Working Within the Requirements of ASME B31.9

Working Within the Requirements of ASME B31.9

NEIL WILSON

What is the Policy?

All pressure system work shall be performed under a nationally recognized Standard

– JLab has opted for ASME

– We use ASME BPV, B31-1, 3, 5, and 9

– If work does not cleanly fall under one of these then the DA has a lot of work to do

What is the Procedure?

See EHS&Q Chapter 6151 for details

How does the MSINST Group comply with this?

• We wrote a SOP to address the majority of our low hazard pressure system responsibilities and remove any unnecessary work load from the DA’s

• We use off the shelf components of known quality thus removing any engineering calculation requirements as per ASME B31.9

What is SOP ENG-08-008-SOP?

It defines:

• How we handle work requirements to operating pressure system piping and/or their components at JLab to help ensure the minimum amount of machine down time due to equipment and/or component failure without the need to involve a DA prior to starting any work

• Reduce the amount of time a DA needs to spend on simple low risk pressure systems designs and installations that utilize off the shelf standard components, parts and materials

What does ENG-08-008-SOP Cover?

Material and Size Limits:

• Pipe and components manufactured in accordance with a specification or standard listed in Table 2 (ASME B31.9 Table 926.1)

• Pipe diameter ≤ 2” IPS with a wall thickness < 0.5” for carbon steel and stainless steel piping

Pressure Limits:

• Maximum design pressure ≤ 350 psig for liquids

• Maximum design pressure ≤ 150 psig for compressed gas plus stored energy calculation of less than 100 kilo Joules (kJ) (P*V < 40 atm/ft3)

• Vacuum and compressed gas piping stored energy calculation: P*V < 40 atm/ft3

What Does ENG-08-008-SOP Cover? (cont.)

Table 1 of this SOP lists the results of 100 kilo Joules (kJ) stored energy calculations for several commonly used pipe and tubing sizes and pressure ranges

Temperature Limits:

1. Nonflammable liquids ≤ 250 °F

2. Gas and vapors ≤ 200 °F

3. Minimum temperature of 0 °F (-18 °C) for all services

4. Joining pipe material and components:

• Pipe joining methods, mechanical and proprietary joints permitted by ASME B31.9 are acceptable

Handling Repairs• We repair or replace the failed piping,

tubing, parts or components with “Like Kind” or “Better”

• Ensure the repair is successful and operational by a “Tightness Check”

• Document what was done as appropriate: – SOP Pressure System Repair Data

Sheet– ATlist, FEList, e-log, etc.– Photos and/or Sketches

• Provide the assigned DA with all required documentation for review, final approval, and filing in “DocuShare”

PRESSURE SYSTEM NAME:

PRESSURE SOURCE:

MAXIMUM SYSTEM PRESSURE:

RELIEF VALVE SETTING:

NOTES:

FABRICATION / INSTALLATION

WELDER

WELD PROCEDURE SPEC. NO.

WELDER QUALIFICATION CHECKED

EXAMINER

FABRICATION / INSTALLATION NOTES:

LEAK TEST RECORD

TEST PRESSURE:

TEST FLUID:

WITNESS:

LEAK TEST NOTES:

APPROVAL

RESPONSIBLE ENGINEER:

DESIGN AUTHORITY:

DOC-U-SHARE FILE :

Example of Repair Documentation

Repair Documentation (cont.)

New InstallationsStep 1: Provide the DA with all relevant information and documentation as required by ASME B 31-9 for their review and approval prior to starting work:

Provide a sketch, drawing or marked up photo detailing the system work to be performed

Identify fabrication material & methods:

1. Welding

• Carbon Steel• Stainless Steel • Aluminum

New Installations (cont.)2. Brazing – Copper or Brass

3. Soldering – Copper or Brass

4. Mechanical - Any material, including PVC• Threaded• Compression• Glued• Hoses

Tightness check plan and documentation.

Note: Gas piping needs close attention

due to store energy considerations.

Step 2: Do the work

Buy the materials with the appropriate documentation:

1. CMTR – Certified Mill Test Report

2. MTR – Mill Test Report

3. COC – Certificate of Compliance

4. Manufactures published specifications

5. JLab X-ray analyzer print out

New Installations (cont.)

Meets with QA to verify:

1. All material documentation acceptance

2. Welders certifications and status for weld process to be used

3. Establish any required examination or inspection needs and/or their hold points

Note: This has to be done prior to starting any welding


Write an installation plan document or traveler

Note: This is done whenever welding is going to be performed and there are QA or QC checks to be performed at various stages of the work. It ensures no unpleasant surprises at the end of the job

Install the new system as per the plan

Test the new system as per the plan


Step 3: What we do when installation is completed:

Review all documentation and file a hard copy in our work area as a reference

Turn the originals or copy of all the documentation over to the DA for:

1. Final review and sign off

2. Assignment of a Pressure System #

3. Entry into “DocuShare” folder/file


New Installation Documentation

What the SOP does NOT Cover

• Welding on any type of gaseous system ≥ 15 psig regardless of pipe diameter or stores energy quantity

• Any work on any system other than LCW, Chilled and Potable water, Instrument Air, or Nitrogen

Questions??????

