DekDee,
The equipment is for an LNG facility in the USA. Federal code for LNG facilities, 49 CFR Part 193, incorporates NFPA 59A(2001 edition) which then incorporates ASME B31.3(1996 edition). To be compliant with federal standards we must then conform to outdated standards.
Thanks for the responses, for closure I asked them to clarify and provided the same code section and they changed their stance on the matter.
LittleInch; I believe the advantage would be using their defined NDE percentages and having less documentation to worry about. They would treat as Class...
Hello,
I have a vendor claiming the gas piping to a burner is exempt from B31.3 due to the design pressure being 12 PSIG and stream composition being purely natural gas. I looked into the contract code, AMSE B31.3(1996) and found the following exclusion and definition for flammable.
Given...