Equivalent Standards
Equivalent Standards
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I'm working on a recurring class and in the first go round I got asked "what is the Canadian equivalent of ASME B31.8?". After a few seconds of brain-racking I had to admit I didn't have a clue. I've been looking for the last hour or so and think I've found that the Canadian and ISO closest approach to ASME B31.8 is:
- CSA Z6662-07
- ISO 13626:2009
Is that right or has my Internet search skills let me down once again.
David
- CSA Z6662-07
- ISO 13626:2009
Is that right or has my Internet search skills let me down once again.
David





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The ISO standard ISO 13626:2009 may have some relevance and overlap into B31.8, but to my knowledge it has more to do with drilling and production facilities, not principally pipelines.
Regards,
SNORGY.
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David
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With regards to the actual requirements, I think there are some differences in approach between Z662 and B31.4/B31.8. It's not based on the ASME documents.
I'm really not very familiar with European ISO standards but I think the nearest ISO equivalent may be ISO 13623 "Petroleum and Natural Gas Industries - Pipeline Transportation Systems".
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It does not cover onshore gas supply, nor oxygen systems.
EN 1594:2000
Gas supply systems - Pipelines for maximum operating pressure over 16 bar - Functional requirements.
Others also apply, and local country regulations may be more stringen too.
Welding requirements are described in a special application standard on welding for gas supply systems EN 12732. Functional requirements for stations are given in: EN 1776, EN 1918-5, EN 12186, EN 12583, ISO 14313 Valves, ISO 21809 Coatings, ISO 3183 Pipe.
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
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Thanks for that. In my talk I list them as "Complementary Standards", not "Equivalent Standards". Basically I'm trying to tell folks that there are standards of construction and to point towards them. It is upstream gas gathering, so not covering oxygen or distrubition piping is fine.
David
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If you get an offshore question, DNVs are popular
DNV-OS-F101
DNV-RP-F101
http://www.dnv.com/binaries/PubList_tcm4-10019.pdf
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
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David
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
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Make that "No hablo offshore construction."
Since we're nitpicky engineery types... Though this really belongs in one of the "soft" fora...
jt
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I put it here because we discuss codes here all the time. It was either here or in the Codes & Standards forums and those guys can get a touch pedantic. I never considered the soft forums and I don't think that that would have been an appropriate place for this question.
David
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"Pumping accounts for 20% of the world's energy used by electric motors and 25-50% of the total electrical energy usage in certain industrial facilities."-DOE statistic (Note: Make that 99% for pipeline companies) http://virtualpipeline.spaces.live.com/
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Guess I should've put that one in my first post...
jt
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You mean you aren't a "soft forum" kind of guy? I never would have guessed...
Nothing wrong with being a hard-core engineer. Beats the heck out of being an MBA.
Regards,
SNORGY.
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Perhaps some of the CSA differences might be related to low temperatures, potential beaver bites, moose tramplings or polar bear attacks.
David: a half a million miles of piping on a navy ship must have represented REALLY small, VERY high pressure tubing. Was that thing some kind of military super-secret, floating research project?
I know, I know...if you tell me you'd have to kill me, etc.
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David