ANSI/ASME B31.11: SLURRY TRANSPORTATION PIPING SYSTEMS

Finally all the vacation thing is finished and now I have to make the report for it, and while I'm waiting, I think it's better for me to post this ANSI/ASME B31.11: SLURRY TRANSPORTATION PIPING SYSTEMS to Piping & Fabrication.

Scope
Like ASME B31.4, this section of ASME B31, Pressure Piping Code, specifies minimum requirements for the design, materials, construction, assembly, inspection, testing, operation, and maintenance of piping transporting aqueous slurries of nonhazardous materials, such as oil, mineral ores, and concentrates, between a slurry processing plant or terminal and a receiving plant or terminal. The requirements of ASME B31.11 also apply to the following:
1. Primary and auxiliary slurry piping at storage facilities, pipeline terminals, pump stations, and pressure-reducing stations, including piping up to the first valve of attached auxiliary water lines
2. Slurry piping storage facilities and other equipment located on property which has been set aside for the slurry transportation system
3. Those aspects of operation and maintenance of slurry transportation piping systems which relate to the safety and protection of the general public, operating company personnel, environment, property, and the piping systems.
Refer to Fig. A4.5 for facilities within the scope of ANSI/ASME B31.11.

FIGURE A4.5 Scope of ANSI/ASME B31.11 Facilities Indicated by Solid Lines are within the Scope of ANSI/ASME B31.11

Effective Code Edition, Addenda, and Code Cases
The effective edition, addenda, and code cases applicable for piping within the scope of ANSI/ASME B31.11 shall be determined in accordance with the guidelines delineated for ASME B31.

ASME B31.9: BUILDING SERVICES PIPING

I think I have to hurry, because I have to buy all the necessary thing for Sunday Vacation with the factory, so I really have to steal some times to post this Piping & Fabrication blog on ASME B31.9: BUILDING SERVICES PIPING.

Scope
ASME B31.9 applies to the following building services:
•    Water for heating and cooling
•    Condensing water
•    Steam or other condensate
•    Steam
•    Vacuum
•    Compressed air and other nontoxic and nonflammable gases
The requirements of this code also apply to boiler external piping for steam boilers with 15 psig (103.5 kPa) maximum pressure and for water heating units having 160 psig (1104 kPa) maximum pressure and 250_F (121_C) maximum temperatures. It is noted that the boiler external piping exceeding the above limits of pressure and temperature fall within the scope of ASME B31.1 and ASME Section I.

This code places size and thickness limitations on the piping made of different materials. The requirements of this code shall apply to the piping of up to and including those sizes and thicknesses. These limitations are as follows:
•    Carbon steel: NPS 30 (DN 750) in O.D. and 0.500 in (12.7 mm) wall
•    Stainless steel: NPS 12 (DN 300) and 0.500 in (12.7 mm) wall
•    Aluminum: NPS 12 (DN 300)
•    Brass and copper: NPS 12 (DN 300) (12.125 in or 308 mm O.D. for copper tubing)
•    Thermoplastics: NPS 14 (DN 350)
•    Ductile iron: NPS 18 (DN 450)
•    Reinforced thermosetting resin: NPS 14 (DN 350)
Piping made of other materials permitted by this code may also be used for building services. The piping within the working pressure or temperature limits shown in Table A4.1 shall be designed and constructed in compliance with the requirements of ASME B31.9.

TABLE A4.1 Working Pressure and Temperature Limits of ASME B31.9

ASME B31.9 does not cover requirements for economizers, heaters, pumps, tanks, heat exchangers, and other equipment within the scope of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.

Effective Code Edition, Addenda, and Code Cases
For any specific application, the effective edition, addenda, and code cases of ASME B31.9 shall be determined in accordance with the approach followed for ASME B31.1.

ASME B31.8: GAS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION PIPING SYSTEMS

The printer in the office is going to broke again, the head of the printer is can not detect the cartridge, even I already install the new one, so for the moment I can not print any document, because I've only get one printer here. While waiting fix the printer, so I decided to post this ASME B31.8: GAS TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION PIPING SYSTEMS to Piping & Fabrication blog and hope the printer will be okay soon.

Scope
A pipeline or transmission line is defined as that pipe which transmits gas from a source or sources of supply to one or more large-volume customers or to a pipe used to interconnect sources of supply. ASME B31.8 prescribes requirements for the design, fabrication, installation, testing, and safety aspects of operation and maintenance of gas transmission and distribution piping systems, including gas pipelines, gas compressor stations, gas metering and regulation stations, gas mains, and service lines up to the outlet of the customer’s meter set assembly.

Also included within the scope of ASME B31.8 are gas storage equipment of the closed-pipe type, fabricated or forged from pipe or fabricated from pipe and fittings, and gas storage lines.

