Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 49 - Transportation last revised: Nov 18, 2024
§ 192.115 - Temperature derating factor (T) for steel pipe.

The temperature derating factor to be used in the design formula in § 192.105 is determined as follows:

Gas temperature in degrees
Fahrenheit (Celsius)
Temperature
derating factor (T)
250 °F (121 °C) or less1.000
300 °F (149 °C)0.967
350 °F (177 °C)0.933
400 °F (204 °C)0.900
450 °F (232 °C)0.867
For intermediate gas temperatures, the derating factor is determined by interpolation. [35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, as amended by Amdt. 192-85, 63 FR 37502, July 13, 1998]
authority: 30 U.S.C. 185(w)(3), 49 U.S.C. 5103,60101
source: 35 FR 13257, Aug. 19, 1970, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 49 CFR 192.115