Pressure testing pipe work 1

[Keef]

I have been asked for help regarding the requirements for pressure testing new steam pipe installations. This is not my field of expertise and it is not my intention to start advising on a subject I know little about. But can someone point me in the direction of a standard that I can refer them to?

Thanks

Keef

 

[StressGuy]

Depending on your application, the ASME B31.1 (Power Piping)or B31.3 (Process Piping) codes would be a good place to start. What kind of facility is this for where the users are not already aware of these codes?

Edward L. Klein
Pipe Stress Engineer
Houston, Texas

All opinions expressed here are my own and not my company's.

 

[Keef]

Thanks StressGuy,

I have passed this information on. Would you believe that I was asked by a consultancy firm in Dubai!

 

[zdas04]

"A consultancy firm in Dubai"????? Just shows how little you really have to know to hang out an Engineering Shingle.

I've got a document on my web page that is a synthesis of most of the standards on pipeline testing and has some guidance on the kind of calculations that someone needs to have done before the test. It focuses on flow lines (not B31.1 or B31.3, more B31.8), but there may be something in it that can help for any test. I've had pretty postitive feedback on it (it is under "Samples").

David Simpson, PE
MuleShoe Engineering

http://www.muleshoe-eng.com