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ASME B31.4-2019 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquids and Slurries
standard by ASME International, 11/01/2019
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ASME has been defining piping safety since 1922.ASME B31.4 prescribes requirements for the design, materials, construction, assembly, inspection, testing, operation, and maintenance of liquid pipeline systems between production fields or facilities, tank farms, above- or belowground storage facilities, natural gas processing plants, refineries, pump stations, ammonia plants, terminals (marine, rail, and truck), and other delivery and receiving points, as well as pipelines transporting liquids within pump stations, tank farms, and terminals associated with liquid pipeline systems. This Code also prescribes requirements for the design, materials, construction, assembly, inspection, testing, operation, and maintenance of piping transporting aqueous slurries of nonhazardous materials such as coal, mineral ores, concentrates, and other solid materials, between a slurry processing plant or terminal and a receiving plant or terminal.
Piping here consists of pipe, flanges, bolting, gaskets, valves, relief devices, fittings, and the pressure containing parts of other piping components. It also includes hangers and supports, and other equipment items necessary to prevent overstressing the pressure containing parts. It does not include support structures such as frames of buildings, stanchions, or foundations, or any equipment
Also included within the scope of this Code are:
(a) primary and associated auxiliary liquid petroleum and liquid anhydrous ammonia piping at pipeline terminals (marine, rail, and truck), tank farms, pump stations, pressure-reducing stations, and metering stations, including scraper traps, strainers, and prover loops
(b) storage and working tanks, including pipe-type storage fabricated from pipe and fittings, and piping interconnecting these facilities
(c) liquid petroleum and liquid anhydrous ammonia piping located on property that has been set aside for such piping within petroleum refinery, natural gasoline, gas processing, ammonia, and bulk plants
(d) those aspects of operation and maintenance of liquid pipeline systems relating to the safety and protection of the general public, operating company personnel, environment, property, and the piping systems
Key changes to this revision include a revised scope and updates to the stress section in Chapter II. A new paragraph has been added in Chapter III for material requirements in low-temperature applications. In addition, changes have been included throughout to reference minimum wall thickness requirements as permitted by manufacturing specifications.
Careful application of these ASME B31 standards will help users to comply with applicable regulations within their jurisdictions, while achieving the operational, cost and safety benefits to be gained from the many industry best-practices detailed within these volumes.
Intended for liquid pipeline designers, owners, regulators, inspectors, and manufacturers. Primary industries served include those for carbon dioxide, liquid alcohol, liquid anhydrous ammonia, and liquid petroleum products.
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Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquids and Slurries
ASME Code for Pressure Piping, B31
AN INTERNA TIONAL PIPING C ODE ®
ASME B31.4-2019
(Revision of ASME B31.4-2016)
ASME B31.4-2019
(Revision of ASME B31.4-2016)
Pipeline
Transportation Systems for Liquids and Slurries
ASME Code for Pressure Piping, B31
AN INTERNATIONAL PIPING CODE®
Two Park Avenue • New York, NY • 10016 USA
Date of Issuance: November 1, 2019
The next edition of this Code is scheduled for publication in 2022. This Code will become effective 6 months after the Date of Issuance.
