2019 ASME BPVC: Power Boilers

Find detailed descriptions of the ASME BPVC code sections for the construction and care of power boilers and pre-order the individual sections below:

ASME BPVC Section I: Rules for Construction of Power Boilers
ASME BPVC Section VII: Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers

These sections are intended for professionals concerned with the design, fabrication, assembly, erection, examination, inspection and testing of pressure vessels, including:

Manufacturers
Users
Constructors
Designers
All potential governing entities

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Pre-order ASME BPVC Section I: Rules for Construction of Power Boilers

ISBN: 9780791870754

This Section provides requirements for all methods of construction of power, electric, and miniature boilers, high temperature water boilers, heat recovery steam generators, and certain fired pressure vessels to be used in stationary service, and power boilers used in locomotive, portable, and traction service. Rules pertaining to use of the V, A, M, PP, S and E ASME Product Certification Marks are also included. The rules are applicable to boilers in which steam or other vapor is generated at a pressures exceeding 15 psig, and high temperature water boilers intended for operation at pressures exceeding 160 psig and/or temperatures exceeding 250 degree F. Superheaters, economizers, and other pressure parts connected directly to the boiler without intervening valves are considered as part of the scope of Section I.

Careful application of this Section will help users to comply with applicable regulations within their jurisdictions, while achieving the operational, cost and safety benefits to be gained from the many industry best-practices detailed within these volumes.

Pre-order ASME BPVC Section VII : Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers

ISBN: 9780791870969

The purpose of these recommended guidelines is to promote safety in the use of power boilers. The term “power boiler” in this Section includes stationary, portable, and traction type boilers, but does not include locomotive and high temperature water boilers, nuclear power plant boilers, heating boilers, pressure vessels, or marine boilers. This Section provides such guidelines to assist those directly responsible for operating, maintaining, and inspecting power boilers. Emphasis has been placed on industrial type boilers because of their extensive use. Guidelines are also provided for operation of auxiliary equipment and appliances that affect the safe and reliable operation of power boilers.

Referenced BPVC Sections

BPVC-II, A, B, C, D (Section II, Materials, Parts A through D)
BPVC-V (Section V, Nondestructive Examination)
BPVC-VIII-1 (Section VIII, Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels, Division 1)
BPVC-IX (Section IX, Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Qualifications)

Referenced ASME Standards

B1.20.1 - Pipe Threads, General Purpose, Inch
Twelve Standards from the B16 Series on pipe flanges and fittings
B31.1 - Power Piping
B36.10M - Welded and Seamless Wrought Steel Pipe
PTC 25 - Pressure Relief Devices
QAI-1 - Qualifications for Authorized Inspection
CA-1 - Conformity Assessment Requirements

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