Power Boilers: A Guide to Section I of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

Content: Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Scope of Section I, Organization and, Service Limits --
Scope --
The Organization of Section I --
The Parts of Section I --
Interpretations --
Pressure Range of Section I Boilers --
Fired Versus Unfired Boilers --
The 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 --
The 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 --
A Balance of Interests --
The Code Sections and Their Related Standards Committee --
The Service Committee --
The 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.