The requirements of ASME B31.8 also apply to the use of elements of piping systems, including but not limited to pipe, valves, fittings, flanges, bolting, gaskets, regulators, pressure vessels, pulsation dampeners, and relief valves.

The requirements of ASME B31.8 are applicable to operating and maintenance procedures of existing installations and to the update of existing installations. ASME B31.8 does not apply to the following:
•    Design and manufacture of pressure vessels covered by the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
•    Piping with metal temperatures above 450°F (232°C) or below -20°F (-29°C)
•    Piping beyond the outlet of the customer’s meter set assembly (refer to ANSI Z223.1 and NFPA 54)
•    Piping in oil refineries or natural gasoline extraction plants, gas-treating plant piping other than the main gas stream piping in dehydration, and all other processing plants installed as part of a gas transmission system, gas manufacturing plants, industrial plants, or mines (see other applicable sections of the ASME Code for Pressure Piping, B31)
•    Vent piping to operate at substantially atmospheric pressures for waste gases of any kind
•    Wellhead assemblies, including control valves, flow lines between wellhead and trap or separator, or casing and tubing in gas or oil wells
•    The design and manufacture of proprietary items of equipment, apparatus, or instruments
•    The design and manufacture of heat exchangers
•    Liquid petroleum transportation piping systems (refer to ANSI/ASME B31.4)
•    Liquid slurry transportation piping systems (refer to ASME B31.11)
•    Carbon dioxide transportation piping systems
•    Liquefied natural gas piping systems (refer to NFPA 59 and ASME B31.3)

Effective Code Edition, Addenda, and Code Cases
To determine the effective edition, addenda, and code cases to be invoked for an application or piping systems within the jurisdiction of ASME B31.8, follow the criteria delineated for piping systems within the scope of ASME B3 1.1:
No edition and addenda shall be applied retroactively to existing installations insofar as design, fabrication, installation, and testing at the time of construction are concerned. Further, no edition and addenda shall be applied retroactively to established operating pressures of existing installations, except as provided for in Chapter V of ASME B31.8.

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.

ASME B31.4: LIQUID TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FOR HYDROCARBONS, LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS, ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, AND ALCOHOLS

Like I said before, if we talk about ASME, there is must be take a long time to talk about it, and that's only the general definition of them, and how about if we talk it more details and more accurately, that's may be will take a very long times, but don't worry because Piping & Fabrication will be patient enough to post this, and now we will talk about ASME B31.4: LIQUID TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS FOR HYDROCARBONS, LIQUID PETROLEUM GAS, ANHYDROUS AMMONIA, AND ALCOHOLS

Scope
Section B31.4 of the ASME Pressure Piping Code prescribes requirements for the design, materials, construction, assembly, inspection, and testing of piping transporting liquids such as crude oil, condensate, natural gasoline, natural gas liquids, liquefied petroleum gas, liquid alcohol, liquid anhydrous ammonia, and liquid petroleum products between producers’ lease facilities, tank farms, natural-gas processing plants, refineries, stations, ammonia plants, terminals, and other delivery and receiving points.

The scope of ASME B31.4 also includes the following:
•    Primary and associated auxiliary liquid petroleum and liquid anhydrous ammonia piping at pipeline terminals (marine, rail, and truck), tank farms, pump stations, pressure-reducing stations, and metering stations, including scraper traps, strainers, and prover loops
•    Storage and working tanks, including pipe-type storage fabricated from pipe and fittings, and piping interconnecting these facilities
•    Liquid pertroleum and liquid anhydrous ammonia piping located on property which has been set aside for such piping within petroleum refinery, natural gasoline, gas processing, ammonia, and bulk plants
•    Those aspects of operation and maintenance of liquid pipeline systems relating to the safety and protection of the general public, operating company personnel, environment, property, and the piping systems

ASME B31.4 does not apply to
•    Auxiliary piping such as water, air, steam, lubricating oil, gas, and fuel
•    Pressure vessels, heat exchangers, pumps, meters, and other such equipment, including internal piping and connections for piping except as limited by Paragraph 423.2.4 (b) of ASME B31.4
•    Piping designed for internal pressures:
a.    At or below 15 psi (100 kPa) gauge pressure regardless of temperature
b.    Above 15 psi (100 kPa) gauge pressure if design temperature is below -20°F (-29°C) or above 250°F (120°C)
•    Casing, tubing, or pipe used in oil wells, wellhead assemblies, oil and gas separators, crude oil production tanks, other producing facilities, and pipelines interconnecting these facilities
•    Petroleum refinery, natural gasoline, gas processing, ammonia, and bulk plant piping, except as covered within the scope of the code
•    Gas transmission and distribution piping
•    The design and fabrication of proprietary items of equipment, apparatus, or instruments, except as limited by this code
•    Ammonia refrigeration piping systems provided for inASMEB31.5, Refrigeration Piping Code
•    Carbon dioxide gathering and field distribution systems

The rules of this code provide for protection of the general public and operating company personnel, for reasonable protection of the piping system against vandalism and accidental damage by others, and for reasonable protection of the environment.

