ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code

ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPV Code) is a code that is published by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers which is used as standard for design, repair and maintenance, inspect, manufacture, and construct boiler and pressure vessel. ASME code is first published in 1914, since 1954 it had been renewed in every 3 years and also ASME will issue addenda every year. The latest edition now is ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code 2010 edition. This code had been accepted internationally.


ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPV Code) consists of 12 sections. Each section consists of parts, divisions, and subsections. The cost to buy complete ASME BPV code is approximately $6500 more. The following below are sections of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code:
a)      ASME BPV Code Section 12 - Rules for the Construction & Continued Service of Transport Tanks
b)      ASME BPV Code Section 11 - Rules for In-service Inspection of Nuclear Power Plant Components
c)      ASME BPV Code Section 10 - Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels
d)      ASME BPV Code Section 9 - Welding and Brazing Qualifications
e)      ASME BPV Code Section 8 - Pressure Vessels. This code consist 3 divisions as follow:
-         ASME BPV Code Section 8 Division 1
-         ASME BPV Code Section 8 Division 2 - Alternative Rules
-         ASME BPV Code Section 8 Division 3 - Alternative Rules for Construction of High Pressure Vessels

f)      ASME BPV Code Section 7 - Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers
g)      ASME BPV Code Section 6 - Recommended Rules for the Care and Operation of Heating Boilers
h)      ASME BPV Code Section 5 - Nondestructive testing
i)      ASME BPV Code Section 4 - Rules for Construction of Heating Boilers
j)      ASME BPV Code Section 3 - Rules for Construction of Nuclear Power Plant Components
-         ASME BPV Code Section 3 - Subsection NCA — General Requirements for Division 1 and Division 2
-         ASME BPV Code Section 3 - Division 1 consists of:
*        ASME BPV Code Section 3 - Division 1 Subsection NB — Class 1 Components
*        ASME BPV Code Section 3 - Division 1 Subsection NC — Class 2 Components
*        ASME BPV Code Section 3 - Division 1 Subsection ND — Class 3 Components
*        ASME BPV Code Section 3 - Division 1 Subsection NE — Class MC Components
*        ASME BPV Code Section 3 - Division 1 Subsection NF — Supports
*        ASME BPV Code Section 3 - Division 1 Subsection NG — Core Support Structures
*        ASME BPV Code Section 3 - Division 1 Subsection NH — Class 1 Components in Elevated Temperature Service
*        ASME BPV Code Section 3 - Division 1 Appendices
-         ASME BPV Code Section 3 Division 2 — Code for Concrete Containments
-         ASME BPV Code Section 3 Division 3 — Containments for Transportation and Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High Level Radioactive Material and Waste

-         ASME BPV Code Section 2 Part A — Ferrous Material Specifications
-         ASME BPV Code Section 2 Part B — Nonferrous Material Specifications
-         ASME BPV Code Section 2 Part C — Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes, and Filler Metals
-         ASME BPV Code Section 2 Part D — Properties (Customary)
-         ASME BPV Code Section 2 Part D — Properties (Metric)



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