Piping Standards and Codes

Organizations that promulgate piping standards include:

ASME - The American Society of Mechanical Engineers - B31 series

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ASME B31.1 Power piping (steam piping etc.)

ASME B31.3 Process piping

ASME B31.4 Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquid

Hydrocarbons and Other Liquids

ASME B31.5 Refrigeration piping and heat transfer components

ASME B31.8 Gas transmission and distribution piping systems

ASME B31.9 Building services piping

ASME B31.11 Slurry Transportation Piping Systems

ASME B31.12 Hydrogen Piping and Pipelines

ASTM - American Society for Testing and Materials

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ASTM A252 Standard Specification for Welded and Seamless

Steel Pipe Piles

API - American Petroleum Institute

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API 5L Petroleum and natural gas industriesSteel pipe for

pipeline transportation systems

EN 13480 - European metallic industrial piping code

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EN 13480-1 Metallic industrial piping - Part 1: General

EN 13480-2 Metallic industrial piping - Part 2: Materials

EN 13480-3 Metallic industrial piping - Part 3: Design and

calculation

EN 13480-4 Metallic industrial piping - Part 4: Fabrication and

installation

EN 13480-5 Metallic industrial piping - Part 5: Inspection and

testing

EN 13480-6 Metallic industrial piping - Part 6: Additional

requirements for buried piping

PD TR 13480-7 Metallic industrial piping - Part 7: Guidance on

the use of conformity assessment procedures

EN 13480-8 Metallic industrial piping - Part 8: Additional

requirements for aluminum and aluminum alloy piping

AWS - American Welding Society

AWWA - American Water Works Association

MSS Manufacturers' Standardization Society

ANSI - American National Standards Institute

NFPA - National Fire Protection Association

EJMA - Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association