It has been my experience (in fact I have a minor fiasco sitting on my desk right now ) that a PE performing or reviewing the design calculations on ASME PV Sect VIII div 1 is not any more likely to perform it correctly. The reason I believe this stems from the USUALLY normal fact that they...
I have scanned through the copy of the API 521 that I have and cannot find any recommendations as far as distances from other equipment. I know that in 2510 the recommendations is 100 feet from active process and that is for storage. I recall every refinery that I have been to has has at least...
I am looking for information about the API recommended practices of 537 and/or 752. I have a question about combustors/incinerators. I have a copy of API 521, however the staff engineer is wondering if this really applies to this type of service, and I am not sure if the API 537, or the 752...
I was wondering if anyone has a Mechanical design sheet/form for pressure vessels in either Excel, word or even dynamic PDF form. I am gathering design data for a large group of vertical and horizontal vessels and was hoping someone had already invented this "wheel"
Thanks in advance...Eric
My vote is for Cad in the hands of Engineers. At our firm I use Cad (though I am NOT an Engineer) and so do some (though not all) the Engineers. We use it to make small/minor changes as convenient for us to make rather than taking them to a CAD drafter, this is also how we do must of our...
This a case of do you follow the Code or the Spec? Specs' are usually used to add more or to specify detail where a Code may be vauge. In this caes you have the answer from ASME B31.3, though the spec sounds like it addresses the situation by saying it needs additional metal. You would not be...
