ASME

It is theacronymAmerican Society of Mechanical Engineers

Mechanical Engineers). It is a professional association that has also generated a code
of design, construction, inspection and testing for equipment. Among others, boilers and
pressure vessels. This code has worldwide acceptance and is used around the world.

ASME CODES REFERRED TO PIPELINES AND GAS PIPES

B31.1 - 2001 - The feed pipes

For pipes for industrial and naval plants. This code establishes the minimum requirements for
the design, materials, manufacturing, assembly, testing, and inspection of power and auxiliary services
from the piping systems for power generation stations to the facilities
institutional, central, and district heating plants.

The external piping code of the boiler for power and high boilers
temperature, high-pressure water boilers in which steam is generated at a pressure of more than
15 PSIG and the high-pressure water temperature is generated above 160 PSI, and/or the
temperatures above 250 degrees F.
B31.2 - 1968 - pipe combustible

This has been removed as a national standard and is replaced by ANSI / NFPA Z223.1, but
B31.2 is still available from ASME and is a good reference for the design of systems.
gas pipes (from the meter to the appliance).
B31.3 - 2002 - Process Pipelines

Design of chemical and petroleum plants and the refineries for processing chemical products and
hydrocarbons, water, and steam. This Code contains regulations for the pipes found
typically in oil, chemical, pharmaceutical, textile, paper, semiconductor refineries
and cryogenic plants, and related to processing plants and terminals.

This Code establishes requirements for materials and components, design, manufacturing, assembly,
installation, examination, inspection, and testing of pipes. This Code applies to the piping for
all liquids, including: (1) intermediate raw materials, chemicals and finishing products, (2) the
petroleum products, (3) gas, vapor, air and water, (4) fluidized solids; (5) refrigerants, and (6)
cryogenic liquids. It also includes the piping that interconnects the pieces or phases within
a setup of the packaged equipment.
B31.4 - 2002 - Pipeline systems for the transportation of liquid hydrocarbons and other liquids

This Code establishes the requirements for design, materials, construction, assembly, inspection
and tests of the pipes, transport of liquids such as crude oil, condensate, gasoline
natural
anhydrous liquid and liquid petroleum products for leasing facilities 'producers, farms
of tanks, natural gas processing plants, refineries, stations, the plants of
ammonia, terminals (marine, railway, and truck) and the provision of other points of
reception.

The pipes consist of pipe, flanges, bolts, joints, valves, and relief elements, the
accessories and the pressure contained in parts of other pipe components. It also includes
hooks and supports, equipment and other elements necessary to prevent overload of the
pressure that contains parts. Does not include the support structures such as the frames of the
buildings, buildings or bar foundations

Requirements for offshore pipes are found in chapter IX. They are also included.
Within the scope of application of this Code are:

Auxiliary liquid petroleum and Primary and ammonia

anhydrous liquid in the terminals of gas pipeline tubes (marine,
railway and truck), storage depots, stations of
pumping, pressure reducing stations and measurement of the
stations, including scraper traps, sieves and
loop experimenter;
(B) of storage and the work tanks composed of
storage type piping made of pipes and fittings,
and interconnection pipes of those facilities;
liquid petroleum and anhydrous liquid ammonia the pipeline located
in the property that has been reserved for the pipeline within a period of
oil refinery, natural gasoline, gas processing, the
ammonia, and bulk plants;
The aspects of operation and maintenance of systems of
liquid pipelines related to safety and protection of
general public, the company, the operational environment staff, the
property and piping systems.

B31.5 - 2001 - Refrigeration piping and heat transfer components

This Code establishes the requirements for materials, design, manufacture, assembly, installation,
test and control of refrigerant, heat transfer and refrigerant piping
secondary for temperatures as low as -320 º F (-196 ° C), whether erected indoors or
factory assembled, except for what is expressly excluded in the following paragraphs.

Users are informed that other sections of the Code pipes may be established.
requirements for the cooling of pipes, from their respective jurisdictions.

This Code will not apply to:

(A) any self-contained systems of units subject to the

requirements of Underwriters Laboratories or other types of testing
nationally recognized laboratory:
the water pipes;
(C) pipes intended for external or internal pressure gauge no
greater than 15 psi (105 kPa) regardless of size, or
(D) pressure vessels, compressors or pumps,

but it does include all the connection refrigerant and the secondary cooling pipes from
from the first joint adjacent to these devices.
B31.8 - 2003 - Transmission and Distribution of Gas Pipeline Systems

This Code applies to the design, manufacture, installation, inspection, and testing of the facilities.
of pipelines for the transportation of gas. This code also covers safety aspects of the
operation and maintenance of those facilities.
B31.8S-2001 - 2002 - Gas Pipeline Integrity Management System
This standard applies to on-shore piping systems made of ferrous materials and that
gas transport.

piping system: all parts of the physical installations through which it is transported the
gas, including pipes, valves, fittings attached to the pipe, compressors, stations of
measurement, regulating stations, delivery stations, and manufacturers of sets of
headlines.

