UBE GROUP (THAILAND)

ENGINEERING SPECIFICATION

FOR

HEAT EXCHANGERS

ES NO. UBE-E-102

0 Original 16 Sep. ’13 NPT P.PISANU

Rev. Description Date Prepare Check Approve

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. GENERAL
1.1 Scope 3
1.2 Specific Job Requirements 3
1.3 Codes and Standards 3
1.4 Purchaser's Drawings and Specifications 4
1.5 Vendor's Drawings and Documents 4

2. DESIGN
2.1 General 5
2.2 Design Pressure 6
2.3 Design Temperature 6
2.4 Design Loads 7
2.5 Corrosion Allowance 7
2.6 Material 7
2.7 Tolerances 7
2.8 Strength Calculation 8

3. DETAILED DESIGN
3.1 Shells and Channels 8
3.2 Tubes and Tube Bundles 9
3.3 Tubesheet 9
3.4 Expansion Joint 10
3.5 Nozzle and Opening Reinforcement 10
3.6 Bolts and Nuts 11
3.7 Gaskets 11
3.8 Supports 12
3.9 Fittings for Assembly and Disassembly 12

4. FABRICATION
4.1 Plate Layout 12
4.2 Forming 12
4.3 Welding 13
4.4 Heat Treatment 13

5. INSPECTION AND TESTING 15

6. NAMEPLATE, PAINTING AND MARKING

6.1 Nameplate 16
6.2 Painting 16
6.3 Marking 16

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7. PACKING AND SHIPPING

7.1 General 16
7.2 Packing and Preparation for Shipping 16
7.3 Shipping 16

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1. GENERAL

1.1 Scope
This specification together with the requisitions, purchase order/inquiry, attached drawings,
and data sheets covers the requirements to be met by Vendor in the design, fabrication"
inspection, testing, and supply of shell and tube heat exchangers.
This specification shall not be apply to such pressure vessels and heat exchangers that are
normally designed under the manufacturer's standard; i.e. pressure vessels which belong to
packaged unit, pressure vessels which are attached to turbines, engines, pumps, compressors
and other mechanical equipment, etc. However, the manufacturer's specifications are Subject
to Owner's approval.

1.2 Specific Job Requirements

Specific Job Requirements which are attached to this specification cover modifications to this
specification, Customer's special or local requirements as well as specific job data pertinent to
this specification.
Where Specific Job Requirements are in contradiction to this specification, Specific Job
Requirements shall govern.

1.3 Codes and Standards

1.3.1 The following Codes and Standards shall be applied as the minimum requirement
For pressure parts design : ASME Section VIII Div.1 & 2, 2010 Edition
For shell & tube heat exchanger : TEMA Class B-9th Edition (2007)
For material of pressure part : ASTM, AWS, JIS, DIN
Manufacturer's Country of Origin with OWNER's approval
For flange : ASME B16.5 (Refer to Table U-3 of ASME Section
VIII Div. 1)
For screw thread of bolt and nut : ASME B 1.1 for ASME Flanges
IS0-261 for others
For welding qualification : ASME sect IX, 2010 EDITION
For expansion joint : Tube sheet by ASME Expansion joint by EJMA
or
Tube sheet by TEMA Expansion joint by TEMA
1.3.2 It shall be the responsibility of Vendor that all aspects of the design, fabrication,
inspection and testing conform to the requirements of the specified codes and
standards, and legal requirements.
1.3.3 Where there are conflicts between Purchaser's drawings/ specifications and the
specified codes/standards or legal requirements, such conflicts shall be promptly
referred to Purchaser.
1.3.4 Combined stress calculation for vertical vessels shall be carried out in accordance with
JPI-7R-35-2004."Design of Vertical Vessels Supported by Skirt" or BS 5500, against
wind and earthquake shall be referred to Basic Engineering Design Data. Wind load
shall be calculated in accordance with Sect 3.9 of Engineering Specification for Design
Loadings UBE-A-100.

