Tabulated ASME B31.3 Category for Common Fluid Services
Tabulated ASME B31.3 Category for Common Fluid Services
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Hi everybody,
I wonder if there is such a table (I should be grateful if someone direct me to a link). Meanwhile, is it ok to consider crude oil as normal fluid service?
I wonder if there is such a table (I should be grateful if someone direct me to a link). Meanwhile, is it ok to consider crude oil as normal fluid service?





RE: Tabulated ASME B31.3 Category for Common Fluid Services
hope "ASME B31.3 APPENDIX M, GUIDE TO CLASSIFYING FLUID SERVICES, Fig. M300 Guide to Classifying Fluid Services" can help you.
base on the above guide, crude oil can be classified as normal fluid service.
hope to be helpful
Regards
Ashkan
RE: Tabulated ASME B31.3 Category for Common Fluid Services
RE: Tabulated ASME B31.3 Category for Common Fluid Services
RE: Tabulated ASME B31.3 Category for Common Fluid Services
RE: Tabulated ASME B31.3 Category for Common Fluid Services
Since it is the owners responsibility for each facility, there is no generic table for fluid services.
Most owners would consider crude oil to be normal fluid service. Crude oil does not meet the definition of Category M.
The definition of Category M Fluid Service is as follows. Note that for purposes of emphasis, it has been broken into subparts, all of which must be satisfied for the service to meet the definition of Category M (ASME B31.3, para. 300.2):
•"A fluid service
•in which the potential for personnel exposure is judged to be significant and
•in which a single exposure of a very small quantity
•of a toxic fluid,
•caused by leakage,
•can produce serious irreversible harm to persons on breathing or bodily contact,
•even when prompt restorative measures are taken."
Note that toxic means, by its dictionary definition, poisonous.
RE: Tabulated ASME B31.3 Category for Common Fluid Services
RE: Tabulated ASME B31.3 Category for Common Fluid Services