Tuesday, June 28, 2011

ASME B31.5: REFRIGERATION PIPING

I don't know if arrange the factory vacation is really take a lot of times and that make me really busy today, and I have to do this post about ASME B31.5: REFRIGERATION PIPING on Piping & Fabrication is a little bit late. But it doesn't matter now, at least almost 75% the arrangement of the vacation is already done.

Scope
This section of ASME B31, Pressure Piping Code, contains requirements for the materials, design, fabrication, assembly, erection, testing, and inspection of refrigerant and secondary coolant piping for temperatures as low as _320_F (_195.5_C), except when other sections of the code cover requirements for refrigeration piping.

ASME B31.5 does not apply to the following:
•    Self-contained or unit systems subject to the requirements of Underwriters’ Laboratories (UL) or other nationally recognized testing laboratories
•    Water piping
•    Piping designed for external or internal gauge pressure not exceeding 15 psig (100 kPa)

Effective Edition, Addenda, and Code Cases
To determine the effective edition, addenda, and code cases for piping systems within the jurisdiction of ASME B31.5, follow the guidelines delineated for nonnuclear piping systems within the jurisdiction of ASME B31.1.

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