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    PCC-2 2022 Pneumatic Testing Safe Distance Calculations

    Hi All, In the new 2022 edition of PCC-2 when calculating the safe distance for pneumatic testing PCC-2 states that for a the stored energy calculation "the total volume of the vessel shall be considered. When calculating the stored energy of a piping system the maximum volume based on a...
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    2015 ASME SEC 8 Div 1, Appendix 1-10 in Lieu of UG-37 on normal opening

    I have an existing vessel that a nozzle per UG-37 calcs is grossly under reinforced (3in^2 vs req 13in^2). Using 2015 code Appendix 1-10 it barely passes 28,800 psi vs 30,000 allowable this is apparently what it was designed to. Running CC 2695 on it shows it as overstressed 45,000 psi vs 30,000...
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    Internally Reinforced or Forged Nozzle Connections

    Hi All, I was wondering how exactly I go about calculating the required reinforcement for these nozzle connections. They seem to be forged where there isn't a shell to nozzle weld and just a circ weld. I've looked through Sec VIII but I've never come across these before.

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