NOPE....not gonna do it....not based on what I came up with based on current ASME Section VIII, Div.1....coupled with your responses.....thank you guys!
Thank you for the response.....kind of confirms my fears as well.
Here is maybe a crazy thought...I have never heard of this being done...but....
Do you know if it is possible...or allowable....to cut out a section of the shell and have it impact tested? Then repair the vessel per API-579? I...
I have a pressure vessel built in 1970 and need to determine if it is ok at a MDMT of -20F.
I have the U-1A Form...but it does not indicate a MDMT.
The U-1A form also does not indicate that impact testing was performed.
The material is as follows:
Heads SA-455-B, 0.525 inches thick
Shell...
