APPENDIX 19
ELECTRICALLY HEATED OR GAS FIRED JACKETED
STEAM KETTLES
19-1 SCOPE
The rules in Appendix 19 provide additional require-
ments for electrically heated or gas fired jacketed steam
kettles constructed under the rules of this Division.
19-2 SERVICE RESTRICTIONS
No steam or water shall be withdrawn from the
jacket for use external to the vessel and the operating
pressure of the jacket shall not exceed 50 psi.
19-3 MATERIALS
When in contact with products of combustion, austen-
itic stainless steel parts shall be of either the low
carbon or stabilized grades. Structural grade carbon
steel, SA-36 and SA-283 (Grades A, B, C, and D),
shall not be used for any pressure part.
19-4 DESIGN
Welded Categories A and B joints in contact with
products of combustion shall be of Type No. 1 of
Table UW-12.
19-5 INSPECTION AND STAMPING
Electrically heated or gas fired jacketed steam kettles
shall be inspected by an Inspector and shall not be
marked with the UM Symbol regardless of volume
[see U-1(j)].
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19-6 PRESSURE RELIEF
The capacity of the safety valve in pounds of steam
per hour shall be at least equal to the Btu per hour
rating of the burner divided by 1000 or the kilowatt
rating of the electric heating element multiplied by 3.5.
19-7 APPURTENANCES AND
CONTROLS
The jacket shall be furnished with the following
minimum appurtenances and controls [see U-2(a)(4)]:
(a) a pressure gage;
(b) a water gage glass; or alternatively, for electrically
heated jacketed steam kettles with immersion type
heating elements, a low level warning light;
(c) a separate connection, fitted with a stop valve,
for venting air or adding water to the jacket (the water
may be added while the vessel is not under pressure);
(d) an electric heater control or automatic gas valve
controlled by pressure or temperature to maintain the
steam pressure in the jacket below the safety valve
setting;
(e) a low water cutoff that will cut off the fuel to
the burner or power to the electric heating element if
the water in the jacket drops below the lowest permissi-
ble water level established by the manufacturer;
(f) a safety pilot control that will cut off the fuel
to both the main burner and the pilot burner in case
of pilot flame failure.
19-8 DATA REPORTS
When all the requirements of this Division and the
supplemental requirements of this Appendix have been
met, the following notation shall be entered on the
Manufacturer’s Data Report under Remarks, “Con-
structed in Conformance with Appendix 19, Electrically
Heated or Gas Fired Jacketed Steam Kettles.”