The principles and procedures contained in integrity management are applicable to all
piping systems. This standard is specifically designed to assist the operator (such as
is defined in section 13) with the necessary information to develop and implement a
integrity program effective management using proven industry practices and the
processes.

The processes and approaches in this standard are applicable to the entire pipeline.
B31.9 - 1996 - Piping Service Building

This section of the code has rules for piping in industrial and institutional applications.
commercial and public buildings and multi-unit residences, which do not require the range of sizes,
pressures, temperatures and coverage in B31.1.

This Code establishes the requirements for design, materials, manufacturing, installation,
inspection, control and testing of piping systems for construction services. Includes
piping systems in the building or at the property boundaries.
B31.11 - 2002 - transport of slurry from piping systems

Design, construction, inspection, the safety requirements of the manure pipeline systems.

Covers the piping systems that transport aqueous slurries of non-hazardous materials, such as the
carbon, minerals and other solids between a centralized treatment plant for sludge and the
Reception floor.
B31G - 1991 - Manual to determine the remaining strength of corroded pipes

ASME codes referred to Welds of Pipelines and Gas Pipelines contained in the
ASME B31.4, B31.8, B31.11 construction codes for pipe welding
carbon steel and low alloy, used in compression, pumping, transmission and
distribution of oil and its derivatives, gas, carbon dioxide, and nitrogen both in the
Construction as in the Maintenance of lines in service, including materials
used, welding processes, qualifications, construction requirements, tests
non-destructive, defects and allowable repairs in maintenance

CODE B31.4 - 2002

This Code establishes the requirements for design, materials, construction, assembly, inspection
and tests of the pipes, transportation of liquids such as crude oil, condensate, gasoline
natural, gas natural líquido, gas de petróleo licuado, dióxido de carbono, alcohol líquido, amoníaco
liquid anhydrous and liquid petroleum products between leasing facilities "producers, farms
of tanks, natural gas processing plants, refineries, stations, the plants of
ammonia, terminals (marine, railroad, and truck) and the provision of other points of
reception.
 The pipes consist of pipes, flanges, bolts, joints, valves, and emergency elements.
accessories and the pressure that contains parts of other piping components. It also includes
hooks and supports, equipment and other elements necessary to prevent overload of the
pressure that contains parts. It does not include support structures such as building frames,
prop constructions or foundations

Requirements for offshore pipes are found in chapter IX. They are also included.
within the scope of application of this Code are:

Auxiliary liquid petroleum and Primary and ammonia

anhydrous liquid in gas pipeline terminal tubes (marine,
railway and truck), storage depots, stations of
pumping, pressure reduction stations and measurement of the
stations, including scraper traps, sieves and
loop experimenter;
(B) for storage and the work tanks consisting of
storage type piping made of pipes and fittings
and interconnection pipelines of those facilities;
liquid petroleum and anhydrous liquid ammonia the pipeline located
in the property that has been reserved for the pipe within a period of
oil refinery, natural gasoline, gas processing, the
ammonia, and bulk plants;
The operational and maintenance aspects of systems
liquid pipes related to safety and protection
general public, the company, the operational staff,
property and piping systems.

ASME CODES REFERRED TO PROCESS PIPING

ASME CODE B31.3 - 2002 -

Design of chemical plants and oil refineries and processing of chemical products and
hydrocarbons, water, and steam. This Code contains regulations for the pipes
typically in oil refineries, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, textiles, paper, semiconductors
and cryogenic plants, and related to processing plants and terminals.

This Code establishes the requirements for materials and components, design, manufacture,
assembly, installation, testing, inspection, and trials of the pipes. This Code applies to the
pipe for all liquids, including: (1) intermediate raw materials, chemicals, and finished products,
(2) petroleum derivatives, (3) gas, steam, air, and water, (4) fluidized solids; (5)
sodas, and (6) cryogenic liquids. It also includes the piping that interconnects the pieces
or phases within the assembly of packaged equipment.
Submerged Arc Welding (SAW) is an arc welding process that tends to
produce greater results
solder the metal deposit indices compared to other welding processes
by arc like Gas Metal
Arc welding (GMAW) or gas tungsten welding (GTAW). Some
such applications
as a pressure manufacturing vessel, shipyards, processing factories and use of the pipe
the SIERRA
due to the high deposit rates that, as a consequence, increase productivity of
the manufacturing welding phase. Several techniques have been developed for more
increase the deposition rate beyond that of a single standard SAW wire. These
techniques include prolonged rod welding, double wire welding, and the
tandem welding