Occasionally we exceed the design pressure by up to 5% during service. In our application, the relief valve setpoint equals the design pressure. Our relief valves lift and usually reseat. Is that a violation of the code?
Somewhere in ASME VIII it says that the relief valve should be set up to...
Occasionally we exceed the design pressure by up to 5%. In our application, the relief valve setpoint equals the design pressure. Our relief valves lift and usually reseat. Is that a violation of the code?
Somewhere in ASME VIII it says that the relief valve should be set up to relieve...
Can anyone tell me which code governs the tube (primary) side of heat exchangers? Is it B31.1 or ASME Section VIII?
By how much are we allowed to overpressurize??
Thanks.
