Worried about your pipeline corroding, or high operating and maintenance costs?

Typically Rheomax has lower capital costs, lower installation costs, lower maintenance costs, lower operational costs, longer life expectancy and lower replacement costs than steel- peace of mind and lower whole life cost!

Using the proven UPP technology and a typical service life of 50 years, the Rheomax brand of piping provides the perfect solution for more specialist piping applications for the conveyance of hydrocarbon based liquids or chemicals but without the disadvantages of conventional steel systems or unlined PE piping. 

Rheomax is the solution for applications such as Ship Refuelling and Marinas, Aviation, Rail, Remediation, Waste, Oilfield, Mining, Fuel Storage Terminals.

Operating up to 20 bar and 60 degrees Centigrade, Rheomax is extruded using PE 100 (4710) grade polyethylene. Rheomax pipe specification includes diameters from 1” to 16” and compatibility with a wide range of hydrocarbon fuels such as gasoline, diesel, heavy oils, bio-fuels, methanol, ethanol, aviation & marine fuels and chemicals for safe environmental operation.

• Hydrocarbon fuel compatible with no permeation.
• UV stable for aboveground use.
  No internal steel bore scale restriction or contaminants.
• No external corrosion worries, costs or coatings.
• No cathodic protection costs.
• Reduced friction losses and pumping costs.
• Fast, simple, reliable Butt fusion or Electrofusion.
• Flexibility for installation.
• Full range of fittings.
• Elasticity to absorb effects of ground movement and water hammer.
• Secondary containment possible.

Fuel Compatibility Table:

Fuels & Additives • Regular Unleaded   Gasoline • Premium Unleaded   Gasoline • ASTM Fuel C 100% • EN14125 Fuel 1 and 2 • No. 2 Fuel Oil • ETBE, MTBE • Toluene • Diesel and heavy oils

Bio-Fuels & Methanol • Ethanol 0-100% • Bio-Diesel • Methanol 100%

Aviation & Marine Fuels • Jet A-1 • JP8 • Aviation Gasoline • Kerosene

 

Rheomax Downloads

09/11/2009	Rheomax Brochure 2000 KB
18/06/2010	Tunnels: Rheomax Case Study poster 350 KB
09/11/2009	Oilfields: Rheomax Case Study poster 369 KB
09/11/2009	Terminals: Rheomax Case Study poster 278 KB
09/11/2009	Remediation: Rheomax Case Study poster 279 KB
09/11/2009	Applications: Rheomax Case Study poster 252 KB

 

Rheomax Technical Data

Material Property	Units
Liner	Polyamide
Material Density – PE100	960 Kg/m³
Tensile Strength	18 MPa
Elongation To Break	> 600%
Flexural Modulus	900 MPa
Brittleness Temperature	< -70ºC
Thermal Conductivity	0.2 W/m/ºC
Typical Burst Pressure	40 Bar
Primary Pipe Vacuum Rating	- 0.9 Bar
Operating Temperature Range	-20ºC to +60ºC
Linear Thermal Expansion	1.6-2.2 x 10ˉ4 mm/mm/ºC

The coefficient of thermal expansion is 1.0 x 10-4 in/in/°F. A general rule is one-inch change in length per 100 feet of unrestrained pipe per 10°F change in temperature or 0.16m per 100m per 10°C.

 

Wall Thickness mm					ID mm				Weight KG/m
OD	SDR				SDR				SDR
mm	9	11	13.6		9	11	13.6		9	11	13.6
63	7	5.7	4.6		49	51.6	53.7		1.18	0.99	0.82
90	10	8.2	6.6		70	73.6	76.8		2.41	2.02	1.66
110	12.2	10	8.1		85.6	90	93.8		3.61	3.02	2.49
160	17.8	14.5	11.8		124.4	130.9	136.5		7.63	6.38	5.26
200	22.2	18.2	14.7		155.6	163.6	170.6		11.92	9.97	8.22
225	25	20.5	16.5		175	184.1	191.9		15.09	12.62	10.41
250	27.8	22.7	18.4		194.4	204.6	213.2		18.62	15.58	12.85
315	35	28.6	23.2		245	257.7	268.7		29.57	24.74	20.39
355	39.4	32.3	26.1		276.1	290.5	302.8		37.55	31.42	25.9
400	44.4	36.4	29.4		311.1	327.3	341.2		47.68	39.9	32.89

Distance Between Supports Above Ground(Metres)
OD		SDR
mm		9		11		13.6
63		1.1		1.1		1
90		1.4		1.4		1.3
110		1.6		1.6		1.5
160		2.1		2		1.9
200		2.4		2.3		2.2
225		2.6		2.5		2.4
250		2.8		2.7		2.6
315		3.3		3.1		3
355		3.6		3.4		3.2
400		3.9		3.7		3.5

Temperature/Pressure Rating/Design Life
Degrees	SDR			Design Life (Years)
C	9.0	11.0	13.6
20	16.8	13.5	10.7	50
25	15.7	12.6	10.0	50
30	14.7	11.8	9.4	50
35	13.8	11.0	8.8	50
40	12.9	10.3	8.2	50
45	12.1	9.7	7.7	50
50	11.4	9.1	7.3	37.1
55	10.9	8.7	6.9	19.9
60	10.4	8.3	6.6	10.8