Hydrogen Recombiner Repair

M. BevinsR. Bailes

PS-LCW-008-001Hall C Dump LCW Surge Tank H2 Recombiner

Heater Well

Hydrogen recombiner located in the Hall C dump cooling building (Bldg95)

Introduction

• The hydrogen recombiner located in the Hall C dump cooling building (bldg95) was found to have gas (nitrogen) leaks through a weld in both heater wells.

• This weld joined a back plate to a 6in tube located internal to the exterior 8in pipe.

• The leaks were found using a soap bubble test on the internal surface of the 6 inch tube.

• Prior to the leak, the system had a pressure cycle between 17 and 22 psi about every 18 hours.– As a result of this leak the system cycle

time decreased to every 2 hours causing constant replenishment of the nitrogen source

Existing Piping Layout

2x Heater Well Cross-Arm (Horizontal)

Detail – Heater Well Cross Arm

Butt-Weld

FusionWeld

Fusion-Weld (FAILURE)

6in O.D. Seam-Welded Tube8in NPS

Seamless Pipe

Back Plate

Soap bubble test found leak

Project Approach

Operations, Installation, MachShop, Meng, RadCon, QA, & Facilities met to determine whether repair would be made now or later and discuss the repair approach

• Repair Now -- Radiological conditions were as good as they were going to get after the extended down

• How?• Only ~1.5 weeks left until lock-up• Decision was made to cut out existing heater wells and

replace them (new flange would include socket-weld connection to cut made in cross-arm 8in outer tube)

• Established that this work would be treated as a repair of an existing “Pressure System”

• Established the DA

• Operating parameters– Temperature: 70°C– Pressure: 17-22psig

• EH&S manual 6151 for pressure system requirements– The H2 Recombiner is classified as a pressure

system/piping based on system pressure exceeding 15 psi

• EH&S manual 6122 for welding requirements – The welds for the H2 Recombiner are

considered to be “Class A” welds based on the fact that the system contains pressure piping exceeding 15 psi

Why “Pressure System”?

Fabrication

• The CEBAF heater wells are an exact copy of a 1960’s SLAC design

• The system was designed for 150 psig

• Our heater wells had been in service for >10 yrs

• Failure possibly due to thermal fatigue – occurred at the intersection of the longitudinal weld seam of the 6 in tube and circumferential weld on the heater well end cap

• Decided to fabricate new wells in accordance with the existing design but use seamless tube

Material Tracking

• Machine shop was aware up-front that this would be considered a pressure system and that all material would need to be closely tracked

• Material certifications were not available for all of the material

• QA went to the shop to determine/verify materials using their chemical analyzer

• QA also verified the 8 in tube material in Bldg 95 (interface for new heater wells)

Analysis, QA Requirements & Peer Review

• Calculations were prepared by the DA– Calculations done in accordance with B31.3 and

BPVC Sect. VIII as applicable and included internal and externally pressurized shell calculations for the 6 and 8 in. tubes, uniformly loaded disc calcs for the end cap, weld joint analysis, etc.

• Inspection/Examination plan (weld procedure/inspection and final system testing) developed by QA, Welder, DA, & Facilities – hold points determined, responsibilities assigned, timeline formalized

• Calculations and QA plan were submitted for technical and Peer Review

• The drawing(s) include a traveler to capture DA, technical and peer reviewer, material certification, dimensional inspection, welding QA, and system testing

Documentation - Drawings and Traveler

I.D. #’s for each weld that requires inspection

Traveler Sheet

Weld #’s corresponding to sht 1 of drawing

Peer Review and DocuShare #

Inspection req’ts per weld

Inspection results

Material Certifications

Post installation discovery

• After installation of the new heater wells in the H2 recombiner the potential for large loads on the wells developed by thermal growth was identified.

• Prior to bringing the system back online, an inspection of the as-welded clearances between the heater wells and the internals of the H2 recombiner was performed and showed zero radial clearance between the ends of the coped baffle and the ID of the 8in tube and zero axial clearance between coped baffle and the 6in vertical tube.

• In-place grinding or similar method of removing material from the baffle to unconstrain the wells was not possible because of the risk of contamination of the LCW.

• A plan was developed to cut the new wells out of the H2 recombiner by parting the 8in tube. Material could then be removed from the baffles and the wells reinstalled ensuring an unconstrained condition.

• This work would be considered as a separate repair and follow the same guidelines as the original repair

Layout of 2nd repair:

The hydrogen recombiner assembly drawing has been revised to include notes and view showing minimum as-welded clearances to ensure the wells can grow unconstrained

Post installation discovery

DocuShare Folder for H2 RecombinerAfter initial log in to DocuShare, navigate to: Facilities\Engineering\Pressure Systems\Pressure Systems Directory and you will see the following.Note: we are currently looking at page 2

Select the Recombiner Repair link to enter the project folder for the heater wells

DocuShare Folder for H2 Recombiner (cont.)