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CONTENTS
Foreword vii
Committee Roster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Correspondence With the B31 Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Introduction xiii
Summary of Changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Chapter I | Scope and Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
400 | General Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 1 |
Chapter II | Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 |
401 | Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 11 |
402 | Calculation of Stresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 13 |
403 | Criteria for Pipelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 18 |
404 | Criteria for Fittings, Assemblies, and Other Components (Alternatively, Criteria for Components) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 24 |
Chapter III | Materials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 37 |
423 | Materials — General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 37 |
425 | Materials Applied to Miscellaneous Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 38 |
Chapter IV | Dimensional Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 41 |
426 | Dimensional Requirements for Standard and Nonstandard Piping Components . . . . . . . . | 41 |
Chapter V | Construction, Welding, and Assembly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 43 |
434 | Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 43 |
435 | Assembly of Piping Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 55 |
Chapter VI | Inspection and Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
436 | Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 57 |
437 | Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 58 |
Chapter VII | Operation and Maintenance Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 61 |
450 | Operation and Maintenance Procedures Affecting the Safety of Liquid and Slurry Transportation Piping Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 61 |
451 | Pipeline Operation and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 62 |
452 | Pump Station, Terminal, and Storage Facilities Operation and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 |
453 | Corrosion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 |
454 | Emergency Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 71 |
455 | Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 72 |
456 | Qualifying a Piping System for a Higher Operating Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 72 |
457 | Abandoning a Piping System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 73 |
Chapter VIII | Corrosion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 74 |
460 | General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 74 |
461 | External Corrosion Control for Buried or Submerged Pipelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 74 |
462 | Internal Corrosion Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 77 |
463 | External Corrosion Control for Pipelines Exposed to Atmosphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 78 |
464 | Pipelines in Arctic Environments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 79 |
465 | Pipelines in High-Temperature Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 79 |
466 | External Corrosion Control for Thermally Insulated Pipelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 80 |
467 | Stress Corrosion and Other Phenomena . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 81 |
468 | Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 81 |
Chapter IX | Offshore Liquid Pipeline Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 82 |
A400 | General Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 82 |
A401 | Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 83 |
A402 | Calculation of Stresses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 85 |
A403 | Criteria for Pipelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 89 |
A404 | Criteria for Fittings, Assemblies, and Other Components (Alternatively, Criteria for Components) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 89 |
A405 | Pipe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 90 |
A406 | Other Design Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 90 |
A423 | Materials — General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 91 |
A434 | Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 91 |
A436 | Inspection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 92 |
A437 | Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 93 |
A450 | Operation and Maintenance Procedures Affecting the Safety of Liquid and Slurry Transportation Piping Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 93 |
A451 | Pipeline Operation and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 93 |
A452 | Pump Station, Terminal, and Storage Facilities Operation and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . | 95 |
A454 | Emergency Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 95 |
A460 | General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 95 |
A461 | External Corrosion Control for Buried or Submerged Pipelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 95 |
A463 | External Corrosion Control for Pipelines Exposed to Atmosphere . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 96 |
Chapter X | Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 97 |
B400 | General Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 97 |
B423 | Materials — General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 97 |
B434 | Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 97 |
B437 | Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 97 |
B451 | Pipeline Operation and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 98 |
B454 | Emergency Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 98 |
Chapter XI | Slurry Pipeline Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 99 |
C400 | General Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 99 |
C401 | Loads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 99 |
C403 | Criteria for Pipelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 99 |
C404 | Criteria for Fittings, Assemblies, and Other Components (Alternatively, Criteria for Components) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 100 |
C423 | Materials — General Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 100 |
C426 | Dimensional Requirements for Standard and Nonstandard Piping Components . . . . . . . . | 100 |
C434 | Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 100 |
C437 | Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 101 |
C451 | Pipeline Operation and Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 102 |
C454 | Emergency Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 102 |
C457 | Abandoning a Piping System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 102 |
C460 | General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 102 |
C461 | External Corrosion Control for Buried or Submerged Pipelines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 102 |
C468 | Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 102 |
Mandatory Appendix
I Referenced Standards 103
Nonmandatory Appendices
A B | Submittal of Technical Inquiries to the B31 Pressure Piping Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . Publications That Do Not Appear in the Code or Mandatory Appendix I but May Be of | 107 |
Informational Benefit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 108 | |
Index | . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 109 |
Figures | ||
400.1.1-1 | Diagram Showing Scope of ASME B31.4 Excluding Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Systems (See Figure 400.1.1-2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 3 |
400.1.1-2 | Diagram Showing Scope of ASME B31.4 for Carbon Dioxide Pipeline Systems . . . . . . . . . | 4 |
400.1.1-3 | Diagram Showing Scope of ASME B31.4 for Slurry Pipeline Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 5 |
404.3.3.1-1 | Reinforced Extruded Outlets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 27 |
404.3.4-1 | Welding Details for Openings With Complete Encirclement Types of Reinforcement . . . . | 30 |
404.3.4-2 | Welding Details for Openings With Localized-Type Reinforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . | 31 |
404.3.4-3 |
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