ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

1 asme Boiler and Pressure Vessel code AN INTERNATIONAL code . A. B. asme 's Boiler and Pressure Vessel code ( bpvc ) | 2013. A Century of Safety When asme 's founders including Henry drawn from a balance of interests among been considered essential within such R. Worthington, Alexander Lyman Holley industry, government and R&D who industries as electric power-generation, and John Edson Sweet, along with other operate in a fully open and transparent petrochemical, and transportation, prominent industrialists and technical manner via consensus process. among others. innovators of the nineteenth century . gathered in New York City for the first The resulting living document remains a worldwide model for assuring the safety, Nuclear time in 1880, the main topic of discussion centered on the need for standardized reliability and operational efficiency first asme has played a vital role in supporting tools and machine parts as well as uniform envisioned by asme 's founders more than the nuclear industry since its inception, work practices in the dawning industrial a century ago.

2 When asme codes, standards and age. Engineering standards, the founders conformity assessment programs, agreed, would ensure safety, reliability and Boilers and Pressure Vessels originally developed for fossil fuel-fired operational efficiency in machine design plants, were applied to nuclear power- Since its first issuance in 1914, asme 's plant construction. Its widely-adopted and mechanical production. bpvc has pioneered modern standards- bpvc Section III, Rules for Construction asme issued its first standard, code for development, maintaining a commitment of Nuclear Facility Components, celebrates the Conduct of Trials of Steam Boilers, in to enhance public safety and technological 50 years in 2013. 1884. This paper evolved into Rules for advancement to meet the needs of a the Construction of Stationary Boilers and changing world. This International Historic Presently, half of the world's nuclear for Allowable Working Pressure the first Mechanical Engineering Landmark now power plants incorporate all or portions edition of asme 's now-legendary Boiler has been incorporated into the laws of of asme nuclear codes and standards and Pressure Vessel code ( bpvc ) issued in state and local jurisdictions of the United in their construction, operation, and/.

3 1914 and published in 1915. States and nine Canadian provinces. or maintenance. Sixty nations generally recognize and apply the bpvc , while 30. The bpvc has grown over the decades More than 100,000 copies of the bpvc of the 44 nuclear nations purchase their to include 28 books and 14,000 pages are in use in 100 countries around the nuclear components to specifications covering industrial and residential boilers world, with translations into a number contained within asme 's nuclear codes as well as nuclear reactor components, of languages. The Boiler and Pressure - and standards. The nuclear sections of the transport tanks, and other forms of Vessel sections of the bpvc have long bpvc reflect the best-practices of industry, Pressure vessels. It is kept current by while contributing to a full half-century of nearly 1,000 volunteer technical experts safety for the general public. 1. asme 's Boiler and Pressure Vessel code ( bpvc ) | 2013.

4 Power Boilers Section I Power Boilers Referenced bpvc Sections Referenced asme Standards Provides requirements for all methods bpvc -II, A, B, C, D -- -- of construction of power, electric, and Section II, Materials, Parts A through D Pipe Threads, General Purpose, Inch miniature boilers; high temperature water bpvc -V -- Twelve Standards from the B16 Series on boilers, heat recovery steam generators, Section V, Nondestructive Examination pipe flanges and fittings and certain fired Pressure vessels to be used in stationary service; and power bpvc -VIII-1 -- -- boilers used in locomotive, portable, and Section VIII, Rules for Construction of Power Piping traction service. Rules pertaining to use of Pressure Vessels, Division 1. -- the single asme certification mark with the bpvc -IX -- Welded and Seamless Wrought V, A, M, PP, S, and E designators are Section IX, Welding and Brazing Steel Pipe also included.

5 Qualifications PTC 25 -- New! Seccion I Pressure Relief Devices Reglas para la construccion de calderas QAI-1 -- de energia Qualifications for Authorized ( bpvc -I_ES - 2010 ) Inspection Section VII Care of Power Boilers Provides guidelines to assist those directly responsible for operating, maintaining, and inspecting power boilers. These boilers include stationary, portable, and traction type boilers, but not locomotive and high-temperature water boilers, nuclear power-plant boilers (see Section XI), heating boilers (see Section VI), Pressure vessels, or marine boilers. Guidelines are also provided for operation of auxiliary equipment and appliances that affect the safe and reliable operation of power boilers. 2. asme 's Boiler and Pressure Vessel code ( bpvc ) | 2013. Power Boilers - Product Certification Packages A Designator: E Designator: M Designator: Assembly of Power Boilers Electric Boilers Miniature Boilers code Books Required: A code Books Required: E code Books Required: M.