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1.4 Purchaser's Drawings and Specifications

1.4.1 Purchaser will furnish Vendor with the drawings as indicated in Purchaser's requisition
sheets.
1.4.2 Either Formal Sketches or Engineering Drawings will be furnished to Vendor as
Purchaser's drawings.
(1) Formal Sketches (hereinafter referred to as Sketches) which are prepared based
on Purchaser's basic design work, contain such information as the shape, basic
dimensions, design conditions, materials for primary parts, and nozzle
specifications as required by the Vendor to accomplish his mechanical design of
the heat exchanger.
(2) Engineering Drawings (hereinafter referred to as Eng. Dwg's) contain, in
addition to the above information on Sketches, some constructional details
based on mechanical design of the vessels, as well as engineering information
necessary for planning, piping and foundation design of the heat exchanger.
1.4.3 Eng. Dwg's will be issued in the following steps. And at each step additional
information and/or revisions will be provided. Vendor shall proceed with his work in
accordance with purpose of each issue.
(1) Preliminary or for Information
(2) For Inquiry or for Approval
(3) Approved for Material Purchase only
(4) Approved for Construction (AFC)
(5) Final
1.4.4 Purchaser's Vessel Standards are to supplement Eng. Dwg's and Sketches, and
applicable standards sheets will be indicated on Eng. Dwg's or Sketches.
1.4.5 The related engineering specification to supplement this specification are as follows.
These specifications, when indicated on purchaser's requisition sheets shall form an
integral part of the purchase order.
(1) UBE-D-112 "Marking for vessels & Heat Exchangers"
(2) UBE-D-202 "Inspection and Tests for Vessels & Heat Exchangers"
(3) UBE-D-301 "Painting Works"
(4) UBE-R-453 "Shipping and Packing Instructions"
(5) - “Basic Engineering Design Data”
(6) UBE-L-101 "Thermal Insulation Design"
(7) UBE-A-100 "Design Loadings"
(8) UBE-D-100 "Vessel Standard"
1.4.6 Where requirements in Purchaser's drawings or specifications are not acceptable by
Vendor, suggested alternatives shall promptly be referred to Purchaser for approval.

1.5 Vendor's Drawings and Documents

1.5.1 Vendor shall submit to Purchaser drawings and documents as called for in Purchaser's
requisition sheets.
1.5.2 All drawings and documents shall give the name of the client (end user), Purchaser's
Job No., Item No., and name of the commodity.
1.5.3 Drawings and documents to be submitted shall be in metric, Celsius and kilogram unit.
As a rule, drawings shall be prepared to scale and in third angle projection.

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1.5.4 When Sketches are provided, Vendor shall prepare Eng. Dwg's covering the same
contents as specified in Par. 1.4.2 (2). Such drawings may be used as Vendor's
assembly drawings with necessary information that may be added by him for his work.
1.5.5 Vendor's shop drawings shall contain:
(1) Title block (Purchaser's Job No., Item No., and name of the commodity)
(2) Design data (conforming to Purchaser's drawings)
(3) Material list (material specifications and quantities for all parts including spare
parts)
(4) Nozzle list (conforming to Purchaser's drawings)
(5) All welded seams, and weld and surface finish symbols
(6) Detailed dimensions and thicknesses
1.5.6 Vendor's strength calculations shall cover:
(1) All pressure holding parts
(2) Opening reinforcements
(3) Expansion bellows
(4) Supports
(5) Pass partition plate when specified
(6) Flow induced vibration of bundle when specified
(7) Local stress analysis when specified
1.5.7 For heat exchangers fabricated and/or assembled at job site, Vendor shall submit the
instructions for the work. Packing specifications and sketches shall also be provided.
1.5.8 Purchaser's approval for Vendor's drawings and documents shall not relieve Vendor of
his responsibility to meet all requirements of the purchase order.

2. DESIGN

2.1 General
2.1.1 Shell and tube exchanger shall be designed according to
(a) TEMA Class "B" when handling fouling fluid;
(b) TEMA Class “C" when handling clean fluid. (ff < 0.0002 m2 hr oC/kcal)
If for process reason other design may be applied by the Owner/Contractor under his
design criteria and experience.
2.1.2 Overall heat transfer coefficient (U) calculation divided by Overall heat transfer
coefficient (U) design shall be more than 1.10 in additional to design margin which is
specified by the Process Licensor.
2.1.3 Fouling fluid shall be in tube side. If for process reason the fouling fluid can be in shell
side and the floating head type shall also be provided.
2.1.4 U-tube designs are not allowed when the tube side fouling factor is greater than
0.0002 m2 hr oC/kcal
2.1.5 Major equipment shall be designed for 25 years operating life. However, for corrosive
or erosive areas where material can easily be replaced, a minimum service life of 10
years is acceptable.
2.1.6 Cooling water velocity shall not lower that than 1.5 m/s or higher than 2.5 m/s. If its
velocity is out of that range, list of heat exchanger, shall be submitted to Owner for
approval during engineering period.

