ASME B31.4: By: Saeed Zareie - 94774013
ASME B31.4: By: Saeed Zareie - 94774013
ASME B31.4: By: Saeed Zareie - 94774013
ASME B31.4
By: Saeed Zareie – 94774013
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Contents
Loads
Calculation of stresses
Materials
Corrosion Control
ASME B31.4
ASME B31
Code for Pressure Piping consists of a number of
individually published Sections
Rules for each Section reflect the kinds of piping
installations considered during its development
ASME B31.4
Pipeline Transportation Systems for
Liquids and Slurries
Piping transporting products that are
predominately liquid between facilities,
plants, and terminals, and within
terminals, pumping, regulating, and
metering stations
Loads
Sustained
The weight of the pipeline, Soil cover,
Occasional
Wind, snow, temperature change, …
Construction
Handling, storage, installation, …
Transient
Fire, falling objects, ….
Calculation of stresses
Circumferential, longitudinal, shear
Restrained
pipelines 𝑺 𝑬=𝑬 𝜶(𝑻 𝟏 −𝑻 𝟐)
Unrestrained
pipelines
Criteria for pipelines
• Criteria for Pipe Wall Thickness
S=F
TESTING
Testing of Fabricated Items
Testing After New Construction
Testing of Replacement Components
Operation and Maintenance Procedures
Pipeline
Corrosion Control
Emergency Plan
Records
Safety of Liquid and Slurry
Have written detailed plans and training
programs for employees covering
operating and maintenance procedures
Have a plan for external and internal
corrosion control of new and existing
piping systems
Establish procedures to analyze all failures
and accidents for the purpose of determining
the cause and to minimize the possibility of
recurrence
Corrosion Control
Buried or Submerged Pipelines
Arctic Environments
Coating
Cathodic Protection
Electrical Isolation
Casings
Offshore Liquid Pipeline Systems
Temperature Wind
Water Depth
Design Criteria
Pipe
Valves
Thank you …