APPENDIX C SUGGESTED METHODS FOR OBTAINING THE OPERATING TEMPERATURE OF VESSEL WALLS IN SERVICE

C-1 At least three thermocouples shall be installed on vessels that are to have contents at temperatures above that at which the allowable stress value of the material is less than its allowable stress value at 100F. One of the thermocouples shall be on the head that will be subject to the higher temperature, and the other two shall be on the shell in the zone of maximum temperature. For a number of vessels in similar service in the same plant, thermocouples need be attached to one vessel only of each group or battery, provided that each vessel has a suitable temperature measuring device to show the temperature of the entering uid, in order that a comparison of the operation of the different vessels can be made and any abnormal operation immediately detected. Thermocouples shall be attached to the outside surface of the vessel by inserting the terminals separately in two small holes drilled into the shell approximately 12 in. (13 mm) center-to-center and rmly securing them therein, or by some other equally satisfactory method. C-2 In lieu of the provisions in the preceding paragraph, it shall be optional to provide a thermocouple or other temperature measuring device for obtaining the temperature of the uid in the zone of the vessel having the highest temperature. In this case, the metal temperature shall be assumed to be the same as the maximum uid temperature.

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