GENERAL SPECIFICATION

FOR
PRESSURE VESSEL FABRICATION

1. SCOPE

This specification covers the general requirements for fabrication, workmanship, inspection, and testing of
Air receiver pressure vessels and is intended to supplement the minimum requirements of the applicable
codes. Specifications and standards wherever indicated in the requisition shall be followed unless stated
otherwise.

2. CODES&STANDARDS

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 2.1 Design Codes
The following codes / Standards in their latest edition including their addenda referenced in drawings, shall
form the basis of fabrication, inspection, testing and acceptance of equipment:
a) Construction - ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code Sec. VIII, Div-1, Edition 2019.
- Pipe Flanges and Flange Fittings code, ASME B16.5, Edition 2013.
- Forged Fittings, Socket Welding and Threaded, ASME B16.11, Edt 2016.
- Metallic Gaskets for Pipe Flanges, ASME B16.20, Edition 2017.
b) Materials - ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code Section II, Edition 2019.
c) Welding - ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code Section IX, Edition 2019.
d) NDT - ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code Section V, Edition 2019.

3. FABRICATION

The pressure vessels fabrication must be in accordance with ASME Code Section VIII, and the additional
requirements, as follows.
3.1 General.
 Fabrication of Pressure vessel shall be carried out as per attached drawing. All dimensions have
been mentioned in drawings. Supplier should also take final confirmation of all these dimensions
prior to the fabrication of vessel and Fabricator should discuss all points in a detailed way, If
necessary, any changes required, shall be approved.
 Any alternative material used for fabrication shall be strictly prohibited and fabricator shall obtain
approval for any deviation in mentioned standard procedure used for fabrication of vessel.
 The shell of air receiver shall be fabricated with a single plate.

 All sharp corners shall be rounded off to smooth radius.

3.2Cutting of Plates and Pipes.

 All material should be cut preferably by mechanical cutting processes.

 During fabrication, the prepared edges of plates, pipes and other fittings shall be examined by dye
penetrate method to detect defects such as lamination, cracks etc.All defects shall be removed
/repaired as per approved procedure, and the repaired area shall be inspected.

3.3Dished Ends
a) Refer Dished Ends forming TDC - B2020 – TDC – DEF - 005

3.4Shell Rolling and Drilling

b) Refer Shell Rolling TDC - B2020 – TDC – SR - 006

3.5 Requirement of Nozzle Fit-up.

 Drilling, boring operations shall be adopted for nozzle openings. The nozzle setup should be done
with the inside profile matching and edge preparation of shell opening complying with technical
specifications and the approved fabrication drawings.

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  All nozzles shall be welded ensuring appropriate arrangements of Argon gas purging at back side.
these nozzles shall be radiographed.

 Inside edges of Manholes / Nozzle shall be rounded off smooth with a minimum radius of 3mm.

3.6 Flanges.
 Flange bolt holes shall straddle the normal centerlines of the vessel.

 Gasket contact faces of all flanges shall have smooth finish (250 AARH).

3.7 Welding.
 Flame cut edges shall be grounded as required to remove slag, detrimental discoloration and non-
uniformity of edges.
 All pressure bearing butt welds shall be full penetration, When secondside welding is not possible
due to inaccessibility, single welded butt joints with root run by TIG can be used to ensure full
penetration.

 Nozzles and Man-ways and their reinforcement pads shall be attached to vessel with
fullpenetration welds.

 Only welders who are qualified in the accepted procedure shall be employed for welding.

 All weld edge preparations shall comply with approved geometries. The weld edge preparation
shall be made by proper mechanical means.
 Bevels shall be dimensionally and visually checked for cleanliness

 The Long/C-seam of the shell/dished end shall be carried out by providing suitable Argon gas back
purging arrangement even where shell diameter permits back-chipping. This is to ensure reduce
amount of back-chipping and re-welding.
 Inner weld surfaces of any weld joint shall be ground smooth and finished before carrying out DP
testing of the same.
 The reverse side of the single-V butt joint shall be adequately back chipped to sound material,
checked by DP test and re-welded by GTAW process.
 No grinding is permitted adjacent to the weld seam or on the base metal unless found extremely
necessary. Any such grinding shall be carried out with approval.
 Root welding shall be done by GTAW process with high purity Argon gas shielding.

