Standard

ASME B31.3

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Abstract

Content and Coverage(a) This Code prescribes minimum requirements for the materials, design, fabrication, assembly, erection, examination, inspection and testing of piping systems subject to pressure or vacuum.(b) This Code applies to piping systems handling all fluids, and to all types of service including raw, intermediate, and finished chemicals, oil and other petroleum products, gas steam, air, water, and refrigerants, except as provided in 300.1.2 or 300.1.3  Only Category D and Category M fluid services as defined in 300.2 are segregated for special consideration.(c) Except as excluded in 300.1.3, this Code covers all piping within the property limits of facilities engaged in the processing or handling of chemical, petroleum, or related products.  Examples are:  a chemical plant, petroleum refinery, loading terminal, natural gas processing plant (including liquefied natural gas facilities), bulk plant, compounding plant, and tank farm.  See Fig. 300.1.1 for a diagram illustrating the scope of B31.31 piping. (d) Piping for gases (including air) not now included within the scope of any existing Section of the Code may be designed, fabricated, inspected, and tested in accordance with the requirements of this Code when the piping is in plants, buildings, and similar facilities not otherwise within the scope of this Code.1B31 references here and elsewhere in this Code are to the ANSI/ASME B31 Code for Pressure Piping and its various sections as follows:  B31.1 - Power Piping, B31.3 - Chemical Plant and Petroleum Refinery Piping, B31.4 - Liquid Petroleum Transportation Piping Systems, B31.5 - Refrigeration Piping, B31.8 - Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems    

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