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2.1.7 Heat exchangers and reboilers with fixed tubesheets, with or without an expansion
bellow in the shell, or exchangers with longitudinal baffles may be applied by the
Contractor under his design criteria and experience and shall be approved by the
Owner prior to fabrication.
2.1.72.1.8 Each exchanger shall be at least defined by the following data:
- The thermal duty or enthalpies curves of fluids.
- The physical and thermodynamic conditions of the fluids at the inlet and outlet.
- The hydraulic conditions such as viscosity, velocity, pressure drop.
- The number of passes for each fluid.
- The corrosion allowances.
- The diameter, length and arrangement of the tubes, the diameter of the shell,
the exchange surface, the layout of the baffles and the TEMA type.
- The fouling factor and total heat transfer-coefficient.
- The design conditions (temperature and pressure).
- The materials and their ASTM references.
- The weight both empty and filled with water and the weight of the bundle alone.
- The data shall be presented in the form of Standard Specifications sheet of
TEMA. Each sheet shall defined exchanger by using TEMA nomenclature with
specific features proposed. The heat transfer surface shall be net effective
transfer surface.
2.1.9 For each exchanger circuit, for each operating run, start-up, normal shutdown and
emergency shutdown, the maximum temperature and pressure conditions duty and
fluid conditions shall be issued for each operating case.
2.1.10 The design shall take account the configuration of the piping, the presence of block
valves, the maximum discharge pressure of compressors and pumps and the pressures
at which safety valves are set.

2.2 Design Pressure

2.2.1 The design pressure shall be as indicated on purchaser's drawings.
2.2.2 Parts subjected to both shell and tube side fluids shall be designed to withstand the
pressure on shell side only and tube side only, and the most severe combination of the
pressure unless Purchaser's drawings explicitly require other design conditions.
2.2.3 When design pressure is specified as full vacuum (F.V) in Purchaser's drawings
specifications, Pressure vessels shall be designed for extema1 pressure of 1.033
kg/cm2 and internal pressure of 2.0 kg/cm2G and design internal pressure, as indicated
on Purchaser’s drawing whichever is the greater.

2.3 Design Temperature

2.3.1 The design temperature shall be as indicated on purchaser's drawings.
In case of the design temperature indicated on Purchaser's drawings/specifications
higher than the minimum ambient temperature for mechanical design basis specified
on "Basic Engineering Design Data", the minimum design metal temperature is the
Minimum Ambient Temperature
2.3.2 Parts in contact with both fluids having different temperatures shall be designed for
the higher temperature of the two. When operating temperatures are 15oC or less,
they shall be designed for the lower temperature of the two.

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2.4 Design Loads

2.4.1 Exchangers and their supports shall be designed for the erection, operating, test
conditions and maintenance.
Exchangers and their support and foundation shall be designed so as to bear the field
hydrostatic test load under the installed condition.
The exchanger design must thus take the static head of liquid, whilst the foundation
and supports should take the additional weight of liquid, into consideration. Allowance
shall also be made for attached piping.
2.4.2 Fixed supports and anchor bolts shall be designed to withstand a minimum horizontal
force equal the bundle weight multiplied by 1.5.
2.4.3 In case of stacked shells of two or more exchangers the support system shall be
adequate to accommodate the loads of the upper shells without distortion and to resist
the axial load from pulling the upper bundles. No buckling shall be allowed.

