author(s) : Robin Bresser, Ilari Aho, Shima Holder, Tijana Duric, Kaisa Suvilampi

Through innovation and experience, PEX pipe solutions have been enabling comfortable heating and safe plumbing with a successful 50-year track record. They are an important facilitator of the green energy transition and the ambitious climate targets of, for example, the European Union (EU) Green Deal by enabling...

Author(s) : Ricardo Pascual

Social awareness with aspects related to the conservation of the environment and sustainability, the acceptance by citizens of the need to reduce consumption, reuse products, repair as far as possible and, fundamentally, the action of recycling at the end of its life, facilitates the availability of recycled plastics...

Author(s) : Jacob John, Suresh Shenoy, Patrik Roseen

Cross-linked polyethylene (PEX) pipes continue to gain popularity in plumbing and indoor climate applications around the globe. This study focuses on increasing the sustainability of PEX pipes by utilizing recycled PEX and production waste streams into PEX production. Different methods available for recycling and the...

Author(s) : Michael Pluimer, Christian Herrild, Patrick Vibien

With enhanced interest in a circular economy and the potential use of recycled HDPE within HDPE conduit, a research project was undertaken to investigate the necessary technical requirements when using recycled HDPE. High Density Polyethylene (HDPE) conduit is a durable product designed to protect cables...

Author(s) : Rafael A. García-Muñoz, Rafael Juan, Mónica de la Cruz, Beatriz Paredes, Carlos Domínguez

Plastics are widely used in various industries, resulting in the generation of significant amounts of plastic waste, which causes environmental and economic problems. Although mechanical recycling is the most commonly employed technology, the resulting recyclates often suffer from degradation and contamination. This...

Author(s) : Tobias Johnsen, Ole Grøndahl Hansen

With a growing global population that will primarily settle in urban areas, more and more agricultural land will be converted into dwellings, roads etc. As the demand for food in 2050 will be 60% greater than today, a conflict between Sustainable Development Goals 2 (Zero Hunger) and 11 (Sustainable Cities and...

Author(s) : Zhanjie Wang, Jing Guo, Lin Wang

In the past two years, the Chinese plastic pipe industry has faced a complex and changeable development situation. The domestic economy has faced the pressure of demand shrinkage, supply impact, and expected weakness, and the market has changed greatly. The impact of the Covid-19 and the influence of many unfavorable...

Author(s) : Dr. Tania Weyland, Dr. Tobias Eltze, Dr. Rolf Wittlinger, Marie-Laure Bertet, Gregor Huber

A significant amount of water is lost in transit from the water treatment plant to the consumer. A major cause of water leakages is the deterioration of assets including the use of disinfectants. Using chlorine-based disinfectants is known to be extremely effective in eliminating waterborne pathogens, but they also...

Author(s) : Lucy Croker, Matthew Hynes, Cindy Bray

In Australia, the first Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) covering plastic pipes were published circa 2015/16 by two local manufacturers, supported by the peak industry association. Although this was a milestone event at the time, the reality was that the broader industry did not understand the information...

Author(s) : Nayib Joussef, Chris Zenthoefer, Sergio Vaccaro

Butt fusion of HDPE pipe has long been shown to be an extremely beneficial process in producing leak-free, monolithic piping systems. Continued growth of the Chilean mining sector has necessitated a substantial increase in polyethylene pipe sizes and wall thicknesses, with diameters well beyond 630 mm up to 2m...

Author(s) : Tobias Johnsen

To ensure the highest possible quality of plastic pipes for the Nordic market, the Nordic Poly Mark currently only allows virgin material or own reprocessed material. In order to accelerate the circular plastic pipe economy in the Nordics, a partnership between a PVC pipe waste collection system, a PVC pipe producer...

Author(s) : Michael Pluimer, PhD, Joseph Babcanec, PE

While corrugated HDPE pipes are still the dominant plastic pipe product in the United States for culvert and storm sewer applications, Corrugated polypropylene pipes have continued to gain market share over the past decade. There are currently several different ASTM and AASHTO standards for these products, including...

Author(s) : Chris Ziu, Deanne Hughes, Steve Sandstrum

Plastic pipe is an environmentally responsible choice for a broad array of piping applications. The exceptional chemical/corrosion resistance, superior joining techniques and overall durability of these piping products have resulted in industry-leading life-cycle analyses (LCA’s) in the applications for which they...

Author(s) : Ignacio Muñoz

Society has recently lived few strange and peculiar years, to say the least. COVID impacted personal lives, businesses, industries. And it is undeniable, the big elephant in the room arrived years before COVID and will remain much more: CLIMATE CHANGE. As broad as this topic is, this paper focuses on the impact that...

Author(s) : Ludo Debever, Peter Sejersen

The Circular Economy Action Plan is a major building block of Europe’s Green Deal, the European Climate Change strategy. It has far-reaching consequences for the entire EU industrial fabric and its business models. The EU’s transition from a linear to a circular economy aims to reduce on natural resources and pave...

Author(s) : Ali M Alghamdi, Recep Yaldiz, Faisal Almana, Yousof Ghazzawi, Abdul Rahim Arafath, Ratnesh Khandelwal, Azzedine Kioul, Turki Al-Shahrani, Salem Al-Anazi, Sarfraz Abbasi, Mohammed Aljasser, Parthipan B, Kavya A, Harm Caelers

Reinforced thermoplastic pipes (RTPs) are multilayer structured pipes reinforced with high-strength materials such as fibers (glass, aramid, or carbon fibers). RTPs are used to transport highly corrosive mediums at elevated pressures and temperatures. An example of that is the use of RTP in the Oil & Gas industry to...

Author(s) : Riwu Yao, Fengyao Ni, Jinkui Wu, Zhiyong Kong, Jianfeng Shi , Jinyang Zheng

Plastic pipelines have been widely used in various industries, such as gas and oil transmission and nuclear power plants. The safe operation of pipelines is a critical concern in applications, and structural health monitoring methods of plastic pipelines are attracting broad interest in both industry and academia. In...

Author(s) : Guido Quesada, Mark Weih

The Plastic Retainer Ring (PRR) gasket is an old friend of pipe joints, and it is still used among other sealing solutions developed more recently. With origins traced back to the end of the 1960s, it is recognized among the first solutions developed for gasketed plastic pipe joints. It is very likely to have...

Author(s) : Edward Alan Ambler, Dustin Langston

The Alliance for PE Pipe (PEA) kicked off its Certified Professionals Program in 2022 with ten individuals in the inaugural year of the program. The Certified Professionals Program has been developed in order to enhance knowledge of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) within the municipal water and wastewater markets...