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ASME CODES & STANDARDS

Quality Assurance Department.

Manjung4 1000 MW Power Plant Project.

By : Roslan Bin Ali



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A Brief History of ASME

ASME was founded in 1880 by prominent mechanical engineers, led byAlexander Lyman Holley (1832-1882), Henry Rossiter Worthington(1817-1880), and John Edson Sweet (1832-1916). Holley chaired thefirst meeting, which was held in the New York editorial offices of the American Machinist on February 16 with thirty in attendance.

On April 7 a formal organizational meeting was held at Stevens Instituteof Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, with about eighty engineers—

industrialists, educators, technical journalists, designers, shipbuilders,military engineers, and inventors.

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Alexander Lyman Holley StatueRededication in Washington Square Park,

October 25, 1999

ASME Founders



The Institution of Chartered Mechanical Engineers had beensuccessfully established in England, 33 years earlier in 1847.

In the United States, the American Society of Civil Engineershad been active since 1852, and the American Institute of

Mining Engineers had been organized in 1871.

Holley had been vice-president of one and president of theother.




The first annual meeting was held in early November1880.

Robert H. Thurston, professor of mechanical engineeringat Stevens Institute and later Cornell, was the firstpresident.


Robert Henry Thurston (1839-1903)First president of ASME (1880-82)

Thurston had established the first modelmechanical engineering curriculum andlaboratory.











ASME Background

Founded: 1880

120,000 individual members; no corporate members

<400 staff

Not-for-profit organization

Focused on technical, educational and research issues

One of the world’s largest technical publishingoperations

Holds numerous technical conferences worldwide

Offers professional development courses Sets internationally recognized industrial and

manufacturing codes and standards that enhancepublic welfare and safety



ASME Codes and Standards

ASME’s Codes and Standards organizationdevelops and maintains standards andconformity assessment programs First standard issued in 1884

Approx. 600 consensus standards

Over 100 ASME standards committees

Over 3,600 volunteer committee members

Standards address pressure technology, nuclear,safety, standardization, and performance test codes

Conformity Assessment programs to accreditmanufacturers of equipment



What is a standard?

A standard can be defined as a set oftechnical definitions and guidelines thatfunction as instructions for designers,manufacturers, operators, or users ofequipment.

Standards, not having the force of law, areconsidered voluntary and serve asguidelines. ASME publishes standards and

accredits users of standards to ensure thatthey are capable of manufacturing productsthat meet those standards.



What is a code?

A standard is a code when it has beenadopted by one or moregovernmental bodies and isenforceable by law, or when it hasbeen incorporated into a businesscontract.



ASME - Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

12 volume or code sections:I. Power BoilersII. MaterialsIII. Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility ComponentsIV. Heating Boilers

V. Nondestructive ExaminationVI. Recommended Rules for the Care and Operation of Heating

BoilersVII. Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power BoilersVIII. Pressure VesselsIX. Welding and Brazing Qualifications

X. Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure VesselsXI. Rules for In-service Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant

ComponentsXII. Rules for Construction and Continued Service of Transport

Tanks



Section IPower Boilers

This Section provides requirements for all methods ofconstruction of : power, electric, and miniature boilers; high temperature water boilers used in stationary service; and power boilers used in locomotive, portable, and traction

service. And Requirements for: Boilers Fabricated by Welding; Boilers Fabricated by Riveting (by reference only); Watertube Boilers; Firetube Boilers; Feedwater Heaters; Miniature Boilers; Electric Boilers; Organic Fluid Vaporizer Generators.



Section III.Rules for Construction of Nuclear FacilityComponents

DIVISION 1 Subsection NB- Class 1 Components Subsection NC- Class 2 Components Subsection ND- Class 3 Components Subsection NE- Class MC Components

Subsection NF - Supports Subsection NG - Core Support Structures Subsection NH - Class 1 Components in Elevated

Temperature Service

DIVISION 2

Code for Concrete Containments

DIVISION 3 Containments for Transportation and Storage



Section IV.Heating Boilers

This Subsection provides requirements for:

design, fabrication, installation and inspection of steamgenerating boilers,

hot water boilers intended for low pressure service thatare directly fired by oil, gas, electricity, or coal.

