Online Companion Guide to the ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Codes
Criteria and Commentary on Select Aspects of the Boiler & Pressure Vessel and Piping Codes
eISBN: 9780791861981
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1115/1.861981
PUBLISHER: ASME Press
Publication Date: January 2020, annually updated
Founding Editor (2001-2018): K.R. Rao, PhD, PE
Description
This new, online, eBook edition of the Companion Guide to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Codes is available only by subscription and will provide continuously updated chapters as available for the latest release of the ASME BPV Standard. Up to 20 updated chapters (out of 40 total chapters) are expected each year, which will be available to online subscribers only. Printed hardcopies of the Companion Guide, Six Edition, Volumes 1 and 2, published in 2023, are available for purchase on ASME.org. Please read the Introduction below for more information on updated chapters.
Table of Contents
Foreword on Organization and Operation of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Committees
Thomas P. Pastor, Ralph Hill III, Richard (Rick) Swayne and and Gerald Eisenberg
Chapter 1 Introduction to Power Boilers
Ed Ortman and Jay Vattappilly
Chapter 2 Section VII—Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers
Barrie Mollitor and William L. Lowry
Chapter 3 Part 2, Section II—Materials and Specifications
Elmar Upitis, Richard A. Moen, Marvin L. Carpenter, William Newell Jr., John F. Grubb, Richard C. Sutherlin, Jeffrey Henry and Anne Chaudouet
Chapter 4 A Commentary for Understanding and Applying the Principles of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
Roger F. Reedy
Chapter 5 Subsection NCA—General Requirements for Division 1 and Division 2
Jason Lambin and Richard W. Swayne
Chapter 6 Subsection NB—Class I Components
Chakrapani Basavaraju and Jason Lambin
Chapter 7 Section III: Subsections NC and ND— Class 2 and 3 Components
Chakrapani Basavaraju and Jason Lambin
Chapter 8 Subsection NB, NC, ND-3600 Piping
Mark A. Gray and Jack R. Cole
Chapter 9 Subsection NE—Class MC Components
Roger F. Reedy
Chapter 10 Subsection NF—Supports
R. Peter Deubler and Uma S. Bandyopadhyay
Chapter 11 Subsection NG—Core Support Structures
David Keck
Chapter 12 Nonmetallic Pressure Piping System Components
C. Wesley Rowley and Thomas M. Musto
Chapter 13 Nuclear Pumps
Ross R. Klein and John V. Gregg, Jr.
Chapter 14 Nuclear Valves
Guy A. Jolly
Chapter 15 Code for Concrete Containments
Arthur C. Eberhardt, Christopher A. Jones, Clayton T. Smith and Ola Jovall
Chapter 16 Containments for Transportation and Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Material and Waste
D. Keith Morton, D. Wayne Lewis and Garrick J. Solovey
Chapter 17 Division 5—High Temperature Reactors
Robert I. Jetter and D. Keith Morton
Chapter 18 ASME Section IV: Rules for the Construction of Heating Boilers
Clayton T. Smith
Chapter 19 ASME Section VI: Recommended Rules for the Care and Operation of Heating Boilers
Clayton T. Smith
Chapter 20 Nondestructive Examination (NDE)
Jon E. Batey and G. Wayne Hembree
Chapter 21 Section VIII—Division I: Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels
Steven C. Roberts
Chapter 22 Section VIII: Division 2–Alternative Rules
David A. Osage, Clay D. Rodery, Thomas P. Pastor, Robert G. Brown, Philip A. Henry, and James C. Sowinski
Chapter 23 Section VIII, Division 3—Alternative Rules for Construction of High-Pressure Vessels
V. J. Robert Sims, Jr. and and S. Michael Cooch
Chapter 24 Safety of Personnel Using QuickActuating Closures on Pressure Vessels and Associated Litigation Issues
Roger F. Reedy
Chapter 25 Welding, Brazing and Fusing Qualifications
John P. Swezy, Jr. and Joel G. Feldstein
Chapter 26 Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels and ASME RTP-1–Reinforced Thermoset Plastic Corrosion-Resistance Equipment
Bernard F. Shelley and Juan L. Bustillo
Chapter 27 Overview of Section XI Stipulations
Gary Park and Douglas Scarth
Chapter 28 Repair/Replacement Activities for Nuclear Power Plant Items
Richard W. Swayne
Chapter 29 Section XI: Rules for Inservice Inspection and Tests of Nuclear Power Plant Components
Richard W. Swayne
Chapter 30 Section XI Flaw Acceptance Criteria and Evaluation Using Code Procedures
Russell C. Cipolla
Chapter 31 IWE and IWL
Mark J. Ferlisi, Scott Walden and Jim Staffiera
Chapter 33 Applications of Elastic-Plastic Fracture Mechanics in Section XI, ASME Code Evaluations
Hardayal S. Mehta
Chapter 34 Description of Rules of Section XII Transport Tank Code
Mahendra D. Rana, Stanley Staniszewski and Kang Xu
Chapter 35 ASME Piping Code: B31.1, Power Piping
Jimmy E. Meyer, Kristi A. Vilminot and Joe Frey
Chapter 36 ASME Piping Codes: B31.3 Process, B31.5 Refrigeration, B31.9 Building Services and ASME Standards for Piping: B31E Seismic Design, B31J Stress I-Factors, B31T Toughness Requirements
Jimmy E. Meyer and Kristi A. Vilminot
Chapter 37 Transportation Pipelines, Including ASME B31.4, B31.8, B31.8S, B31G, and B31Q Codes
Michael J. Rosenfeld
Chapter 38 Hydrogen Piping and Pipe Lines
Louis E. Hayden and Jimmy E. Meyer
Chapter 39 ASME Section III Division 4 Fusion Energy Devices Code Rules
William K. Sowder
Chapter 40 History, Philosophy, & Background of Section III, & Development of ASME Code Rules for Nuclear Vessels
Roger F. Reedy
