Advanced Systems Development - Interior Piping Materials/Configuration. Final Report March 1985-December 1986

摘要

New material and component design concepts were developed and evaluated for interior distribution of natural gas. The objective was to create piping systems with total installed costs reduced as significantly as possible from conventional gas piping to allow natural gas to compete more effectively with electric service to the same appliances. The design concepts are intended for single family, multifamily low rise, multifamily high rise, and light commercial building applications within the United States. The design concepts recommended for further development are based on corrugated stainless steel conduit, plastic coated aluminum tubing, (copper based) modified aluminum silicon bronze alloy components, polymer lined copper conduit, and damage sensing/corrugated polybutylene tubing.