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Code and Standard

The document outlines the essential codes and standards for chemical plant design, emphasizing safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance in equipment and materials. It details the components of engineering specifications, including design criteria, inspection procedures, and maintenance requirements. Additionally, it lists various US codes and standards relevant to process plants, such as ASTM, ASME, and ISO, which guide testing, fabrication, and safety practices.

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Code and Standard

The document outlines the essential codes and standards for chemical plant design, emphasizing safety, reliability, and regulatory compliance in equipment and materials. It details the components of engineering specifications, including design criteria, inspection procedures, and maintenance requirements. Additionally, it lists various US codes and standards relevant to process plants, such as ASTM, ASME, and ISO, which guide testing, fabrication, and safety practices.

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ChE 4753

Chemical Plant Design


[Codes, Standards and Engineering Specification]

Codes and Standards


 Deal with the minimum acceptable requirements for design, fabrication, assembling,
inspection, and test of the materials and equipment. These will produce safe and reliable
equipment and materials
 Code encompasses regulatory matters highlighting safety and generally enforceable by
law: code of practice deals with design method, fabrication procedure, or materials of
construction
 Standards represent agreements to adopt a common rule for dealing with routinely
recurring items. It specifies objects like threads, pipe fitting, valves, flanges, electric
motors, control instruments, test methods, etc.

A code or standard dealing with a specific equipment and materials may encompass ,but
not limited to following

1. Scope
2. Basic Design Requirement in respect of:
a. Materials
b. Calculation methods for mechanical design
c. Tolerance
d. System dynamic if applicable
3. Accessories
4. Controls, Protective Equipment, Instrumentation and safety.
5. Fabrication Procedure
6. Inspection and Testing
7. Preparation and Shipment
8. Guarantee and Warranty
9. Vendor Data
10. Specification Sheet.

Engineering Specification
 List of applicable codes and standards and relevant engineering information
 Design criteria with respect to pressure, temperature, minimum wall thickness,
corrosion allowance, materials, loadings, detailed design, fabrication, controls,
instrumentations, safety
 Inspection procedure
 Surface preparation and painting
 Shipment
 Relevant drawings
 Maintenance requirement and spare parts

List of US Codes and Standards for Process Plants

 ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials


Testing procedure and material selection
 ASME: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Boiler, pressure vessel, welding materials, welder’s qualification, welding
procedure, NDT-nondestructive testing, inspection
 AWS: American Welding Society
 API: American Petroleum Institute
Process furnace calculation of heaters of petroleum refineries, heat exchangers for refinery
services steel tank for oil storage, rotating equipment (centrifugal pump, compressors,
gas/steam turbine, blower, lubricating, shaft sealing, pressure relieving systems,
instrumentations, inspection etc.
 ANSI: American National Standard Institute
 OSHA: Occupational Safety and Health Administration
 NFPA: National Fire Protection Association
 TEMA: Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association
Shell and Tube heat exchanger
 ASHRAE (refrigeration), NPC (Plumbing), AISC (steel construction), ACI (concrete),
NEC (electric code) etc.
 International Organizations for Standardization (ISO)
 ISO 9000 standards for quality assurance and quality management
 ISO 14000 deal with how a company manages the environment inside its facilities
and the immediate outside environment. The standards also call for analysis of the
entire life cycle of a product, from raw material to eventual disposal.

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