6 bpvc -I Power Boilers bpvc -I Power Boilers bpvc -I Power Boilers bpvc -II Materials bpvc -II Materials bpvc -II Materials Part C Specifications for Welding Part A Ferrous Materials Specifications Part A Ferrous Materials Specifications Rods, Electrodes and Filler Metals Part B Nonferrous Materials Part B Nonferrous Materials bpvc -V Nondestructive Examination Specifications Specifications bpvc -IX Welding and Brazing Qualifications Part D Properties (Customary or Metric) Part C Specifications for Welding Rods, Power Piping Power Piping Electrodes and Filler Metals Part D Properties (Customary or Metric). ORDER NO. BPVCB ORDER NO. BPVCE bpvc -IX Welding and Brazing Qualifications Power Piping ORDER NO. BPVCM. PP Designator: V Designator: Pressure Piping Boiler Safety Valves S Designator: Power Boilers PP V. code Books Required: bpvc -I Power Boilers code Books Required for Use with asme Product code Books Required: bpvc -II Materials Certification Marks bpvc -I Power Boilers Part A Ferrous Materials Specifications bpvc -II Materials Note: For books other than the Boiler & Pressure Vessel Part B Nonferrous Materials Part A Ferrous Materials Specifications code ( , , PTC 25, NQA-1), the required edition as Specifications of July 1, 2013 is listed.

7 The specific effective Addenda will Part B Nonferrous Materials Part C Specifications for Welding Rods, Specifications be referenced in the applicable Boiler and Pressure Vessel Electrodes and Filler Metals code section. Later editions of these referenced books will Part C Specifications for Welding Rods, Part D Properties (Customary or Metric) be required if and when referenced by the applicable Boiler Electrodes and Filler Metals bpvc -IX Welding and Brazing Qualifications and Pressure Vessel code section. Part D Properties (Customary or Metric). PTC 25 Pressure Relief Devices bpvc -V Nondestructive Examination * Sections II and IX are not required for assemblers. bpvc -IX Welding and Brazing Qualifications ORDER NO. BPVCV Section II, Part C, and Section IX are not required for Power Piping manufacturers if welding and brazing are not within the scope of their work. ORDER NO. BPVCA. Note: Effective January 1, 2013, asme is replacing its former code symbol stamps with one Product Certification Mark, as illustrated on these pages.

8 Individual product certifications will be identified with their respective Product Certification Designators ( , S, E, etc.). 3. asme 's Boiler and Pressure Vessel code ( bpvc ) | 2013. Heating Boilers Section IV Heating Boilers Referenced bpvc Sections Referenced asme Standards Provides requirements for design, bpvc -I -- Seven Standards from the B16 Series on fabrication, installation and inspection Section I, Rules for Construction of pipe flanges and fittings of steam heating, hot water heating, hot Power Boilers PTC 25 -- water supply boilers, and potable water bpvc -II, A, B, C, D -- Pressure Relief Devices heaters intended for low Pressure service Section II, Materials, Parts A through D. that are directly fired by oil, gas, electricity, QAI-1 -- coal or other solid or liquid fuels. Rules bpvc -IX -- Qualifications for Authorized pertaining to use of the single asme Section IX, Welding and Brazing Inspection certification mark with the H, HV, and HLW Qualifications designators are also included.

9 Section VI Care and Operation of Heating Boilers Covers operation guidelines applicable to steel and cast-iron boilers limited to the operating ranges of Section IV Heating Boilers. Section VI includes guidelines for associated controls and automatic fuel-burning equipment. Also included is a glossary of terms commonly associated with boilers, controls, and fuel burning equipment. 4. asme 's Boiler and Pressure Vessel code ( bpvc ) | 2013. Heating Boilers - Product Certification Packages H Designator: H Designator: Cast Iron Section Heating Boilers Field Assembly of Boilers code Books Required: H code Books Required: H. bpvc -IV Section IV, Heating Boilers bpvc -IV Section IV, Heating Boilers bpvc -IX Section IX, Welding and Brazing ORDER NO. BPVCH2 Qualifications ORDER NO. BPVCH. H Designator : Heating Boilers, Except Cast Iron HLW Designator : HV Designator : Lined Potable Water Heaters H Heating Boiler Safety Valves code Books Required: code Books Required: HV.

10 bpvc -II Section II, Materials bpvc -II Section II, Materials Part A Ferrous Materials Specifications Part A Ferrous Materials Specifications Part B Nonferrous Materials Part B Nonferrous Materials Specifications Specifications Part C Specifications for Welding Rods, Part C Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes and Filler Metals Electrodes and Filler Metals bpvc -IV Section IV, Heating Boilers bpvc -IV Section IV, Heating Boilers bpvc -IX Section IX, Welding and Brazing bpvc -IX Section IX, Welding and Brazing Qualifications Qualifications PTC-25 Pressure Relief Devices ORDER NO. BPHLW. ORDER NO. BPVHV. 5. asme 's Boiler and Pressure Vessel code ( bpvc ) | 2013. Pressure Vessels Section VIII Pressure Vessels Division 2 requirements on materials, Referenced bpvc Sections design, and nondestructive examination Division 1 provides requirements bpvc -II, A, B, C, D -- are more rigorous than in Division 1.