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ASMEB31.3SubstantiveChangesto2014
Edition
Jan24PostedbyDonFrikkeninPiping

Inadditiontothemanyclarifications,updatedreferencestocodesandstandards,updatestobasic
allowablestresses,andaddedlistedmaterials,thereareseveralsubstantivechangestothe2014Editionof
ASMEB31.3,ProcessPiping.
Thesechangesare:

CategoryMFluidService
Thedefinitionwasrevisedinthe2014editiontoprovidebetterguidanceonselectionoftheCategoryMFluidService
designation
(b)CategoryMFluidService:Afluidserviceinwhichallofthefollowingapply:
(1)Thefluidissohighlytoxicthatasingleexposuretoaverysmallquantityofthefluidcausedbyleakage,can
produceseriousirreversibleharmtopersonsonbreathingorbodilycontact,evenwhenpromptrestorative
measuresaretakenand
(2)Ifafterconsiderationofpipingdesign,experience,serviceconditions,andlocation,theOwnerdetermines
thattherequirementsforNormalFluidServicedonotsufficientlyprovidetheleaktightnessrequiredtoprotect
personnelfromexposure.
FlaredlapsareprohibitedforuseinCategoryMfluidserviceinthe2014edition.

AllowableStressRange
The2014editionexplicitlyrequiresthatthemaximumvalueofSLconsideringallconditionsbeusedincalculatingthe
allowablestressrange.

Thermowells
The2014editionrequiresthatthermowellscomplywithASMEPTC19.3TW.

ColdSpring
The2014editionrequiresthatwhencoldspringisused,thereactionsbecomputedbothwiththeassumptionthatonly
twothirdsofthedesigncoldspringispresent,andwithfourthirdsofthedesigncoldspringpresent.

ImpactTestingofCarbonSteels
The2014editionrestrictedtheuseofFig.323.2.2Btoprovideafurtherbasisfortheuseofcarbonsteelswithoutimpact
testing.Itmaynotbeusedfor:
Pipinginelevatedtemperatureservice
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Pipingthatisexpectedtoexperienceshockloadingorthermalbowing
Pipingthatcontainsweldsbetweendissimilarmaterials
TheCodewarnsthatthecalculationofstressesduetocoldspringingormisalignmentshouldbeincludedaspartofthe
stressratio.

Weldolets
The2014editionaddedrequirementsforandillustrationsofweldsforintegrallyreinforcedbranchconnections.

Preheat
The2014editionrevisedthepreheatrequirementssomewhat.Thisrevision,alongwithrevisionstoASMEB31.1,makes
thepreheatrequirementsinthetwoCodesthesame.

HeatTreatment
The2014editionsignificantlyrevisedtheheattreatmentrequirements.Thisrevision,alongwithsignificantrevisionsto
ASMEB31.1,makestheheattreatmentrequirementsinthetwoCodesthesame.

ExaminationPersonnel
The2014editionaddedspecificexaminationpersonnelqualificationrequirements,whicharethosedescribedinASME
B&PVCode,SectionV.Thequalifications:
Shallbeinaccordancewiththeemployerswrittenpracticeand
Mustbeinaccordancewithoneofthefollowingdocuments
SNTTC1A,PersonnelQualificationandCertificationinNondestructiveTesting
ANSI/ASNTCP189,ASNTStandardforQualificationandCertificationofNondestructiveTestingPersonnel
Nationalorinternationalcentralcertificationprograms,suchastheASNTCentralCertificationProgram(ACCP)orISO
9712:2012basedprograms,maybealternativelyusedtofulfillthetraining,experience,andexaminationrequirementsof
thedocumentslistedabove.

MagneticParticleandLiquidPenetrantExaminations
The2014editionaddedspecificacceptancecriteriaformagneticparticleandliquidpenetrantexamination.

Hydrotest
The2014editionpermitsthehydrotestpressuretobeloweredtothedesignpressurewhileexaminingforleaks.
The2014editionsimplifiedthecalculationofhydrotestpressure.

HighPressurePiping
The2014editionchangedtheleaktestpressurefrom1.5timesthedesignpressurecorrectedfortemperatureto1.25
timesthedesignpressurecorrectedfortemperature.

AlternativeRulesforEvaluatingStressRange
Becauseofthepotentialformisapplicationofthealternativerules,andbecausemanyoftheprovisionsofAppendixPhad
beenincorporatedintothebaseCode,AppendixPwasremovedinthe2014edition.

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