Pressure Retaining Items
Pressure Retaining Items
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Kindly define the word "Pressure Retaining Item" for pressure vessels.
What are the pressure retaining items for a typical pressure vessel?
Can support clips/rings for demister pad inside a pressure vessel be qualifed as pressure retaining itesms..??
Thanks and Regards..
What are the pressure retaining items for a typical pressure vessel?
Can support clips/rings for demister pad inside a pressure vessel be qualifed as pressure retaining itesms..??
Thanks and Regards..





RE: Pressure Retaining Items
RE: Pressure Retaining Items
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gr2vessels
RE: Pressure Retaining Items
Example: in horizontal three phase separator (water & oil) the vertical baffle retain pressure of column liquid on one side. This baffle shall pass a test by filling with water on one side, prior to the hydrostatic pressure test of the separator.
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r6155
RE: Pressure Retaining Items
Studs and nuts on manway = needed = Pressure Retaining
RE: Pressure Retaining Items
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gr2vessels
RE: Pressure Retaining Items
Pressure retaining components are required to be hydrotested with the whole vessel, it's not the requirement for hydrotesting that makes an item a pressure retaining component!
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RE: Pressure Retaining Items
If the ring is simply in the vessel to hold up a tray or demister, it is a non-Pressure Retaining item that is welded to the pressure boundary. This question comes up a lot on rings on the OD of a vessel.
If the OD ring is just to keep the insulation from slipping, it is Non-Pressure retaining, and would not be 'needed' for the hydro. [yes, all welding to the vessel pressure boundary should be done prior to hydro, but it is not mandatory]. Any contractor with a qualified WPS and a certified welder can weld or cut on these rings.
If these OD rings are used in the vessel calc's, like using them as stiffeners to achieve a Full-Vacuum rating, they have become a Pressure-Retaining item. Only a contractor with a complete "R"-stamp [or "U"-stamp] program may cut or weld on the rings. And when done, complete an "R-1" or "R-2" form, with the concurrence of their AI. They are just as important to the vessel as the heads or shell.
RE: Pressure Retaining Items
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gr2vessels
RE: Pressure Retaining Items
1) Pressure retaining parts:
Shell, heads, flanges, gaskets, nozzles, nozzle reiforcing pad (internal)...; means surface in contact with product.
2) Non pressure retaining parts:
bolts flanges ( bolt is retaining the flange, not the pressure ), stiffening rings, nozzle reinforcinga pads (external)
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r6155
RE: Pressure Retaining Items
You said flange bolts, stiffening rings, and external nozzle repads are non-pressure retaining parts. Where the hell did you get this idea??? How can you retain the pressure at flange joints without bolts? Now aside from thickening the vessel shell, how can you prevent your vessel from buckling due to external pressure without stiffening rings?
All vessel parts that are subject to stress due to internal or external pressure are considered pressure retaining items. Vessel shell, heads, nozzles, manways, flange bolts, stiffening rings, nozzle repads, etc. are among them.
Now back to the original poster's question about support clips/rings for demister pad...
Support clips for demisters are not pressure retaining items. For demister support rings, I echo what Duwe6 has said. If the demister support ring was considered as a stiffening ring in vessel design, then it is a pressure retaining item. Otherwise, it is not.
RE: Pressure Retaining Items
All lugs, brackets, saddle type nozzles, manhole frames,
reinforcement around openings, and other appurtenances
shall be formed and fitted to conform reasonably to the
curvature of the shell or surface to which they are attached
Reinforcement around opening is an attachment, not a pressure retaining part. ¿How can a reinforcement around opening with a telltale hole be considered pressure retaining part? Telltale hole is for not retain pressure !!!!!! .
