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ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC), Section VII-Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers, 2013
- Table of Contents
- List of Sections [Go to Page]
- INTERPRETATIONS
- CODE CASES
- Foreword
- Statement of Policy on the Use of the Certification Mark and Code Authorization in Advertising
- Statement of Policy on the Use of ASME Marking to Identify Manufactured Items
- Submittal of Technical Inquiries to the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Standards Committees [Go to Page]
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Inquiry Format
- 3 Code Revisions or Additions
- 4 Code Cases
- 5 Code Interpretations
- 6 Submittals
- Personnel
- Introduction [Go to Page]
- Description of Guidelines
- Summary of Changes
- List of Changes in Record Number Order
- Cross-Referencing and Stylistic Changes in the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code [Go to Page]
- Subparagraph Breakdowns/Nested Lists Hierarchy
- Footnotes
- Submittal of Technical Inquiries to the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Standards Committees
- Cross-References
- Subsection C1 Fundamentals [Go to Page]
- C1.100 Steam Generation
- C1.200 Boiler Types [Go to Page]
- C1.210 Firetube Boilers
- C1.220 Watertube Boilers
- C1.230 Electric Boilers
- C1.300 Package Boilers
- C1.400 Field‐Assembled Boilers
- C1.500 Combustion
- C1.600 Boiler Efficiency
- Subsection C2 Boiler Operation [Go to Page]
- C2.100 General Guidelines [Go to Page]
- C2.110 Operator Training
- C2.120 Preventing Explosions
- C2.130 Maintaining Proper Water Level
- C2.140 Maintaining Proper Furnace Pressure
- C2.150 Maintaining Clearance for Expansion
- C2.160 Reference Sources
- C2.200 Preparing for Operation [Go to Page]
- C2.210 Inspection
- C2.220 Chemical Cleaning
- C2.230 Safety Checklist for Inspection
- C2.240 Water‐Side Checklist
- C2.250 Fire‐Side Checklist
- C2.260 External Checklist
- C2.270 Hydrostatic Testing
- C2.300 Starting Up [Go to Page]
- C2.310 General
- C2.320 Establish Water Level
- C2.330 Light‐Off
- C2.340 Going On‐Line
- C2.400 On‐Line Operation [Go to Page]
- C2.410 Operating Data
- C2.420 Water‐Side Operations
- C2.430 Safety Valves
- C2.440 Leaks
- C2.450 Soot Blowing
- C2.460 Ash Removal
- C2.500 Out‐of‐Service Operation [Go to Page]
- C2.510 Shutdown
- C2.520 Draining
- C2.530 Isolation
- C2.540 Water‐Side Cleaning
- C2.550 Fire‐Side Cleaning
- C2.560 Storage
- Subsection C3 Boiler Auxiliaries [Go to Page]
- C3.100 Preparation of Auxiliaries for Service
- C3.200 Fuel‐Burning Equipment [Go to Page]
- C3.210 Preparation for Operation
- C3.220 Ignitors
- C3.230 Gas Systems
- C3.240 Oil Systems
- C3.250 Stokers
- C3.260 Pulverized Coal
- C3.270 Cyclone Furnaces
- C3.280 Emergency Operation
- C3.300 Air Heaters [Go to Page]
- C3.310 Preparation for Placing in Service
- C3.320 Placing in Service
- C3.330 Normal Operation
- C3.340 Emergency Operation due to Fire
- C3.400 Economizers [Go to Page]
- C3.410 Preparation for Placing in Service
- C3.420 Placing in Service
- C3.430 Normal Operation
- C3.500 Boiler feed Pumps [Go to Page]
- C3.510 Preparation for Service
- C3.520 Placing in Service
- C3.530 Normal Operation
- C3.600 Auxiliary Drives [Go to Page]
- C3.610 Motor Startup and Operation Checks
- C3.620 Mechanical Drive Turbine Startup and Operation Checks
- C3.700 Draft Fans [Go to Page]
- C3.710 Preparation for Service
- C3.720 Placing in Service
- C3.730 Normal Operation
- C3.740 Emergency Operation
- C3.800 Dampers
- Subsection C4 Appurtenances [Go to Page]