It contains appendices which cover approval of newmaterial, methods of checking safety valve and safety reliefvalve capacity,

examples of methods of checking safety valve and

safety relief valve capacity, examples of methods of calculation and computation,

definitions relating to boiler design and welding, andquality control systems.



Section V.Nondestructive Examination

Requirements and methods for nondestructive examinationwhich are referenced and required by other code Sections.

It also includes manufacturer's examination responsibilities,

duties of authorized inspectors and requirements forqualification of personnel, inspection and examination.

Examination methods are intended to detect surface andinternal discontinuities in materials, welds, and fabricated partsand components.

A glossary of related terms is included.



Section VI.Recommended Rules for the Care andOperation of Heating Boilers

General descriptions, terminology and operation guidelinesapplicable to steel and cast iron boilers limited to the operatingranges of Section IV Heating Boilers.

It includes guidelines for associated controls and automatic fuel

burning equipment. Illustrations show typical examples of available equipment. Also included is a glossary of terms commonly associated with

boilers, controls, and fuel burning equipment.



Section VII.Recommended Guidelines for the Careof Power Boilers

Guidelines to promote safety in the use of stationary, portable,and traction type heating boilers.

The section provides guidelines to assist operators of powerboilers in maintaining their plants as safely as possible.

Emphasis has been placed on industrial-type boilers because oftheir extensive use. Contains Fuels for Routine Operation;

Operating and Maintaining Boiler Appliances; Inspection; Prevention of Direct Causes of Boiler Failure; Design of Installation; Operation of Boiler Auxiliaries; Control of Internal Chemical Conditions



Section VIII.Pressure Vessels

Division 1 – Provides requirements applicable to the design, fabrication,inspection, testing, and certification of pressure vesselsoperating at either internal or external pressures exceeding15 psig.

Division 2 – Alternative Rules, provides requirements applicable to thedesign, fabrication, inspection, testing, and certification ofpressure vessels operating at either internal or externalpressures exceeding 15 psig.

Division 3 – Alternative Rules for Construction of High Pressure Vessels,provides requirements applicable to the design, fabrication,inspection, testing, and certification of pressure vesselsoperating at either internal or external pressures generallyabove 10,000 psi.



Section IX.Welding and Brazing Qualifications

Rules relating to the qualification of welding and brazingprocedures as required by other Code Sections for componentmanufacture.

Covers rules relating to the qualification and re-qualification ofwelders, brazers, and welding and brazing operators in orderthat they may perform welding or brazing as required by other

Code Sections in the manufacture of components. General Welding Requirements

Welding Procedure Qualifications; Welding Performance Qualifications; Welding Data; Welding Forms;

General Brazing Requirements Brazing Procedure Qualifications; Brazing Performance Qualifications; Brazing Data; Brazing Forms.



Section X.Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels

Requirements for construction of an FRP pressure vessel inconformance with a manufacturer's design report.

It includes production, processing, fabrication, inspection and

testing methods required for the vessel.



Section XI.Rules for In-service Inspection ofNuclear Power Plant Components

Rules for the examination,

in-service testing and inspection,

and repair and replacement

of components and systems in light-water cooled and liquid-metal cooled nuclear power plants.



Section XII.Rules for Construction and ContinuedService of Transport Tanks

Requirements for construction and continued service ofpressure vessels for the transportation of dangerous goods viahighway, rail, air or water at pressures from full vacuum to3,000 psig and volumes greater than 120 gallons.



ASME – BPVC “U Stamps”

A Mark applied to the name plate of apressure vessel by an authorized shop orother organization to indicate that the

vessel has been fabricated in accordancewith the ASME BPVC section




Power Boilers - Section I



ASME – BPVC Stamps

Heating Boilers - Section IV




Pressure Vessels - Section VIIIDivision 1




Reinforced Plastic Vessels - Section X

Transport Tanks - Section XII




Nuclear Stamps



The ASME Pressure Piping Code(B31)

B31.1 - Power Piping

B31.2 – Fuels Gas Piping

B31.3 - Process Piping

B31.4 - Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid

Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids B31.5 - Refrigeration Piping

B31.8 - Gas Transportation and Distribution Piping

B31.9 - Building Services Piping

B31.11 - Slurry Transportation Piping Systems

B31.12 - hydrogen piping

B31G - Manual for Determining Remaining Strength ofCorroded Pipelines

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