UG-37(g)..If the holes are plugged, the plugging material used shall not be capable
of sustaining pressure between the reinforcing plate and the vessel wall.
b)Stiffening ring is not a pressure part
UHT-28 STRUCTURAL ATTACHMENTS AND
STIFFENING RINGS
(a) Except as permitted in (b) below, all structural
attachments and stiffening rings which are welded directly
to pressure parts shall be made of materials of specified
minimum yield strength within +/-20% of that of the material
to which they are attached.
c)U-1(e)(3) pressure retaining covers for vessel openings, such as manhole or handhole covers, and bolted covers with their attaching bolting and nuts;
Flanges bolt retain the cover, and the cover retain the pressure.
Bolt is an attachment, not a pressure part
d) Several terms are used
1) Pressure part
2) Pressure retaining part
3) Load-carrying nonpressure part
e)Pressure retaining part: a part stressed due to pressure that any defect would produce a leak
More information, please see ASME VIII Div. 2
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r6155
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Wow! You are interpreting the words "pressure part" or "pressure retaining part" literally, i.e. parts that are exposed to the pressure. And you've taken the time to copy and paste some clauses in the ASME Code to prove that some vessel items that were called "attachments" are not pressure parts.
Like I said before, all vessel parts that are subject to stress due to internal and external pressure are considered pressure retaining items or pressure parts. Also, parts that are "attached" to the vessel and are essential to the integrity of the vessel to withstand the pressure are considered pressure parts. These "attached" pressure parts include stiffening rings, reinforcement pads, bolting, etc.
Now since you are interpreting the ASME Code "literally", have a look at UG-14(a) or UG-82(a). (You did a copy & paste on UG-82, but you only copied the first paragraph. Have a look at what is written after that first paragraph)
RE: Pressure Retaining Items
1) sorry, a mistake occur in my post:
"b)Stiffening ring is not a pressure part" must be read "b) Stiffening ring is not a pressure retaining part"
"Bolt is an attachment, not a pressure part" must be read "Bolt is an attachment, not a pressure retaining part".
2)Please, ¿have you any official interpretation, Code Case or definition between "pressure part", "pressure retaining part" and "primary pressure retaining boundary"?
Regards
r6155
RE: Pressure Retaining Items
1) sorry, a mistake occur in my post:
"b)Stiffening ring is not a pressure part" must be read "b) Stiffening ring is not a pressure retaining part"
"Bolt is an attachment, not a pressure part" must be read "Bolt is an attachment, not a pressure retaining part".
2)Please, ¿have you any official interpretation, Code Case or definition between "pressure part", "pressure retaining part" and "primary pressure retaining boundary"?
Regards
r6155
RE: Pressure Retaining Items
I mostly work with ASME VIII-1 vessels. I have not seen any definitions of "pressure part" or "pressure retaining part" or "pressure boundary" in ASME VIII-1. You will have to get the intended meaning of these terms from the ASME VIII-1 paragraph or rule they are mentioned. As for the term "primary pressure retaining boundary", I don't believe it is mentioned in ASME VIII-1.
Since there are no formal definitions for the above terminologies in ASME VIII-1, there would be no Interpretation on definition. There are, however, lots of Interpretations on existing "rules" concerning pressure parts, pressure retaining parts, or pressure boundary. You could browse through 61 volumes of the Interpretations and find out for yourself.
Other Codes like ASME III-1 might enlighten you (or confuse you more) about the definition of "pressure parts" or "pressure retaining parts" or "pressure boundary". Grab a copy of that Code and check it out. You could also read chapters 7.1.2 and 7.1.3 in Rao's book... http://ww
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I confirm that what doct9960 and others say above corresponds to the position of any expert in the field.
If you know the difference and the exact definition of pressure part or pressure retaining part please provide yours with all relevant references to codes.
For us experts the only definition that matters is that a pressure part or pressure retaining part (call it whatever you like) is an element of a pressure vessel whose strength is required to insure the integrity of the vessel when pressurized.
And of course, stiffening rings and bolts are pressure retaining parts!
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RE: Pressure Retaining Items
I agree with Doct9960. Components subject to stresses due to pressure are pressure parts as implicitly defined by UG-4. Of course flange bolts, vacuum stiffener rings and nozzle repads are pressure parts.