 Final welding shall be done by SMAW/MIG process.

 Welding to be done as per the approved welding procedure [Welding procedure specification
(WPS) & Procedure qualification record (PQR)].
 The welding procedure qualification and welder performance qualification shall be carried out.
Only qualified welders shall be employed for the fabrication.
 Any rework/repair must be carried out as specified in ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel code with
the approval
 The tank internals shall be free from weld irregularities, flush, checked and inspected for iron and
chloride contamination, offered for inspection before commencing setup of closure joint

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  All weld penetrations of any weld joint shall be ground smooth and finished by sandering before
carrying out DP testing of the same. These all weld edge preparations shall comply with approved
geometries. The weld bevels shall be made by proper mechanical means.

3.7 Tolerances.
c) Refer Drawing of Tolerance for Vessel - B2020 – STD – DTC - 001

4. INSPECTION AND TEST

4.1 NDE Requirements.

 Vessels shall be offered for inspection

 Inspection shall be carried out both during fabrication and before delivery as per approved ITP and
for sub-ordered materials, if any. In addition to final inspection and certification by Inspector,
Inspector’s written approval shall be obtained at all stages of fabrication including, but not limited
to the following:
a) Raw material identification
b) Edge preparation for welding, including visual check for laminations.
c) Alignment of longitudinal seams.
d) Rolling tolerance on individual sections.
e) Alignment of sections.
f) Root pass clearing before welding.
g) Nozzle setting/set up.
h) Dimensional check.
i) Radiographic Examination.
j) Dye penetrant examination / Magnetic particle examination & other NDTs
k) Pressure Test (Hydrostatic / Pneumatic test)
l) Surface preparation, primer and painting.
 Stage wise and final inspection shall be carried out as per approved ITP.

 All plates used for shell & dish shall be 100 % UT tested.

 Radiography must be carried out 100 % on butt-welded joints. All welds other than butt welds shall
be DP tested. The dye used for Dye-penetrate test shall not have chlorides more than 50 PPM
(Preferable brands: Magnaflux/Checkmate).Radiographs have to be carried out using x-ray source
with a sensitivity of 2-2T as per ASME Sec. V.
 All nozzles to shell welds (Root & Final run) shall be examined by DP test.

 All nozzles fabricated from plate, irrespective of thickness of plate, shall be 100% radio graphed.

 All welding edges of all thickness shall be checked by DP examination for detection of cracks,
brumations or segregations.
 Root passes for all welds shall be inspected and cleared by DP test including reverse back gouging
& grinding.

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  The technique employed and the weld quality achieved shall meet the requirement of the code.

4.2 Hydrotest.
 All necessary precautions shall be taken to guard against the risk of brittle fracture duringhydro test
in the shop and at site. The temperature of testing medium shall preferably not less than 16ºC. Prior
to hydrostatic test, all weld spatters, weld stubs, scale, dirt etc., shall be removed from vessel.

 Hydro test shall be conducted at pressures mentioned in Data Sheets after completefabrication and
post weld heat treatment. After hydro testing, vessel shall be thoroughly dried by blowing dry air.

 During hydro test, care shall be taken to avoid local stresses in shell from exceeding 90% ofthe
yield strength of the material at the temporary saddle supports for Div.1 and 95 % for Div.2
equipment’s.
 Hydro test shall be conducted up to minimum 60 minutes, or till the complete visual inspectionof
the vessel whichever is later.

4.3 Pneumatic Test.

 All nozzle RF pads are to be tested pneumatically at 1.25 kg/cm2 (g) using soap solution, before &
after hydro test. Such holes shall be plugged after testing.

5. SURFACE PREPARATION AND PAINTING

 Surface preparation and painting shall be as per standard specification for shop painting.

 All completed equipment shall be cleaned internally and externally to remove scale, dirt,sand,
water and foreign matter.
 The surface preparation of outside surface of vessels/columns shall be done by blastcleaning only.

 All flanged faces and other machined surfaces shall be greased or protected with rustpreventive
coating.

Rev No. Description Prepared Approved Date

REVISION STATUS

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