2.5 Corrosion Allowance

2.5.1 The corrosion for the shell shall be specified by Purchaser for 25 years operation life of
the vessels. Anyhow, the minimum corrosion allowance for carbon steel and low allow
steel shall not be less than 1.6 mm.
Unless otherwise specified in Purchaser's drawings/specifications, corrosion allowance
for shell & tube type heat exchangers shall be in accordance with TEMA class 'B'.
2.5.2 Unless otherwise specified in the drawings, the corrosion allowances are not required
for tubes, backing devices and non-pressure parts such as baffles, supports,
impingement baffles, pass partition plates, etc.
2.5.3 The corrosion allowance shall not be required for external surfaces of exchangers.
2.5.4 When the service conditions are such that it is not practicable to provide corrosion
allowances by added base metal, a solid corrosion resistant material, or lining,
cladding, deposit or coating of the corrosion resistant material shall be used. The
minimum thickness shall be 2 mm for lining and cladding, and 3 mm for weld deposit
after machining. The minimum thickness of cladding on tube sheet shall be 8 mm.
2.5.5 Total corrosion allowance of 1.0 mm on the diameter of the bolt shall be considered for
foundation bolts.
For external surface of vessels and external accessories such as platforms skirts lugs
and setting bolts, no corrosion allowance is provided.

2.6 Material
2.6.1 The materials for primary parts shall be as specified on Purchaser’s drawings.
2.6.2 Materials of the parts not specified on Purchaser's drawings or vessel standards shall
be decided by vendor and shall be submitted by showing on the Vendor's drawings for
Purchaser's approval.
2.6.3 Vendor may propose the use of alternative materials. Such alternatives shall be clearly
indicated on his proposal giving the official material designation or the chemical
composition and physical properties for such materials having only a trade or supplier
designation, and shall be submitted for Purchaser's approval.

2.7 Tolerances
2.7.1 Unless otherwise specified, tolerances shall be in accordance with Engineering
Specification UBE-D-202, Inspections & Tests of Vessels and Heat Exchangers.

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2.7.2 The thickness after forming of any pressure holding parts shall not be less than the
design minimum thickness.

2.8 Strength Calculation

2.8.1 The thicknesses indicated on Purchaser's drawings are those proposed by Purchaser.
Vendor shall check and confirm under his guarantee that such thicknesses provide the
proper strength under the specified conditions. Any lesser thickness considered by
Vendor shall immediately be referred to purchaser, but in no case will any proposed
thickness be decreased without Purchaser's prior approval, even if it has an extra
margin beyond the required thickness.
2.8.2 Connecting dimensions shall not be changed by Vendor, even if such change is
required resulting from the strength calculation. However, if nozzles, reinforcement
pads, and main seams should interfere with each other, these dimensions may be
changed upon Purchaser's approval.
2.8.3 Stresses induced on shell by support saddles shall be checked according to JPI-7R-52-
76 or zick method, if necessary. Analysis for local stress caused by nozzle and
attachment reaction under operation conditions and lifting lug for equipment shall be
conducted in accordance with WRC 107 and 297, if necessary.
2.8.4 Combined stress calculation for vertical vessels shall consider (under corroded
condition) the hydrostatic test condition after installation at the plant site. However,
the seismic load shall not be considered for design of vertical vessels during
hydrostatic test at the plant site.
2.8.5 Unless otherwise specified, the following weight for equipment shall be included into
erection weight for calculation under erection condition.
- Platform and ladders
- Piping
- Insulation
- Tray and other internals, except packing and catalyst
- Accessories
2.8.6 Corrosion resistance lining shall not be considered as contributing to the strength.

3 DETAILED DESIGN

3.1 Shells and Channels

3.1.1 The angle of a conical section of kettle type exchangers shall be in general 30o
(degrees).
3.1.2 For fixed tubesheet construction Vendor shall determine the necessity of expansion
bellows according to the ASME Section VIII Div.1 Part UHX standard. The metal
temperatures of shell and tubes will be specified on purchaser's drawings. Subtract
20oC from those temperatures in calculation in general.
Unless otherwise specified, expansion joints, if required, shall be bellows type and
rated for 3,000 cycles at full design movement in accordance with EJMA.
3.1.3 Strength calculation on channel covers shall conform to the requirement of the ASME
Section VIII Div.1.
3.1.4 Girth flanges shall have a confined gasketed joint to hold the gasket in place during
assembly.
3.1.5 In general all girth flanges shall be of welding neck construction, except that slip-on
flanges shall be used when exchangers are made of high alloy steels or nonferrous

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metals or when design pressure is 20 kg/cm2G or less, and design temperature 350oC
and less.
3.1.6 Vent and drain holes of approx. 6 mm in diameter shall be provided at the highest and
lowest points of each pass partition plate.