- C4.100 Safety Valves [Go to Page]
- C4.110 General
- C4.120 Safety Valve Maintenance
- C4.130 Safety Valve Testing
- C4.200 Safety Relief Valves or Relief Valves [Go to Page]
- C4.210 General
- C4.220 Inspection and Maintenance
- C4.230 Testing
- C4.240 Transportation and Installation
- C4.300 Pressure Gages
- C4.400 Fusible Plugs
- C4.500 Feedwater Regulator Valve
- C4.600 Blowdown
- C4.700 Soot Blowers
- Subsection C5 Instrumentation, Controls, and Interlocks [Go to Page]
- C5.100 General
- C5.200 Indicators and Recorders [Go to Page]
- C5.210 Preparation for and Placing in Service
- C5.220 Checking and Testing
- C5.300 Controls and Interlocks [Go to Page]
- C5.310 Controls
- C5.320 Interlocks
- C5.330 Preparation for and Placing in Service
- C5.340 Checking and Testing
- Subsection C6 Inspection [Go to Page]
- C6.100 Scope
- C6.200 Inspection Frequency
- C6.300 Preparation for Inspection [Go to Page]
- C6.310 General
- C6.320 Water Side
- C6.330 Fire Side
- C6.340 External Surfaces and Parts
- C6.400 Inspection of Internal Surfaces and Parts [Go to Page]
- C6.410 All Boilers
- C6.420 Watertube Boilers
- C6.430 Firetube Boilers
- C6.500 Inspection of External Surfaces and Parts [Go to Page]
- C6.510 General
- C6.520 Piping
- C6.530 Safety Valves
- C6.540 Boiler Appliances
- C6.600 Care and Maintenance [Go to Page]
- C6.610 Housekeeping
- C6.620 Certificates and/or Licenses
- C6.630 Record Keeping and Logs
- C6.700 Repairs
- C6.800 Hydrostatic Test
- C6.900 Boilers — General [Go to Page]
- C6.910 All Inspections
- C6.920 Internal Inspections
- C6.1000 Authorized Inspector
- Subsection C7 Repairs, Alterations, and Maintenance [Go to Page]
- C7.100 Repairs and Alterations
- C7.200 Maintenance [Go to Page]
- C7.210 General
- C7.220 Information to Assist in Maintenance
- C7.230 Maintenance Checks
- C7.240 Operating Checks Relating to Maintenance
- C7.300 Boiler Maintenance Programs [Go to Page]
- C7.310 Inspection and Overhaul Procedures
- C7.320 Overhaul Scheduling
- C7.330 Equipment Histories and Spare Parts Inventories
- C7.340 Personnel Training
- C7.350 Equipment Improvement
- C7.400 Steam Boilers [Go to Page]
- C7.410 Watertube Boilers
- C7.420 Firetube Boilers
- Subsection C8 Control of Internal Chemical Conditions [Go to Page]
- C8.100 General
- C8.200 Internal Cleaning of Boilers
- C8.300 Laying Up of Boilers [Go to Page]
- C8.310 Water Side
- C8.320 Fire Side
- C8.400 Deposits [Go to Page]
- C8.410 Scale
- C8.420 Sludge
- C8.430 Internal Deposit Monitoring
- C8.500 Internal Corrosion [Go to Page]
- C8.510 General
- C8.520 Oxygen Corrosion
- C8.530 Caustic Corrosion
- C8.540 Chelate Corrosion
- C8.550 Acid Corrosion
- C8.560 Auxiliary Equipment Corrosion
- C8.570 Inspection
- C8.600 Corrosion Cracking of Boiler Steel
- C8.700 Steam Contamination [Go to Page]
- C8.710 General
- C8.720 Control of Steam Contamination
- C8.800 Sampling, Testing, Controlling, and Reporting of Analyses of Water [Go to Page]
- C8.810 Sampling
- C8.820 Testing
- C8.900 Fire‐Side Conditions [Go to Page]
- C8.910 General
- C8.920 Soot
- C8.930 Slag
- C8.940 Corrosion
- Subsection C9 Preventing Boiler Failures [Go to Page]
- C9.100 General
- C9.200 Overpressure [Go to Page]
- C9.210 Indicators — Steam Pressure Gages
- C9.220 Indicators — Water Glasses
- C9.230 Indicators — Automatic High and Low Level Alarms
- C9.240 Automatic Trip
- C9.250 Relief Equipment — Safety Valves
- C9.260 Relief Equipment — Fusible Plugs
- C9.300 Weakening of Structure [Go to Page]
- C9.310 Boiler Startup
- C9.320 Control of Water Level
- C9.330 Erosion
- C9.340 Internal Corrosion