The project folder contains the 7 sub-folders shown. These are suggested folders from 6151-T1. This project was a repair so we will now enter the “Repair” Sub-folder.


You will see that there are 2 Repairs identified in the “Repair Folder” . The first repair was a redesign of the flange and the inner 6” can. During installation a potential problem was identified in regards to the design of the baffle and the interface between a vertical pipe. The second repair documents modifications to the baffle to eliminate potential thermal stresses.

Each repair folder contains the same basic folders as the main project folder, Project Status, Engineering, Manufacturing, and Testing.

The following shows a breakdown of the documents within the Repair 1 folder.

The Engineering folder contains: Atlis entry, drawings, calculations, and photos

The Manufacturing folder contains: work permits, mat’l certs, inspection results, and the traveler

The Testing folder contains: TOSP used to conduct the tightness test


Review of Project Flow

Step 1) Who is the DA?

Step 2) Define the System

Step 3) Classify the System – e.g. Pressure System?

Step 4) Time Line

Step 5) Design, Analysis, & Peer Review

Step 6) Fabrication, Installation, & Final System Testing

Mtg, phone calls, emails, etc

Pressure, Temp, Cycles, etc.

Pressure System? Class A, B, C?

Design, Mat’l procurement, fabrication, installtion, etc.

Drawings, Calcs, DocuShare, TOSPs

NDE, Leak Test, Safety Walk-Through

Step 7) Lessons Learned

Time Line of Events

Problem Identifica

tion

Develop Timeline for

Problem Solution

Complete Peer Review

Build Assemblies and Complete

Inspections Prior to Installation

Re-commision System

Fri, 10/10

Mon, 10/13

Tues, 10/14

Tues, 10/14

Wed, 10/15

Wed, 10/15-16

Thurs, 10/16-20

Mon, 10/20-23

Thurs, 10/23

Identified Potential for Large Thermal Loads – Initiate Fabrication of

Collars for Possible Re-work

Complete Repair/Testing and

Commission of System

Thurs, 10/23

Fri, 10/24

Sat: 2pm, 10/25

Repair 1

Repair 2

Suggestions for the Committee1) Create standard “traveler” templates for drawings

a) These templates should generic enough to be used for Class A, B, & C systems but detailed enough to capture all of the requirements for a Class A system.

b) These can be stored in Ideas along with JLAB generic title blocks, or in the form of word templates, etc.

2) Revise 6151 and 6122 to place the responsibility for quality inspection in the hands of the Quality Assurance group not the Design Authority. The DA does not have adequate training to inspect and certify that a part is defective.

3) Develop an electronic tracking system based on a barcode system that can track the progress of a given job and the person completing each stage of the job. This will reduce the amount of information that needs to be captured on the traveler document. The software would record: material part numbers, fabricator and welder information, quality inspector information, test and inspection results, and time spent on each portion of the job.

4) Develop a system to electronically document discrepancy reports on received material, inspected material, etc. that can be tracked based on vendor or process. Develop a means of resolving certain non-technical issues on site while notifying the correct engineering department for deviations that require a more detailed investigation.

JLAB Pressure Systems Program :

Some Working Document Examples

Ed Daly

Outline

• Introduction• DocuShare Re-visited

– Browser or Windows Explorer• Samples found in Pressure Systems Directory• Summary• Recognition

Introduction

• Application of Pressure Systems Program is Underway– Repairs to two systems were shown today– Plenty of other work is on-going

• Survey of DocuShare Files– Variety of engineering calculations exist– Some drawings and sketches– Fabrication / Manufacturing Data– Pressure testing SOPs, TOSPs and Worksheets

• Need guidance? Look in the Pressure Systems Directory.

DocuShare

Pressure Systems Directory –Web Browser

Pressure Systems Directory – Windows Explorer

Pressure Systems Sample Files

PS-FEL-08-004 : Analysis Note

PS-FEL-08-001 : Analysis Note

PS-CRM-08-002 : Tech Note

PS-TGT-08-001 : Hall Cell Block Design Calcs

PS-CRY-08-015 : Engineering Calc

PS-CRY-08-012 : Buckling Analysis

PS-CRY-08-014 : Assembly Drawing

PS-CRY-08-014 : Assembly Drawing

Bridget and Terrie in DCG can easily upload electronic copies of drawings into Pressure Systems Directory Folders – Just tell them what and where.

PS-CRY-08-010 : Component Pressure Rating

PS-CRY-08-014 : Design Parameter Form

PS-CRY-08-014 : Mill Test Report

PS-CRY-08-012 : Weld Map

PS-CRY-08-010 : Pressure Test Worksheet

Summary

• Application of Pressure Systems Program is Underway– Plenty of other work is on-going

• Survey of DocuShare Files shows that staff are using the Pressure Systems Directory– Find, or better yet, upload a useful

document

• Need guidance? Look in the Pressure Systems Directory.

Special Recognition

Documents

Working Within the Requirements of ASME B31.9