References
The references listed here relate to boilers. Some are referenced by the Company
Specifications or by the Industry Standards included in this manual. Some are text-
books or similar materials that provide additional information. This is not a
complete list.
Further references are often found in the individual Industry Standards. The dates
shown are the latest known at the time of publication. The latest edition of any
Industry Standard should be used for new designs and modifications.
Further references and access to documents may be found by consulting the Corpo-
ration Librarian:
San Francisco Library
Planning and Analysis Department
Room 1410, 225 Bush Street
415-894-2946
In addition, most organizations within the Company maintain libraries.
Within the Engineering Technology Department, several subject-specific libraries
are maintained. For instance, the Offshore and Frontier Technology Division has
extensive information on offshore technology that is also catalogued on a VM data-
base. Contact ETD Staff Support Services, CTN 842-9404, for further information
on individual ETD libraries.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI), 1430 Broadway, New York
10018
A58.1. Minimum Design Loads for Buildings and Other Structures
B16.5. Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings.
B16.9. Factory-Made Wrought Steel Buttwelding Fittings.
B16.11. Forged Steel Fittings, Socket-Welding and Threaded.
B16.28. Wrought Steel Buttwelding Short Radius Elbows and Returns.
B16.34. Steel Valves—Flanged and Buttwelding End.
B31.1. Power Piping.
B31.2. Fuel Gas Piping.
B31.3. Chemical Plant and Petroleum Refinery Piping.
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ANSI/ASME), United Engi-
neering Center, 345 East Forty-Seventh Street, New York, NY 10017
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
Section I. Power Boilers.
Section II. Ferrous Materials, Part A.
Section IV. Heating Boilers.
Section V. Nondestructive Examination, 1986.
Section VIII. Pressure Vessels, Division 1, 1986.
Section VIII. Pressure Vessels, Division 2, 1986.
Section IX. Welding and Brazing Qualifications, 1986.
Power Test Code for Steam Generating Units
PTC 4.4. Performance Test Code.
American Petroleum Institute (API), 1220 L Street, N. W. Washington, D.C.
20005
RP 530. Calculation of Heater Tube Thickness.
RP 532. Measurement of the Thermal Efficiency of Fired Process Heaters.
RP 550. Steam Generator Installation and Control, Parts I, II, IV.
STD 526. Flanged Steel Safety Relief Valves.
STD 600. Steel Gate Valves, Flanged and Buttwelding Ends.
STD 602. Carbon Steel Gate Valves for Refinery Use (Compact Design).
American Society for Non-destructive Testing (ASNT)
ASNT Recommended Practice No. SNT-TC-1A, 1984, Nondestructive Testing
Personnel Qualification and Certification
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), 1916 Race St., Philadel-
phia, PA 19103
A 106. Specification for Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for High-Temperature
Service.
A 193. Specification for Alloy-Steel and Stainless Steel Bolting Materials for
High-Temperature Service.
A 194. Specification for Carbon and Alloy Steel Nuts for Bolts for High-
Pressure, High-Temperature Service.
A 216. Specification for Carbon-Steel castings Suitable for fusion Welding
for High-Temperature Service.
A 234. Specification for Piping Fittings of Wrought Carbon Steel and Alloy
Steel for Moderate and Elevated Temperature.
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A 285. Pressure Vessel Plate, Carbon Steel Low and Intermediate Tensile
Strengths.
American Welding Society
Structural Welding Code
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
NFPA 70. National Electrical Code
NFPA 85.
A. Prevention of Furnace Explosions in Fuel-Oil and Natural Gas-Fired Signle
Burner Boiler-Furnaces
B. Prevention of Furnace Explosions in Natural Gas-Fired Multiple Burner
Boiler-Furnaces
D. Prevention of Furnace Explosions in Fuel Oil-Fired Multiple Burner Boiler-
Furnaces
G. Prevention of Furnace Implosions in Multiple Burner Boiler-Furnaces
Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association (TEMA)
U.S. Government Standards
Occupational Safety and Health Standards, Department of Labor, Occupational
Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Washington, DC 20210 (The Standards
and Revisions are Published in the Federal Register).
State of California Publications
Division of Industrial Safety
Compressed Air Safety Orders
Pressure Vessel/Boiler Safety Orders
Petroleum Safety Orders—Drilling and Production
Petroleum Safety Orders—Refining, Transportation and Handling
Department of Labor and Standards—Boiler Division
Boiler Law Rules and Regulations
Books
Theory of Elasticity, Timoshenko and Goodier, 3rd Edition, McGraw-Hill Book
Company, 1970.
1. Piping Stress Calculations Simplified, S. W. Spielvogel, 5th Edition, 1961.
2. Designing of Piping for Flexibility with Flex-Analysis Charts, 5th Edition,
Power Piping Company, 1970.
3. Perry’s Chemical Engineers Handbook, Fourth Edition (McGraw-Hill Book
Company, New York: 1963).
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4. Combustion Handbook, Second Edition (North American Mfg. Co., Cleve-
land: 1978).
5. Reed, Robert D., Furnace Operations (Gulf Publishing Company, Houston:
1973).
6. Steam/Its Generation and Use (Babcock and Wilcox Company, New York:
1978)
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