- C9.350 External Corrosion
- C9.360 Boiler Shutdown
- C9.370 Boiler Out of Service
- C9.380 Failure of Supports
- C9.390 Mechanical Damage
- C9.400 Operation of Combustion Equipment
- C9.500 Furnace Explosions
- C9.600 Furnace Implosions
- Mandatory Appendices [Go to Page]
- Mandatory Appendix I Submittal of Technical Inquiries to the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Committee
- Mandatory Appendix II Standard Units for Use in Equations
- Nonmandatory Appendices [Go to Page]
- Nonmandatory Appendix A Procedures for Care and Maintenance of Package Boilers [Go to Page]
- A-100 Cleaning of Parts and Strainers
- A-200 Care of Motors and Electrical Equipment
- A-300 Drying of Parts after Water Immersion
- A-400 Permanent or Seasonal Shutdown
- Nonmandatory Appendix B Watertube Boilers — Maintenance Checks
- Nonmandatory Appendix C Watertube Boilers — Operating Checks Relating to Maintenance
- Nonmandatory Appendix D Firetube Boilers — Maintenance Checks
- Nonmandatory Appendix E Firetube Boilers — Operating Checks Relating to Maintenance
- Nonmandatory Appendix F Guidance for the Use of U.S. Customary and SI Units in the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code [Go to Page]
- F-100 Use of Units in Equations
- F-200 Guidelines Used to Develop SI Equivalents
- F-300 Soft Conversion Factors
- Glossary
- (A) Boilers and General Terms
- (B) Fuels, Fuel Burning Equipment, and Combustion
- (C) Water Treatment
- Figures [Go to Page]
- C1.2-1 Simple Steam Drum
- C1.2-2 Steam Drum With Tubes
- C1.2-3a Steam Drum Internals — Baffle Type
- C1.2-3b Steam Drum Internals — Double‐Row Arrangement, Cyclone Separator Type
- C3.2-1 Typical Pilot and Gas Piping Arrangement
- C3.2-2 Typical Fuel Oil Train
- C3.2-3 Typical Underfeed Stoker
- C3.2-4 Feeder–Distributor for Firing of Coal on a Spreader Stoker
- C3.2-5 Spreader Stoker, Continuous Ash Discharge Grate
- C3.2-6 Typical Bowl Mill
- C3.2-7 Typical Impact Mill
- C3.2-8 Arrangement of Ball‐Tube Mill
- C3.2-9 Burner for Horizontal Firing of Coal
- C3.3-1 Typical Tubular Air Heater
- C3.3-2 Typical Regenerative Air Heater
- C3.3-3 Details of Regenerative Air Preheater, Bisector Type
- C3.4-1 Typical Economizer
- C3.5-1 Typical Centrifugal Boiler Feed Pump, Water Connections
- C3.6-1 Typical Motor Drive
- C3.6-2 Typical Single Stage Turbine Drive
- C3.6-3 Typical Turbine Drive Arrangement
- C3.7-1 Airfoil Blade Centrifugal Fan With Inlet Vane Control
- C3.8-1 Typical Outlet Fan Dampers
- C4.1-1 Safety Valve Nameplate
- C4.1-2 Typical Safety Valve
- C4.1-3 Recommended Safety Valve Installation
- C4.1-4 Application of Test Gag
- C4.1-5 Hydraulic Lift Assist Device
- C4.2-1 Test Apparatus for Seat Tightness
- C6.1-1 Typical Boiler Water Level Gage Installation
- C6.3-1 Typical Valve Lineup Prior to Inspection
- C6.4-1 Typical Stays
- C6.4-2 Typical Forms of Fusible Plugs
- C8.4-1 Scale Causing Overheating and Tube Failure
- C8.4-2 Deposit Effect on Boiler Tube Versus Tube Temperature
- C8.5-1 Oxygen Corrosion in an Economizer Tube
- C8.5-2 Caustic Gouge‐Type Attack on Boiler Tube
- C8.5-3 Chelate Attack Caused by Excessive Feed of Chemical
- C8.5-4 CO2 Carbonic Acid Attack on Condensate Pipe
- C8.5-5 Oxygen Attack on Condensate Pipe
- C8.6-1 H+ Damage on Boiler Tube
- Tables [Go to Page]
- C4.2-1 Leakage Rates for Safety Relief Valves for Set Procedures to 1,000 psig (7 MPa)
- C8.8-1 Methods for Sampling of Water and Steam
- C8.8-2 Methods of Analysis for the Control of Water for Boilers
- C8.8-3 Useful Tests for the Control of Water for Boilers
- II-1 Standard Units for Use in Equations [Go to Page]