Effective Edition, Addenda, and Code Cases
To determine the effective edition, addenda, and code cases for an application within the jurisdiction of ASME B31.4, follow the requirements delineated for ASME B31.1 for piping systems other than nuclear safety-related piping systems.

ASME B31.3: PROCESS PIPING

After planning for the vacation to the Ancol, and make preparation for everything, I think that would be enough for today, because I have to continue my job and input few data which is about welding consumable, etc. While I use the computer, so I stole few minutes to update this Piping & Fabrication blog and now we comes to ASME B31.3: PROCESS PIPING.

Scope
This code prescribes requirements for the materials, design, fabrication, assembly, erection, examination, inspection, and testing of piping within the property limits of facilities engaged in the processing or handling of chemical petroleum or related products. Figure A4.4 provides an illustration of the scope of ASME B31.3. The requirements of ASME B31.3 apply to piping for all fluids, including raw, intermediate, and finished chemicals; petroleum products, gas, steam, air, and water; fluidized solids; and refrigerants.

In case of packaged equipment, the interconnecting piping with the exception of refrigeration piping shall be in compliance with the requirements of ASME B31.3. The refrigeration piping may conform to either ASMEB31.3 orASMEB31.5.

The requirements of ASME B31.3 do not apply to piping systems designed for internal gauge pressures at or above 0 but less than 15 (100 kPa gauge) psig provided the fluid handled is nonflammable, nontoxic, and not damaging to human tissue and its design temperature is from -29°C (-20°F) through 180°C (366°F).

The following piping and equipment are not required to comply with the requirements of ASME B31.3:
•    Power boiler and the boiler external piping
•    Piping covered by ASME B31.4, B31.8, or B31.11, although located on the company property
•    Piping covered by applicable governmental regulations
•    Piping for fire-protection systems
•    Plumbing, sanitary sewers, and storm sewers
•    Tubes, tube headers, crossovers, and manifolds of fired heaters which are internal to the heater enclosures
•    Pressure vessels, heat exchangers, pumps, compressors, and other fluid-handling or processing equipment, including internal piping and connections for external piping

Effective Edition, Addenda, and Code Cases
The effective edition, addenda, and code cases shall be determined similarly to the approach delineated for ASME B31.1 for piping systems other than the nuclear safety-related piping systems.

FIGURE A4.4 B31.3 Jurisdictional Limits and Options.

USAS B31.2: FUEL GAS PIPING

Soon that my factory will make a family vacation, on July 3rd exactly and the destination is Taman Impian Jaya Ancol and that would be something for employee family, especially our kids. While I'm waiting for that time will comes, I will continue this Piping and Fabrication with USAS B31.2: FUEL GAS PIPING, and here we are.

In 1955 a decision was made to publish separate code sections of B31, Code for Pressure Piping. Consequently, Section 2 of B31.1-1955 was updated and revised to publish as USAS B31.2-1968, Fuel Gas Piping. No edition of this code section was published after 1968. This code was withdrawn in 1988.

Scope
USAS B31.2 covers the design, fabrication, installation, and testing of piping systems for fuel gases such as natural gas, manufactured gas, and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG); air mixtures above the upper combustible limit; LPG in the gaseous phase; or mixtures of these gases.
This code applies to fuel gas piping systems both within and between the buildings, from the outlet of the consumer meter assembly, and to and including the first pressure-containing valve upstream of the gas utilization device. This code does not apply to:

• Vacuum piping systems
• Fuel gas piping systems with metal temperatures above 450_F or below _20_F
• Fuel gas piping systems within petroleum refineries, loading terminals, natural gas processing plants, bulk plants, compounding plants, or refinery tank farms, and so forth within the scope of USAS B31.3
• Fuel gas piping systems in power and atomic energy plants within the scope of USAS B31.1
• Fuel gas piping systems within the scope of USAS B31.8
• Fuel gas piping systems within the scope of USAS Z21.30
• Piping systems within the scope of USAS Z106.1
• Proprietary items of equipment, apparatus, or instruments, such as compressors, gas-generating sets, and calorimeters
• Design and fabrication of pressure vessels covered by the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
• Support structures and equipment such as stanchions, towers, building frames, pressure vessels, mechanical equipment, and foundations
• Piping systems for conveying premixed fuel gas-air mixtures which are in the combustible or inflammable limits or range

Effective Edition, Addenda, and Code Cases
USAS B31.2 is no longer used. It can be used for installations which were constructed in compliance with 1968 edition of this code, if permitted by the authorities having the jurisdiction.