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ASMEB31.3SubstantiveChangesto2014EditionBechtEngineeringBlog
ASMEB31.3SubstantiveChangesto2014
Edition
Jan24PostedbyDonFrikkeninPiping
Inadditiontothemanyclarifications,updatedreferencestocodesandstandards,updatestobasic
allowablestresses,andaddedlistedmaterials,thereareseveralsubstantivechangestothe2014Editionof
ASMEB31.3,ProcessPiping.
Thesechangesare:
CategoryMFluidService
Thedefinitionwasrevisedinthe2014editiontoprovidebetterguidanceonselectionoftheCategoryMFluidService
designation
(b)CategoryMFluidService:Afluidserviceinwhichallofthefollowingapply:
(1)Thefluidissohighlytoxicthatasingleexposuretoaverysmallquantityofthefluidcausedbyleakage,can
produceseriousirreversibleharmtopersonsonbreathingorbodilycontact,evenwhenpromptrestorative
measuresaretakenand
(2)Ifafterconsiderationofpipingdesign,experience,serviceconditions,andlocation,theOwnerdetermines
thattherequirementsforNormalFluidServicedonotsufficientlyprovidetheleaktightnessrequiredtoprotect
personnelfromexposure.
FlaredlapsareprohibitedforuseinCategoryMfluidserviceinthe2014edition.
AllowableStressRange
The2014editionexplicitlyrequiresthatthemaximumvalueofSLconsideringallconditionsbeusedincalculatingthe
allowablestressrange.
Thermowells
The2014editionrequiresthatthermowellscomplywithASMEPTC19.3TW.
ColdSpring
The2014editionrequiresthatwhencoldspringisused,thereactionsbecomputedbothwiththeassumptionthatonly
twothirdsofthedesigncoldspringispresent,andwithfourthirdsofthedesigncoldspringpresent.
ImpactTestingofCarbonSteels
The2014editionrestrictedtheuseofFig.323.2.2Btoprovideafurtherbasisfortheuseofcarbonsteelswithoutimpact
testing.Itmaynotbeusedfor:
Pipinginelevatedtemperatureservice
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Pipingthatisexpectedtoexperienceshockloadingorthermalbowing
Pipingthatcontainsweldsbetweendissimilarmaterials
TheCodewarnsthatthecalculationofstressesduetocoldspringingormisalignmentshouldbeincludedaspartofthe
stressratio.
Weldolets
The2014editionaddedrequirementsforandillustrationsofweldsforintegrallyreinforcedbranchconnections.
Preheat
The2014editionrevisedthepreheatrequirementssomewhat.Thisrevision,alongwithrevisionstoASMEB31.1,makes
thepreheatrequirementsinthetwoCodesthesame.
HeatTreatment
The2014editionsignificantlyrevisedtheheattreatmentrequirements.Thisrevision,alongwithsignificantrevisionsto
ASMEB31.1,makestheheattreatmentrequirementsinthetwoCodesthesame.
ExaminationPersonnel
The2014editionaddedspecificexaminationpersonnelqualificationrequirements,whicharethosedescribedinASME
B&PVCode,SectionV.Thequalifications:
Shallbeinaccordancewiththeemployerswrittenpracticeand
Mustbeinaccordancewithoneofthefollowingdocuments
SNTTC1A,PersonnelQualificationandCertificationinNondestructiveTesting
ANSI/ASNTCP189,ASNTStandardforQualificationandCertificationofNondestructiveTestingPersonnel
Nationalorinternationalcentralcertificationprograms,suchastheASNTCentralCertificationProgram(ACCP)orISO
9712:2012basedprograms,maybealternativelyusedtofulfillthetraining,experience,andexaminationrequirementsof
thedocumentslistedabove.
MagneticParticleandLiquidPenetrantExaminations
The2014editionaddedspecificacceptancecriteriaformagneticparticleandliquidpenetrantexamination.
Hydrotest
The2014editionpermitsthehydrotestpressuretobeloweredtothedesignpressurewhileexaminingforleaks.
The2014editionsimplifiedthecalculationofhydrotestpressure.
HighPressurePiping
The2014editionchangedtheleaktestpressurefrom1.5timesthedesignpressurecorrectedfortemperatureto1.25
timesthedesignpressurecorrectedfortemperature.
AlternativeRulesforEvaluatingStressRange
Becauseofthepotentialformisapplicationofthealternativerules,andbecausemanyoftheprovisionsofAppendixPhad
beenincorporatedintothebaseCode,AppendixPwasremovedinthe2014edition.
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