ASME B31.3 - Process Piping

ASME B31.3 - PROCESS PIPING

Process Piping is the piping that convey fluids under pressure or vacuum within the limits of a Petroleum refinery, Chemical plant, Gas Processing plant, Pharmaceutical, Textile, Paper, Semiconductor and Cryogenic plants and related processing plants and terminals.

This standard contains rules for piping typically found in the above-mentioned plants and it prescribes requirements for materials and components, design, fabrication, assembly, erection, examination, inspection, and testing of piping.

This Code applies to piping for all fluids including :

• raw, intermediate and finished chemicals,
• petroleum products,
• gas - steam - air and water,
• fluidized solids,
• refrigerants,
• cryogenic fluids

Also included is piping which interconnects pieces or stages within a packaged equipment assembly.

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ASME B31.3 - Process Piping provides background information, historical perspective, and expert commentary on the ASME B31.3 Code requirements for process piping design and construction.
It provides the most complete coverage of the Code that is available today and is packed with additional information useful to those responsible for the design and mechanical integrity of process piping.