I happened to be looking for references on the internet and found these and thought I would post in this forum.
http://www.piping-toolbox.com/51.html
They provide a link to an US Army Corp of Engineers manual, EM 1110-1-4008. That manual references some other US government type engineering...
I'm using Excel 2000 and have a workbook which contains defined names that refer to cell addresses. The workbook also contains formulas which use those names.
What I would like to do is delete the cell names without affecting the formulas where they are used. However, when I delete the cell...
I'm having to review a relief system that protects a vessel designated as a compressor discharge pulsation bottle. Physically, it looks like a high pressure gas cylinder, about 8 inch diameter x 6 feet overall length but it carries an ASME U stamp and is designated with two MAWPs. The second...
I'm in the process of reviewing the design basis for a vacuum relief valve on an ASME Sec VIII vessel that has a MAWP of 25 psi internal and 4 psi external.
The vacuum relief valve is set at 4 psi vacuum, same as the external MAWP rating. This is what I'm questioning.
My experience with API...
Are you required to provide relief protection for fire exposure for half pipe coils welded to the outside of an ASME Sec VIII, Div 1 vessel? The coils would contain water as a coolant. Or, could you say the half pipe coils are no different than piping which typically doesn't require...
Just recently, I've had to evaluate an existing relief system which used a rupture pin device as a single component relief system. I've seen in ASME Sec VIII, Div 1, UG-127b which states "Breaking pin devices shall not be used as single devices but only in combination between the safety or...