3.2 Tubes and Tube Bundles

3.2.1 The length specified on Purchaser's drawings shall be end-to end length for straight
tubes, and for U-tubes the length measured from end to return bend tangent.
3.2.2 Tube thicknesses will be specified on purchaser's drawings as the minimum
thicknesses.
3.2.3 Each U-tube shall be formed from a single length and mean radius of U-tube bend
shall not be less than 2 times the tube outside diameter.
3.2.4 If strength welded tube-to-tubesheet joints are impracticable and/or impossible,
expanded tube-to tubesheet joints with two square edged groove may be applied.
3.2.5 Strength welded and light expanded tube-to-tubesheet joints are considered as
standards. Vendor shall submit the welding procedure, welding methods and inspection
methods for purchaser's approval.
3.2.6 Baffles and support plates shall be tied together with rods and spacers, and for
horizontal exchangers they shall be provided with notches at the lowest point to permit
full drainage of the shell.
3.2.8 For exchangers those do not require baffles, support plates of 45% vertical cut shall
generally be provided. Support plates need not be cut for kettle type exchangers.
These support plates shall be so spaced that unsupported tube length does not exceed
the value specified in the TEMA Standard.
3.2.9 Clamp bands shall be installed for kettle type exchangers.
3.2.10 Tube shall be seamless. Circumferential welds in tubes are not acceptable.
3.2.11 Austenitic materials require only the U-bends to be solution annealed beyond the
tangent line after bending. Contractor shall submit the procedure for the Owner's
review. Annealing shall be performed electrically in accordance with the ASTM
standard appropriate to the particular material grade.

3.3 Tubesheet
3.3.1 Tubesheets shall be designed in accordance with the ASME Section VIII Div.1 provided
that calculated thicknesses meet the code requirement.
3.3.2 Tubesheet calculations shall be based on at least to the following conditions in both
corroded and uncorroded state,
- Normal operating conditions.
- Shell side start-up, no fluid tube side.
- Tube side start-up, no fluid shell side; shell at most severe ambient temperature.
- Shell side pressure failure.
- Tube side pressure failure.
- Specified turn-down operating conditions.
- Hydro Test.
- "Steam-Out" or other cleaning procedures, when specified.
3.3.3 When longitudinal baffles are welded to the shell, the welding seams shall not be close
to the longitudinal welded seams of the shell. The Fixed tubesheets shall be provided
with the gasket grooves for the baffles.

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3.3.4 Clad tube sheet is not allowed.

3.4 Expansion Joint

3.4.1 In general, expansion joints are not allowed on exchanger shells. During the design
phase expansion joints may be allowed in a few instances, but only with Owner
approval. Expansion joints shall be the "OMEGA" type unless otherwise approved by
the Owner.
3.4.2 All expansion joints must be capable of withstanding a minimum of 5000 cycles.
3.4.3 "OMEGA" expansion joints must be the same material as the shell, with the same
corrosion allowance. Minimum thickness shall satisfy TEMA requirements.
3.4.4 Bellows type of expansion joints are not allowed in hydrocarbon service.
3.4.5 Design of fixed tubesheet exchangers shall use the most stringent of the following
criteria in determining the need for an expansion joint:
- Normal operating conditions.
- Shell side start-up, no fluid tube side.
- Tube side start-up, no fluid shell side; shell at most severe ambient temperature.
- Shell side pressure failure.
- Tube side pressure failure.
- Specified turn-down operating conditions.
- Hydro Test.
- "Steam-Out" or other cleaning procedures, when specified.
3.4.6 Bellows-type internal expansion joint between the floating head and the shell cover
may be used subject to the following conditions:
- The expansion joint shall be hydraulically-formed corrugated bellow type and
shall be able to withstand the full design and test pressure of either side of the
exchanger.
- The construction shall be such that it can be disassembled without cutting, if
possible, for access to the floating tubesheet, removal of tube bundle, and for
replacement of the bellows and floating head.

