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API 510 coverage
Answer
In-service inspection, repair, alteration, and rerating activities for pressure vessels and the
pressure-
relieving devices
API 510 includes
Answer
a) vessels constructed with construction code
b) vessels constructed with no construction code
c) vessels constructed and approved as jurisdictional special
d) A vessel fabricated with no nameplate or stamping
Organisation that resticted/assign by owner
Answer
a. An authorized inspection agency
b. A repair organization
c. An engineer
d. An inspector
e. Examiners
Limitation
Answer
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,a. If the requirements of this code are more stringent than the requirements of the regula-
tion, then the requirements of this code shall govern.
b. This code does not permit conflict with others regulatory requirements
Excluded and Optional Services
Answer
a. Pressure vessels on movable structures
■ Cargo or volume tanks for trucks, ships, and barges
■ Air receivers associated with braking systems of mobile equipment.
■ Pressure vessels installed in ocean-going ships, barges, and floating craft
b. All classes of containers listed for exemption in the scope of the applicable construction
code.
■ Containers within the scope of other sections of the ASME Code
■ Fired process tubular heaters
■ Integral parts or components of rotating or reciprocating mechanical devices
■ Structure transporting fluids from one location to another within a system
■ Piping components
■ vessel for containing water under pressure (Design Pressure 300 lbf/in.2 & Design temper-
ature of 210ºF)
■ Hot water supply storage tank heated by steam not exceed (200,000 Btu/hr, water tem-
perature of 210ºF, water-containing capacity of 120 gal)
■ Vessels with an internal or external operating pressure not exceeding 15 lbf/in.2
■ Vessels with an inside diameter, width, height, or cross-section diagonal not exceeding 6
in
c. Pressure vessels that do not exceed the volumes and pressures
■ Five ft3 volume and 250 lbf/in.2 design pressure.
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,■ Three ft3 volume and 350 lbf/in.2 design pressure.
■ One-and-one-half cubic feet in volume and 600 lbf/in.2 design pressure
Recognized Technical Concepts
Answer
a. API 579 Fitness for Service
b. API 580 Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)
References
Answer
■ API codes including RP 571-572, RP 576-582, Publ 2201 Procedures for Welding or Hot
Tapping on Equipment in Service
■ ASME including Section V,Section VIII: Division 1, Section VIII: Division 2, PCC-1, Section IX
■ ASNT including CP-189, SNT-TC-1A
■ NACE including RP 0472, MR 0103
■ OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910 Occupational Safety and Health Standards
■ WRC Bulletin 412 Challenges and Solutions in Repair Welding for Power and Processing
Plants
■ National Board NB-23 National Board Inspection Code
ACFM
Answer
Alternating current field measurement
Alteration
Answer
A physical change in any component that has design implications that affect the pressure-
containing capability of a pressure vessel
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, Applicable construction code
Answer
code generally accepted engineering standard or practice to which the pressure vessel was
built or which is deemed by the owner/user or the engineer
Authorized inspection agency
Answer
a. The inspection organization of the jurisdiction
b. The inspection organization of an insurance company
c. The inspection organization of an owner or user of pressure vessels
d. An independent organization or individual that is under contract to and under the direc-
tion of an owner/user
Corrosion rate
Answer
The rate of metal loss due to deteriotation with its environment
Corrosion specialist
Answer
A person, acceptable to the owner/user, who has knowledge in corrosion
Defect
Answer
An imperfection, whose type or size, exceeds the applicable acceptance criteria.
Engineer
Answer
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API 510 coverage
Answer
In-service inspection, repair, alteration, and rerating activities for pressure vessels and the
pressure-
relieving devices
API 510 includes
Answer
a) vessels constructed with construction code
b) vessels constructed with no construction code
c) vessels constructed and approved as jurisdictional special
d) A vessel fabricated with no nameplate or stamping
Organisation that resticted/assign by owner
Answer
a. An authorized inspection agency
b. A repair organization
c. An engineer
d. An inspector
e. Examiners
Limitation
Answer
1
,a. If the requirements of this code are more stringent than the requirements of the regula-
tion, then the requirements of this code shall govern.
b. This code does not permit conflict with others regulatory requirements
Excluded and Optional Services
Answer
a. Pressure vessels on movable structures
■ Cargo or volume tanks for trucks, ships, and barges
■ Air receivers associated with braking systems of mobile equipment.
■ Pressure vessels installed in ocean-going ships, barges, and floating craft
b. All classes of containers listed for exemption in the scope of the applicable construction
code.
■ Containers within the scope of other sections of the ASME Code
■ Fired process tubular heaters
■ Integral parts or components of rotating or reciprocating mechanical devices
■ Structure transporting fluids from one location to another within a system
■ Piping components
■ vessel for containing water under pressure (Design Pressure 300 lbf/in.2 & Design temper-
ature of 210ºF)
■ Hot water supply storage tank heated by steam not exceed (200,000 Btu/hr, water tem-
perature of 210ºF, water-containing capacity of 120 gal)
■ Vessels with an internal or external operating pressure not exceeding 15 lbf/in.2
■ Vessels with an inside diameter, width, height, or cross-section diagonal not exceeding 6
in
c. Pressure vessels that do not exceed the volumes and pressures
■ Five ft3 volume and 250 lbf/in.2 design pressure.
2
,■ Three ft3 volume and 350 lbf/in.2 design pressure.
■ One-and-one-half cubic feet in volume and 600 lbf/in.2 design pressure
Recognized Technical Concepts
Answer
a. API 579 Fitness for Service
b. API 580 Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)
References
Answer
■ API codes including RP 571-572, RP 576-582, Publ 2201 Procedures for Welding or Hot
Tapping on Equipment in Service
■ ASME including Section V,Section VIII: Division 1, Section VIII: Division 2, PCC-1, Section IX
■ ASNT including CP-189, SNT-TC-1A
■ NACE including RP 0472, MR 0103
■ OSHA 29 CFR Part 1910 Occupational Safety and Health Standards
■ WRC Bulletin 412 Challenges and Solutions in Repair Welding for Power and Processing
Plants
■ National Board NB-23 National Board Inspection Code
ACFM
Answer
Alternating current field measurement
Alteration
Answer
A physical change in any component that has design implications that affect the pressure-
containing capability of a pressure vessel
3
, Applicable construction code
Answer
code generally accepted engineering standard or practice to which the pressure vessel was
built or which is deemed by the owner/user or the engineer
Authorized inspection agency
Answer
a. The inspection organization of the jurisdiction
b. The inspection organization of an insurance company
c. The inspection organization of an owner or user of pressure vessels
d. An independent organization or individual that is under contract to and under the direc-
tion of an owner/user
Corrosion rate
Answer
The rate of metal loss due to deteriotation with its environment
Corrosion specialist
Answer
A person, acceptable to the owner/user, who has knowledge in corrosion
Defect
Answer
An imperfection, whose type or size, exceeds the applicable acceptance criteria.
Engineer
Answer
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