Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
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General question:
If you are building a combined cycle in the United States, the Steam/Gas Turbine & HRSG must be designed according to US standards?
Let's say that the owner of the plant is not indicating anything concerning the design codes.
If you are building a combined cycle in the United States, the Steam/Gas Turbine & HRSG must be designed according to US standards?
Let's say that the owner of the plant is not indicating anything concerning the design codes.





RE: Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code - Section I, II, V, and IX
ASME B31.1
ASME B16.xx
ASME CSD-1
NFPA
.. for starters
RE: Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
ASME Section 1 / ASME B31.1 for the boiler system and boiler external piping.
ASME Section VIII-1 (or VIII-2) / ASME B31.3 for everything outside of the boiler system.
Cheers,
RE: Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
Some states regulate unfired pressure vessels, some don't.
Building codes, fire codes, electrical codes may be by local city or county governments or may be statewide, or in some cases, there may not be any.
Federal OSHA rules (or similar state OSHA rules) may also come into play.
RE: Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
RE: Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
For example, in Connecticut, it is mandatory to comply with ASME I and II, but not with ASME VIII.
For Turbines, is it mandatory to design these equipment according to US standards? (ASME, API, etc.) I mean, by law, or for plant legalization.
I have an European supplier that is designing a turbine according to European standards (EN), and I don´t know if I will have legal problems (or other kind of problems).
Thank you!
RE: Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
RE: Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
RE: Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
RE: Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
Marty007 has it right for the piping and boiler codes.
Fuel gas and a lot of the plant (power block) fire protection codes are from NFPA. These are typically not covered in local building codes, though some inspectors will want to see all that anyway. I've come across the odd insurance requirement to use FM for certain things. I can't remember which (sorry).
Don't forget the emissions. You're going to have a bunch of regs and standards here. Most of the pain is going to be around the air permit. However, you'll probably also have some things like backup/black start generators, or diesel driven fire pumps. Those will have EPA and possibly state requirements.
I think I'm starting to see the scratch on the surface for this issue. How far do you want to go? How much detail do you really need here?
RE: Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
RE: Design codes for equipment in a power plant located in the US
In fact, Athens NY co-gen plant needed air-air (no water) cooling fans because the local officials did NOT want vapor steam clouds over "their valley" near the Hudson.