3.5 Nozzles and Opening Reinforcement

3.5.1 In general nozzles shall be flanged and 3/4 in. minimum in size. The type, rating and
facing of nozzles flanges and thicknesses of nozzle necks shall be in accordance with
Purchaser's drawings and Vessel Standards.
3.5.2 All high and low points on shell and tube sides of exchangers not otherwise vented or
drained shall be provided with 3/4 in. connections for vent and drain.
3.5.3 When male and female (M&F) or tongue and groove (T&G) type flanges are specified,
the nozzle flange facing of the heat exchangers shall be of female or groove type.
3.5.4 Drain nozzles shall be trimmed flush with the inside surface of the heat exchangers.
3.5.5 Nozzles to be welded directly to the connecting piping will be indicated on Purchaser's
drawings. Caps for pressure testing shall be attached to the nozzles by welding. After
the pressure testing the caps shall be cut off, and the nozzles machined to form the
specified welding edges.
3.5.6 The facing of the intermediate nozzles between the units which are to be stacked shall
be FF or RF type.
3.5.7 Level gauge nozzles of kettle type exchangers shall be supported from the shell.

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3.5.8 Nozzles shall not generally be provided with connections for pressure gauges and
thermometers.
3.5.9 The opening reinforcement shall be so designed as not to limit the maximum allowable
working pressure of the heat exchanger.
3.5.10 The reinforcement for the nozzle opening shall be of integral type, when required by
the applicable codes/standards or where all of the following conditions apply:
(1) Design temperatures exceed 350oC
(2) Design pressures exceed 30 kg/cm2
(3) Plate thicknesses exceed 50 mm
3.5.11 Nozzles sized 2 in. nominal and larger shall generally be provided with reinforcement
plates. Each reinforcement plate shall be provided with at least one tell-tale bole of 1/4
in. NPT thread. The tell-tale bole shall not be provided on the reinforcement plate in
the longitudinal direction of the vessel.
3.5.12 In general, nozzles are subject to external loads. Vendor shall check the strength of
the nozzles and shells against external loads based on Purchaser's information and
shall provide additional reinforcements if required.
3.5.13 Roughness of flange gasket face except ring type face, shall be 125 RMS max. for
vacuum service and 250 RMS max. for others.

3.6 Bolts and Nuts

3.6.1 Unless otherwise specified, all bolting threads to be used for vessels shall be ISO
metric system as set out in VS-23 of Vessel Standard except for ASME standard
flanges.
3.6.2 Threads of bolts and nuts shall be coated before installation with lubricant to prevent
galling of the thread.

3.7 Gaskets
3.7.1 The hardness of metal gaskets shall not exceed the values in the following table.

Gasket Materials Brinell Hardness

Soft Iron, Low Carbon Steel and Nickel 120
5% Cr - ½% Mo Steel 140
Austenitic Stainless 160

3.7.2 All metal and metal jacketed, non-asbestos gaskets shall be confined type with a
double crimped face and of a total thickness at least 3 mm before compression. The
metal envelope shall be 0.6 mm thickness.
3.7.3 For hydrocarbon and hydrogen service, the girth joint gaskets shall be solid metal
type; spiral wound non-asbestos filled type or double jacketed metal asbestos filled
type.
3.7.4 For hydrogen service, the material of gasket shall provide hydrogen protection and
corrosion protection equal or better than minimum requirements on material involves
at joint.
3.7.5 For cooling water service, the anti-corrosive compressed non-asbestos is acceptable.
3.7.6 For high-pressure and high-temperature and hydrogen service, the ring type joints or
spiral wounded gaskets with retention ring shall be used (Class 150 rating and higher).

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3.7.8 For design temperatures above 425oC the material shall be TP 345 or TP 321 or TP
316 stainless steel. Below 400oC stainless steel TP 304 is acceptable.
3.7.9 Copper gasket is not permitted.

3.8 Supports
3.8.1 Units which are to be stacked shall be provided with the required additional
intermediate supports and liners for elevation adjustment.
3.8.2 Lug or saddle supports for the vertical or horizontal vessels/heat exchangers with
design temperatures less than 0o C shall be provided with wooden pillows according to
Vessel Standards.

3.9 Fittings for Assembly and Disassembly

3.9.1 To facilitate breaking gasketed joint of main girth flanges, jack screws or (at the
periphery of the male flange) a cutback of 5 mm to a depth of approximately 30 mm
and width of 30 mm shall be provided.
3.9.2 Guide rails shall be provided for kettle type exchangers and the horizontal exchangers
with the removable bundle weighing 10 tons and over.
3.9.3 Each channel, channel cover and shell cover shall be provided with plate type welded-
on lifting lug with 25 mm diameter hole.
3.9.4 Tapped holes for insertion of eyebolts shall be provided on the outer face of
tubesheets of removable bundles and floating head cover flanges
3.9.5 Alignment marks shall be provided to prevent mis-assembly of channel covers, channel
flanges, shell flanges, shell cover flanges and floating heads.

