Demonstrate to Cadent the safe use of HexelOne pipe for 19 bar biomethane, to export to the Cadent LTS network.
Project
Raynham
Client
Cadent
Completion
June 2015
Project Outcomes
CSL successfully designed and installed a 1.4 km HexelOne pipeline for biomethane injection into the Cadent LTS network.
Previously the only acceptable material for high-pressure pipelines was steel.
By using polyethylene piping, costs and installation times were significantly reduced as well as introducing the possibility of alternate installation techniques such as directional drilling, which potentially have environmental benefits. Overall this grows the business potential of connecting biomethane sites to the gas grid.
The equivalent steel pipeline would have taken 2 months to install, as opposed to the 1 week the Raynham project took.
IGEM standard TD/19 put in place to allow the use of Reinforced Thermoplastic Pipe.
Please click on the link below for a video showing the Raynham Farms RTP innovation project.