Post Graduate Diploma

In
Piping Engineering
Offered By:
BRACTs

Vishwakarma Institute of Technology,

Pune

About Us
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune a highly
commendable private institute, occupies a place of pride
amongst the premier technical institutes of the western
region of India. Established in year 1983, financed and run
by the Bansilal Ramanath Agrawal Charitable Trust, Pune.
It is affiliated to Pune University.
VIT offers Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Doctoral
(Ph.D.) programs in Engineering. It has six full-fledged
departments having nine branches with faculty who are
motivated with a quest to promote engineering and
technical education.
The institute is selected under Technical Education
Quality Improvement Program of Ministry of Human
Resource Development and World Bank. Institute is
accredited by NAAC: A Grade & NBA and certified by
ISO 9001:2008.

For more details about course please contact:

Course Coordinator:
Chetan V. Kapadnis
Department of Chemical Engineering
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology
666, Upper Indiranagar, Bibwewadi,
Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA - 411 037.
Email : kapadniscv@gmail.com
Mobile : 9766291184
Office: 020-24202121/114/123

Silent features of this course:

1. Pioneering Institute for Piping Engineering :
Course since 14 years in VIT
2. Faculty involved is from Industry having 8-15
and even up to 40 years experience.
3. Placement assistance for deserving
candidates, on the basis of performance.
4. Hands on training on popular software like
CAESAR II and AutoCAD.
5. Course is designed considering current
industry applications and facilitates practice
on demo and process applications.
Duration: 3 months
Days in a Week: Thursday to Sunday
Time: 10.00 am to 5.00 pm
Intake: 40 students
Course Fee: Rs. 55,000/Course Eligibility:
B.E./ B.Tech/ Engg Diploma: Mechanical/
Chemical/ Production/ Industrial
Final Year Appearing Students
REGISTRATION:
Registration should be done in the prescribed format
and with the confirmation amount in the stipulated
time. The admission form properly filled in, along with
necessary documents & the demand draft drawn in
favour of Vishwakarma Institute of Technology-Exam
Account payable at Pune may be sent to:

Venue:
Center of Engineering Excellence (CEE)
Department of Chemical Engineering
Room No. 4107
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune
666, Upper Indiranagar, Bibwewadi,
Pune, Maharashtra,
Email: ceepiping@gmail.com
Visit us at: www.vit.edu

Dr. D.S. Bhatkhande

HOD, Dept. of Chemical Engineering
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology, Pune-37

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of this course are to give hands-on
training to the students on basic piping engineering
theory and popular software like CAESAR II & AutoCAD
and give industrial exposure to them so that they can be
absorbed by industries.

Chetan V. Kapadnis
Coordinator- Piping Engineering
Center of Engineering Excellence
Chemical Engineering Department
Vishwakarma Institute of Technology,
666, Upper Indiranagar, Bibwewadi,
Pune, Maharashtra, INDIA - 411 037.

COURSE IS BENEFICIAL FOR

Piping Materials

Graduate and Under Graduate students

Chemical, Mechanical, Production Engg.
Engineering Consultant
Engineering and design personnel
While the course is ideal for Mechanical,
Chemical, Production engineers both Diploma
and Degree student.
Additional material in the extensive manual will
be of value to those who already have some basic
skills, but need a wider perspective for larger and
more challenging tasks ahead.
The information contained in this course
advances from the basics to challenge even the
experienced engineer in the industry today.

Pipe Stress Analysis

CONTENTS

Revision & Piping Basics

Introduction to Piping Engineering - Role of

Piping Engineers in EPC & Various Industries
Introduction to Process Plant Engineering-Piping
In Process Plant
Classification of Pipes- Process Pipe, Line Pipe,
Structural Pipe- Manufacturing methods
Piping Engineers Interaction with various
departments
Engineering Flow Diagrams- BFD, PFD, P&ID,
etc
Piping & Instrumentation Diagram
Piping Codes and Standards (ASME, IS, ANSI,
DIN, BS )
Pipe Fittings- Basics
Pipe Class Components
Statutory Regulations in Piping
Pipeline Sizing
Pumps and Compressors
Process Instrumentation from Piping Perspective

Piping Material and Selection Procedure

Valve Selection and specification. ( Fluid &
Hydraulic)
Pipe Supports and Span calculation
Pipe Fittings Selection Procedure.
Piping Design Codes
o ASME B 31.3
o ASME B 31.1
o ASME B 31.4
o ASME B 31.8

Material specifications & commonly used CS & SS

materials for piping components
Fundamentals of SOM relevant to pipe stress
analysis
Preliminary load calculations based on pressure and
pipe / fluid weights. Primary & secondary loads.
Concept of principal stresses
Combined pipe stress analysis including weight
analysis, thermal analysis, flexibility analysis &
introduction to wind & seismic analysis. Expansion
joints & expansion bellows including simple loop
calculations

Piping System Design & Layout

Equipment Layout
Plot Plan Design & Requirement as per OISD
Dyke wall / Tank Form Layout
Piping G. A
Isometric with Bill of Material
Column/Tower Piping Layout
Condenser / Exchanger Piping Layout
Tank Piping & Pump Piping
Plot Plan / Plant Layout / Legends P & ID /
Equipment Layout / Piping Plan & Elevation
General Arrangement of Pipe Racks

SOFTWARES WE TEACH
AutoCAD-Version-2014
(New Full Fledge Licensed Version)

Basic Commands
P&ID drawing
Equipment layout,
Piping Plan & General Arrangement
Drawings
Piping Layout
Piping Isometrics

AutoCAD 2014 (Autodesk, USA) Certified

Professional Examination Included

(*Students will have to pass Autocad online exam

with 75% marks for Advanced Autodesk
Certification)

CAESAR-II 5.1
(New Full Fledge Commercial Licensed
Version)

Basic Inputting
Modeling of Piping & Equipment
Wind, Snow and Seismic factors
Supports & their considerations in CAESAR
Different load cases
Qualifying the system for stresses
Reading output
Standard thumb rules for Analysis
Report generation & documentation
Final document for IFC
Exercises, Small Projects

Soft Skills Training

Resume Writing, Facing G.D., Facing an
Interview, Communication Skills, etc