What does «tuberías» mean in Spanish?
- A pipeline is a system of hollow, cylindrical tubes used to transport liquids, gases and sometimes other materials from one place to another within industrial facilities such as petroleum refineries, chemical and petrochemical manufacturing, natural gas processing, power generation plants and many others. The adjacent photo shows a complex piping system in an industrial plant. Piping in an industrial plant and the accompanying in-line components can be made from various alloys of steel, titanium, aluminum, copper, glass or various plastics. The in-line components are known as fittings and valves. Process control systems use in-line sensors and control valves installed in pipelines to monitor and regulate temperatures, pressures, flow rates and liquid levels of the process vessels of the fluids being transported and processed. The piping and control systems are documented in drawings called piping and instrumentation diagrams.