Old vessel with no any data.

[MATEGRITY2009]

We have some old vessel with no any data eg. no as-built dwg, no U1A. Can anyone recommend me, How to manage vessel like this accordance with API std 510 or in accordance ASME VIII Div1?

 

[chicopee]

Check very carefully the heads of the vessel as there may be a NB/ASME number from which you can get a manufacturer's data from NB. The number U-1A would suggest a pressure vessel.

 

[JStephen]

Is there a nameplate?

 

[Duwe6]

Regardless of what stamped inscriptions you find, you will be [should be] managing the remaining life of this used vessel i.a.w. API-510, API-RP-579-1/ASME FFS-1, and/or NBIC.

ASME Sect VIII *only* applies to new vessels. As soon as a vessel gets 'wet' with process chemical(s), it no longer falls under Sect. VIII. However, you will find that all the appropriate Codes will reverence back to Sect VIII in *some* instances. This is why ASME reciently incorporated API's Recommended Practice RP-579 as their Fitness For Service FFS-1. Prior to that, ASME had no provisions for evaluation of degraded vessels, no any provisions for making a 'true' repair.

By 'true' repair, I mean that the vessel would be Repaired - some remediation that brings the item into a condition that it can be safely left in service. A Repair does not return the vessel to as-new condition. What Sect VIII and most of NBIC call 'repairs' are Rework - returning the vessel to as-new condition.

On used vessels, Rework back to as-new may be too expensive, or too impractical. If a Repair leaves the vessel in good enough condition to allow continued use, that may be the optimum 'real-world' remediation. If everything had to be as-new, we would get new autos every 3-months or so.