GRP Pipes Stress Analysis and Failure Root Cause Analysis

Client: Taweelah Asia Power Company

Contractor: Advanced Technology Development

Consultant: Creative Power Solutions

Contractor: AL TAWEELAH POWER & DESALINATION PLANT “B”


Project details

The client installed GRP pipes 10 years back for running power plant which are suffered from several failures through out the overall operational life.

Pipe range DN 300 up to DN 1400, GRP, PN 10, SN 5000 for AG and UG Installation.

Engineering Approach prepared the study to find the failure root cause analysis, and stress analysis for aged GRP piping. The study involved several meetings, interviews, sample testing and visual inspection for failed samples in order to investigate in depth the possible root causes of overall failures. EA prepared as set of recommendation and actions in order to avoid reoccurrence of GRP piping failures.

GRP Piping Failures

Failures and sample investigation 

Stress Analysis for the GRP Piping system using aged GRP pipe properties (current piping condition).

Failure locations is identified in stress analysis as well as in real mode for more elaborated investigation.