Pipelines
IFS PU insulation is commonly used for the insulation of pipelines, carrying hot or cold liquids, due to its outstanding insulation performance.
Fields of application include:
- District heating and cooling
- Oil and gas pipelines
- Chemical process plants
The advantages of PU insulation include:
- Ease of application
- Outstanding insulation performance, proven over a long history in service.
- Wide range of service temperatures, from -196 to +150 oCentigrade.
- Protection from corrosion, temperature variation and seismic activity.
- Can be used to protect over and underground pipes such as the new BTC pipeline which runs from the Caspian sea to the Mediterranean (insert link to Cellafoam 35).
- Sub-sea and deep water pipeline systems are a speciality area in which IFS has considerable experience (insert link to syntactic foam and rotational casting).
- For high temperature applications, IFS has an isulation grade suitable for temperatures up to 150oC.
Field Jointing systems – allows pipes to be joined together on a reel barge, insulated and laid from a barge directly into the sea.
- Several prestigious contracts have been carried out using the IFS Field joints systems
- Key contracts completed with IFS polyurethane systems include many sub-sea installations. These include major projects off-shore Egypt (Gupco & EMG), India (Reliance), North Sea (Chevron, Kvaerner, Shell, Total), Indonesia, Malaysia, Russia, Qatar, Iran and many others.
