THERMAL STABILITY OF FRP TANKS & PIPES COMPARED TO OTHER MATERIALS

According to Wikipedia, thermal expansion is the tendency of matter to change its shape, area, volume, and density in response to a change in temperature.  For tanks and pipes, changing dimensions after installation and the frequency of those changes can cause serious problems, with the obvious one being leaks.  For tanks and pipes fabricated from FRP, thermal expansion is much lower than those made from thermoplastic, such as PVC, CPVC, polyethylene, etc.

THERMAL STABILITY OF FRP TANKS & PIPES COMPARED TO OTHER MATERIALS

In the graph below from Engineeringtoolbox.com (Note 1), it is easy to see how much more dimensionally stable FRP is than the thermoplastics PVC and CPVC.  In fact, many people are surprised to see that the thermal expansion of FRP is extremely close to that of stainless steel.

THERMAL STABILITY OF FRP TANKS & PIPES COMPARED TO OTHER MATERIALS

Thermal stability is only one reason project engineers and asset owners would be wise to consider FRP tanks and pipes. For information on the other reasons, please visit https://www.chopct.com/.

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