RECENT DEVELOPMENT OF CHINA PE WATER PIPE STANDARDIZATION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE APPLICATION OF PE100 PRE-COMPOUND

Maret 21, 2022 by admin in Events, Industry News

Xinwen Yu, Aimin Xiang, Dongyu Fang, Peck Tze Kang, Jinghui Li

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The Chinese PE water pipe market has developed significantly in recent years and particularly over the last 12 months. Against a background of water scarcity and growing urbanization, this evolving market has grown significantly in both size and quality awareness. On the back of past experiences, a fundamental change occurred on July 1, 2018 with the introduction of the updated national standard of GB/T 13663-2017 “Polyethylene (PE) piping systems for water supply” that requires the use of pre- compounded PE materials for water distribution pipelines. This quality awareness was prompted by the realization that certain water supply pipelines were made of low quality materials (eg. recycled material, substandard materials that may not meet standard requirement, or process under inadequate dispersion of CB) that resulted in significant water losses and endangered water safety issues. The release of the updated PE water pipe standard will have a significant impact on the development of the China PE water pipe market. It will start to change the incorrect perception that high quality PE100 pre-compounds are needed for the gas market but low quality PE material would suffice for the water pipe market.

In this paper, the authors will review the full development of the Chinese PE water pipe application and its market. The new China PE water pipe standard will be evaluated against internatio nal standards from both an application and technical perspective. Successful cases of pre-compound PE100 material being used in the Chinese water pipe market will be introduced. Finally, the authors will highlight the needs of the Chinese PE water pipe market and its future development.

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