Standards & Codes Application #2

ANSI, provides a forum for development or obtaining a consensus for approval of standards having national impact and serves as a focal point for distribution of national and other standards, including those developed and issued by ISO and foreign governments;

Standard

• •ANSI/ASME B16.5, Pipe flanges and flanged fitting
• •ANSI/ASME B16.9, Factory made wrought steel butt welding fitting Face to face and End to end Dimension of valves
• •ANSI/ASME B16.10, Face to face and End to end Dimension of valves
• •ANSI/ASME B16.11, Forged steel piping, Socket-welding and Threaded
• •ANSI/ASME B16.34, Valves-Flanged, Threaded and welding end
• •ANSI/ASME B16.36, Steel Orifice Flange

Guidelines / Manual

• •1986, Guide for gas transmission and distribution piping systems
• •B31 Guide 77, Corrosion control for ANSI B31.1, power Piping Systems
• •B31 Guide 91, manual for determining the remaining strength of corroded pipelines

Publication

• •B16.20-93, Metallic gasket for pipe Flanges, Ring joint, Spiral wound and Jacketed
• •B16.21-92, Non metallic Flat gaskets for pipe flanges

ASNT, publishes recommended practices concerning procedures, equipment and qualification of personnel for NDT;

• •ASNT-TC-1A, Recommended practice for Nondestructive Testing Personnel Qualification

ASTM, Develop & publishes voluntary standards on the characteristics and performance of materials, products, system and services (included test procedures for determining or verifying characteristic.. Divided in 16 Sections with 67 volumes.

• •Section 1, iron and Steel Product (7 volumes)
• •Section 2, Nonferrous Metal Products (5 volumes)
• •Section 3, Metal Test Methods and Analytical Procedures (6 volumes)
• •Section 4, Contraction (9 Volumes)
• •Section 5, Petroleum Products, Lubricants, and Fossil Fuels (5 Volumes)
• •Section 6, Paints, related Coating and Aromatic (3 Volumes)
• •Section 7, Textiles (2 Volumes)
• •Section 8, Plastics (4 volumes)
• •Section 9, Rubber (2 Volumes)
• •Section 10, Electrical Insulation and Electronics (5 Volumes)
• •Section 11, Water and Environmental Technology (4 Volumes)
• •Section 12, Nuclear, Solar and Geothermal Energy (2 Volumes)
• •Section 13, Medical Devices and Services (1 Volume)
• •Section 14, General Methods and Instrumentation (3 Volumes)
• •Section 15, General Products, Chemical Specialties and Use Products (9 Volumes)
• •Section 00, Index (1 Volume)

ASME PTC Codes, Performance Test Code for specific materials such as fuels, equipment and processes or functions related to POWER PLANT.

• •PTC 1-91, General Instruction
• •PTC 2-80, Definitions and Values (R 1985)
• •PTC4.1-64, Steam Generating Units (R 1991)
• •PTC 4.3-68, Air Heater (R 1991)
• •PTC 4.4-81, Gas Turbine Heat Recovery Steam Generators (R 1992)
• •PTC 6A-82, Appendix A to test Code for Steam Turbine (R 1995)
• •PTC 7-49, Reciprocating Steam-Driven Displacement Pumps (R 1969)
• •PTC 7.1-62, Displacement Compressors, Vacuum Pumps and Blowers ( R 1969)
• •PTC 10-65, Compressors and Exhausters (R 1992)
• •PTC 12.2-83, Code on Steam Condensing Apparatus (R 1988)
• •PTC 22-85, Gas Turbines Power Plants
• •PTC 25-94, Pressure Relief Services
• •PTC-18-92, Hydraulic Turbines
• •PTC19.2-87, Pressure Measurement Instruments and Apparatus (R 1986)
• •PTC 19.3-74, Temperature Measurement Instrument and Apparatus (R 1986)

AISI, Provide design guidelines for use of stainless steel in piping system

• •E-3-89, Welded Steel Pipe Steel Plate Engineering Data
• •E-6-84, Hand Book of Steel Pipe
• •SG-862-90, Modern sewer Design

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