History of pipe...

Monday, June 29, 2009

It has been many years people in this world using pipeline to convey any fluids to their definite place. Where it's began is unclear yet, but the trusted source tell that it was Romans and Persians who found the idea in conveying water to other faraway place, called aqueducts. Meanwhile, it was bamboo which was used to convey water, in China, some time ago. In that time, pipeline only used to support irrigation and also for citizens consumable. However, they were succes in maintaining the pressure, so the water can be delivered to the required elevation. In it's development, people start to produce stronger pipe using cast-iron, in 18th BC. Then in 19th BC, pipe material were developed into steel, producing in various size. This improvement, allowing pipe to convey natural gas and oil. The main reason why people at that time did a research in pipe's material development is they need pipe which able to convey any various characteristic of fluid. Hot fluid, high presure fluid, corroded fluid, etc. That is why, now we can just choose what kind of pipe that is suitable to be installed in our systems, based on what should be conveyed.