The course is designed to facilitate the participants into becoming a complete asme code professional and apply the. The author is a longserving member, and present chairman, of the asme b31. The course includes the new requirements of the new edition of asme b 31. Course overview the american society of mechanical engineers asme b31.
Fabrication and installation becht engineering company, inc. This training course further provides an introduction to the different parts of the asme b31. Guide users are responsible for compliance with all aspects of the applicable code. Most of these calculations and requirements are provided and regulated by the asme b31. Book inserts cover special topics such as calculation of refractory lined pipe wall temperature, spring design, design for. Process piping is the piping that convey fluids under pressure or vacuum within the limits of a petroleum refinery, chemical plant, gas processing plant, pharmaceutical, textile, paper, semiconductor and cryogenic plants and related processing plants and terminals. The course provides comprehensive coverage of the asme b31. Pdhonline course k141 basics of piping system thermal expansion for process engineers instructor. Friction forces are in one direction when the pipe is heating and in the opposite direction when cooling.
Join our community just now to flow with the file asme b31. This threeday course, facilitated by an international expert from the usa, provides an introduction to the code, covering the requirements for the design, analysis. This petroknowledge training course will focus on learning the asme b31. Asme virtual classroom delivers live interaction with our worldrenowned instructors for individuals and teams. Fully updated for the 2008 edition of the asme b31. December 31, 2008 the next edition of this code is scheduled for publication in 2010. Make overall piping material decisions pressure class reliability materials of construction 4. The most significant change that was made to the 2010 edition of asme b31. Displacement causes piping to move over sliding supports.
It includes requirements for welding, details for specific types of welded joints, and conditions for preheating, heat treatment, bending and forming, brazing and soldering, assembly, and erection. This code will become effective 6 months after the date of issuance. Fabrication and installation 41 flange joint target torque for 50 ksi 345 mpa bolt stress. The american society of mechanical engineers asme b31. The coefficient of friction used for steel on steel ranges from 0. Designing with expansion joints becht engineering company, inc. The code is used for piping typically found in petroleum refineries. Becht explains the principal intentions of the code, covering the content of each of the codes chapters. The code covers a number of individual sections including power piping, process piping, pipeline transportation systems for liquid hydrocarbons and other liquids, refrigeration piping and heat transfer components, gas transmission and. It has been completely revised, reorganized and updated, and includes descriptions of important new requirements in the 2008 edition of asme b31. Flexibility 39 calculation methods the simple analyses are done using equations, charts and graphs such as described in design of piping systems, the m.
Examples of problems that occur as a result of not understanding the relationship of the asme code to design rules. Experience shows, however, that the level of understanding among users varies widely and is often limited to a few grades of carbon steel or to a specific alloy system employed by the user on a regular xsme. Asme b31, code for pressure piping is developed, published, and maintained by the american society of mechanical engineers asme. A comprehensive, supplemental course to pd014, asme b31. A piping system is a set of pipes and other components valves, elbows, etc. Title z662 oil and gas pipeline systems compressed gas association cga piping system standards selected no. All books are in clear copy here, and all files are secure so dont worry about it. The requirements of the latest edition of asme code section. Course objectives the program shall cover the design of process piping as per asme b31. This training course is the complete answer to the demands of piping engineers to know the asme b31. Search products, events, courses, resource categories. Inspection, examination and testing becht engineering company, inc.
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