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ASME BPVC CODE TRAINING: Online BATCH SCHEDULE

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Lecture Description

• Structure of ASME Section VIII divdiv-1

• Table U
U-33 : Year of Acceptable Edition of Referenced Standards in This Division
• Thin cylinder stress derivations
LECTURE 1 • Important code definitions , Units and Conversions, Concept of MAWP
• ASME Section VIII divdiv-1 - scope and limitations.
• Categories of weld Joints
• Mill Tolerances
• Introduction to Section II Part D , Factor of safety, UG
UG-23)
• Understanding ASME BPV Code and Important Code Definitions
LECTURE 2 • Types of loadings on pressure vessel(UG-22)
• Liquid Static head calculations , manual problem Solving
• What is meant by external pressure on vessel?
• Types of external pressure
• Significance of D/t , L/D and line of support
LECTURE 3 • Thickness calculations for different components
• Cylindrical shell , Spherical shell
• External pressure failures
• Internal and external pressure comparison
Openings in pressure vessel,

• Types of nozzles
• Openings in pressure vessel UG-36
• Shape of Opening
LECTURE 4 • Size of Opening
• Openings in end closures
• Strength and Design of Finished Opening
• Openings in or adjacent to welds – different criterions
• Nozzle neck thickness calculation criteria
• Nozzle neck thickness calcu
calculation as per UG-45
Nozzle Reinforcement requirement, strength and its limits for different components
• Reinforcement Required for Openings in Shells and Formed Heads (UG 37)
• Reinforcement Required for Openings in Flat Heads (UG 39)
LECTURE 5 • Limits of Reinforcement (UG 40)
• Strength of Reinforcement
• Understanding the Reinforcement of Multiple Openings
• Large openings criteria
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• Flange design in detail, Gasket selection, Manual problem solving, and Rectangular
flange design as per PD 5500, Bolt torque calculations.
• Introduction to various types of flange joints, its applications and Flange selection as
per B16.5, B6.47
LECTURE 6 • Significance of gasket M & Y factors in flange design
• Detail understanding and design procedure for Flanges
Flanges-Slip
Slip on, Weld neck, Tongue
and groove, confined flanges.
• Manual calculation of flange as per Appendix 2
• Rectangular flange design as per PD 5500
• Various types of gaskets, its type, application and select
selection
ion criteria
Code requirement of Radiography, PWHT and PFHT

• Understanding the need and significance of PWHT (UCS (UCS-56)

• PWHT exemption requirements in ASME codes
• Procedures and methods for PWHT
LECTURE 7 • Understanding the need and significance of PFHT
• PFHT requirements of code
• Procedures for PWHT and PFHT
• Importance of Radiography
• Types of Radiography
• Joint efficiency criteria
• Heating / cooling rates
Impact Testing requirements of code, procedure and significance (UCS 66)

• Low temperature working of different material

LECTURE 8 • Understanding Impact test requirement
• Impact test code exemptions
• Impact test acceptance criteria
• Material Thickness criteria for iimpact test
• Impact test exemption curves
Hydrostatic test(UG
test(UG-99), Pneumatic test(UG-100)
100) requirements of code, procedure and
significance

• Pressure Testing Requirements

• Hydrostatic Test requirement and significance
• Hydrostatic test procedure and code requirements
LECTURE 9
• Pneumatic Test requirement and significance
• Pneumatic test procedure and code requirements
• Calculating test pressures, Inspection pressures
• Understanding pressurization stages , Test temperatures, Test Time significance
• Maximum allowable stress
• Proof tests to establish maximum allowable working pressure
Different types of vessel support design

• Understanding Wind load, Calculation of wind load IS 875

LECTURE 10 • Understanding Seismic load, Calculation of seismic load IS 1893
• No of supports, distance between supports and load directions
• Leg supports , Lug supports, Hanger supports ,Skirt support
• Lifting lugs detailed aanalysis
nalysis , Trunnions design detailed analysis
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• Load cases Analysis

• Detailed saddle support design and analysis of different loads on horizontal vessel
• Identification of different MOC
• Materials for pressure parts
• Materials for nonnon-pressure parts
LECTURE 11 • Heat treatment procedures and significance
• Effect of alloying elements
• WRC sign conventions
• Welding Figures for different components
Introduction to pressure vessel design software

• Understanding Different commands

LECTURE 12 • Model building and analysis
• Fatigue calculation philosophy as per Div 2.
• Modeling a Pressure Vessel , Heat Exchanger and Support in pressure vessel design
software
• Model building and analysis