INSPECTION CODE) EXAM
API 510 (PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTION CODE) EXAM WITH GUARANTEED
ACCURATE ANSWERS
API 510 coverage - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ In-service inspection,
repair, alteration, and rerating activities for pressure vessels and the
pressure-
relieving devices
API 510 includes - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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 - ACCURATE
ANSWERS✔✔ a. An authorized inspection agency
b. A repair organization
c. An engineer
d. An inspector
e. Examiners
Limitation - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ a. If the requirements of this
code are more stringent than the requirements of the regulation, then the
requirements of this code shall govern.
b. This code does not permit conflict with others regulatory requirements
Excluded and Optional Services - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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 temperature of 210ºF)
■ Hot water supply storage tank heated by steam not exceed (200,000
Btu/hr, water temperature 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.
■ 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 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ a. API
579 Fitness for Service
b. API 580 Risk-Based Inspection (RBI)
, References - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ ■ 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 - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ Alternating current field
measurement
Alteration - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ A physical change in any
component that has design implications that affect the pressure-
containing capability of a pressure vessel
Applicable construction code - ACCURATE ANSWERS✔✔ 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