Power boilers : a guide to Section I of the ASME boiler and pressure vessel code

Mackay, John R. (author.). Pillow, James T. (author.). Bernstein, Martin D. (founding author.). Yoder, Lloyd W. (founding author.).

Summary: "A completely revised and updated edition of the classic and comprehensive guide to the construction rules for power boilers—their intent, application, and interpretation. This unique guide provides expert advice and useful information for design engineers, project managers, architect engineers, manufacturing engineers, boiler operators, insurance inspectors, and other power boiler professionals. This edition includes explanation and use of the other Sections of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code that affect construction. It contains chapters on boiler life extension and repairs and alteration of boilers under the rules of the National Board Inspection Code." -- publisher's description

Record details

ISBN: 9780791859674
ISBN: 0791859673
Physical Description: print
xix, 311 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: New York : ASME Press, 2011.
Copyright: ©2011

Content descriptions

General Note:	First edition, 1998 by Martin D. Bernstein and Lloyd W. Yoder.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Scope of Section I, Organization and, Service Limits -- Scope -- Organization of Section I -- Parts of Section I -- Interpretations -- Pressure Range of Section I Boilers -- Fired Versus Unfired Boilers -- Use of Section VIII Vessels in a Section I Boiler -- Standards Referenced by Section I -- ch. 2 How and Where Section I is Enforced and Effective Dates -- United States and Canada -- International Acceptance -- Uniform Boiler and Pressure Vessel Laws Society -- National Board Inspection Code -- Effective Dates of the Code and Code Revisions -- ch. 3 Materials -- How Material is Ordered -- Using Section II -- Finding and Using Design Stresses in Section II, Part D -- Marking of Materials -- Use of Non-Asme Material Specifications and Material Not Fully Identified -- Special Concerns -- Material Requirements for Boiler External Piping -- Electric Resistance Welded (ERW) Materials -- Nonpressure Part Materials -- Material Test Reports -- Strength of Materials After Fabrication -- Cold Forming of Austenitic Materials -- Cold Forming of Creep Strength-Enhanced Ferritic Steels -- Does New Material Get Old? -- Use of Materials in Inventory -- Code Guidance on the Use of Old Materials -- ch. 4 Boiler Design -- Design Life -- Design Allowable Stresses -- Design Methods -- Design Loads -- Distinction Between Boiler Proper Piping and Boiler External Piping -- Some Design Differences: Section I Versus B31.1 -- Bend Design -- Openings and Compensation -- Ligament Design -- Interpretations on Openings, Compensation, and Ligaments -- Nozzle Attachment Rules -- Dished Heads -- Flat Heads -- Interpretations on Heads -- Stayed Surfaces -- Supports and Attachment Lugs -- Loading on Structural Attachments -- Design of Pressure Relief Valve Nozzles -- Thermocouple Installations -- ch. 5 Piping Design -- Introduction -- Shock Service for Feedwater and Blow off Piping -- Pump Discharge Head -- Unusually High Piping Design Pressure -- Short-Term Overstress in Boiler External Piping -- Hydrostatic Test of Boiler External Piping -- Allowable Stress When Pressure Relief Valves Are Discharging -- Feedwater Piping -- Main Steam Piping -- Blowoff and Blowdown Piping -- Design Conditions for Blowoff and Blowdown Piping -- Drains -- Design Conditions for Drain Piping -- Pipe Connections to the Boiler -- Addition of Small Connections to Boiler Piping -- ch. 6 Fabrication -- Fabrication -- Tube Attachment by Expanding -- Welding --- Some History -- Welding Rules -- Qualification of Welding Procedures -- Qualification of Welder Performance -- Expiration and Renewal of Welding Qualifications -- Transfer of Procedures and Welders to Another Organization -- Welding Documentation -- Welding Nonductile Materials -- Welding Variables -- P-Numbers, S-Numbers, F-Numbers, and A-Numbers -- Weldability -- Design of Welded Joints -- Bending Stress on Welds -- Acceptance Criteria for Welds -- Tube-to Header Attachment Using Partial Penetration Welds -- Alignment Tolerance -- Backing Rings -- Preheating -- Postweld Heat Treatment -- Test Plates -- Interpretations on Welding -- Volumetric Examination of Welds -- ch. 7 Nondestructive Examination and Hydrostatic Testing -- Nondestructive Examination -- Qualification And Certification Of NDE Personnel -- Hydrostatic Testing -- Welding After Hydrostatic Test -- Interpretations On Hydrostatic Testing -- ch. 8 Third Party Inspection -- ch. 9 Certification by Data Reports and Stamping -- Certification and Its Significance -- Manufacturer's Data Report and Certificate of Conformance Forms -- Section I Manufacturer's Data Report And Certificate Of Conformance Forms -- Completing the Manufacturer's Data Report Forms -- Distribution of the Data Report Forms -- Interpretations on Use of Manufacturer's Data Report Forms -- Code Symbol Stamps and How They Are Obtained -- What the Code Symbol Stamps Cover -- Reapplication of an ASME Code Symbol Stamp -- Interpretations on Code Symbol Stamping -- ch. 10 Quality Control System -- ch. 11 Standard Pressure Parts, Valves, and Valve Ratings -- Standard Pressure Parts -- Valve and Valve Ratings -- ch. 12 Pressure-Relief Valve Requirements -- Introduction -- Overpressure Protection -- Selection of Pressure-Relieving Devices -- Design of Pressure-Relief Valves -- Establishing and Certifying Relieving Capacities -- Qualification of Pressure-relief Valve Manufacturers -- Installation Guidelines -- Pressure-Relief Valves in Service -- ch. 13 Feedwater Supply and Water Level Indication -- Importance of Feedwater -- Rules for Feedwater Supply -- Tower Mounted Solar Fired Boilers -- Forced-Flow Steam Generators -- Low Water Level Fuel Cutoffs -- Water Level Indication -- Water Columns -- ch. 14 Creep and Fatigue Damage During Boiler Life -- Introduction -- Creep -- Fatigue -- Boiler Life Extension -- ch. 15 Determination of Allowable Stresses -- General Philosophy -- Establishing Allowable Stresses -- Penalties on Allowable Stresses -- Design Stresses: Past, Present, and Future -- Appendix 1 of Section II, Part D -- ch. 16 Rules Covering Boilers in Service -- Introduction -- Jurisdictional Requirements -- National Board Inspection Code -- References -- Appendix I Evolution of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code -- Appendix II Organization and Operation of the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Standards Committees -- Organization and Responsibility -- Balance of Interests -- Code Sections and Their Related Standards Committee -- Service Committee -- Certification Committees -- Committee Operations -- How the Committee Does Its Work -- Code Inquiries and Interpretations -- Publication of Interpretations of the Code -- Additions and Revisions to the Code -- Code Cases -- Voting at the Standards Committee (BPV I) -- Due Process -- Appendix III Overview of Code Sections II to XII and Piping Codes B31.1 and B31.3 -- Appendix IV Design Exercises -- Design Exercise No. 1 Design of a Header -- Design Exercise No. 1A Alternative Design of Header (A-317) -- Design Exercise No. 2 Design of a Head -- Design Exercise No. 3 Choice of Feedwater Stop Valve -- Design Exercise No. 4 Design of a Tube For Lug Loading -- Design Exercise No. 5 Design of an Opening -- Pg-27 Cylindrical Components Under Internal Pressure (Reproduced from ASME Section I) -- PG-29 Dished Heads (Reproduced from Section I) -- Appendix V Illustrations of Various Types of Boilers.