4 FABRICATION

4.1 Plate Layout

4.1.1 Shell plates shall be laid out so that there will be a minimum of welded seams.
4.1.2 If a reinforcement plate and/or attachments must cover a weld seam, the entire
bidden length plus a distance of 50 mm beyond the attachment weld shall be full
radiographed prior to the attachment of the pad.
4.1.3 Longitudinal welded seams on adjacent shell segments shall be separated by at least 4
times the wall thickness of the thicker plate but not less than 100 mm.
4.1.4 Longitudinal and circumferential welded seams shall be kept out of the internal welds
insofar as practical, and shall be so located that they can be easily inspected with
internals in place.

4.2 Forming
4.2.1 Selection of hot or cold forming of materials may be made by Vendor, but heat
treatment after forming shall conform to Par. 4.4.
4.2.2 Despite Par. 4.2.1, austenitic stainless steel shall generally be subjected to cold
forming. Hot forming shall not be employed unless approval has been obtained from
Purchaser.
4.2.3 A formed head shall generally be made of single plate and shall be formed by cold or
hot press, or hot spinning.
4.2.4 When temporary attachments are required during the forming work, they shall be
welded to the shell plate using the same welding procedures as for the main seams.

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After removing these attachments, the surface shall be ground flush and examined by
either magnetic particle or liquid penetrant method.
4.2.5 When forming of clad steel is required, Vendor shall submit prior to operation, the
procedure for Purchaser's approval.

4.3 Welding
4.3.1 As a rule exchangers shall be welded by the fusion arc process. Electrogas or
electroslag welding shall be subject to Purchaser's approval.
4.3.2 Welders shall be qualified in accordance with the specified codes or standards.
4.3.3 Pressure holding seams shall normally be full penetration double-welded butt joints.
Single-welded butt joints which ensure full penetration may be used, where double
welded butt joints are impractical.
4.3.4 Welding electrodes and wires shall have chemical composition and mechanical
properties equal to or of higher grade than the base material
4.3.5 Stainless steel welding and dissimilar welding of stainless to carbon or low alloy steels
shall be carried out conforming to Vessel Standard
4.3.6 Welding procedures for any dissimilar welds of stainless to carbon or low alloy steels
shall be presented in full detail to purchaser for approval.
4.3.7 Welding procedures shall be selected to minimize the residual stress insofar as
practical.
4.3.8 Preheating shall be carried out for carbon and low alloy steel welding as required. The
preheating temperature shall be kept uniform from the start to the end of welding.
4.3.9 The minimum bead length for low and high alloy steel shall be 80 mm.
4.3.10 As a rule, tubes shall be welded to tubesheet by at least two pass welding when
strength weld are applied.
The welding shall be carried out before expanding tubes to tubesheet.
When manual welding are applied 10 the strength welding, a filler metal on first pass
shall not be used, unless otherwise agreed.

4.4 Heat Treatment

4.4.1 Unless otherwise stated in purchaser's drawings, postweld heat treatments shall be
carried out in accordance with the applicable codes or standards, and the following
additional requirements.
4.4.2 The maximum postweld heat treatment or stress relief temperature shall not exceed
the lower of the following values:
(1) Maximum temperature listed in the applicable codes or standards.
(2) The tempering temperature if tempering was performed.
(3) The following temperatures for the listed materials.
(a) Carbon and 2-1/2 to 3-1/2% Ni Steel : 650 oC
(b) C-1/2% Mo and Mn-Mo Steel : 690 oC
(c) 1/2% Cr-1/2% Mo Steel : 690 oC
For design temperatures of 480oC and over, the postweld heat treatment
shall be in the temperature range of 680 oC to 730 oC for a period of 4
hours minimum,
(d) 3/4 to 9% Cr-Mo Steel : 745 oC
4.4.1 Plates, seamless heads, parts of built-up heads, and similar pressure holding parts
subject to cold or hot bending, forming or forging shall be heat treated as required by

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Table 1. Annealing, normalizing, and tempering required by Table 1 shall be performed

in accordance with Table 2.
Incase less stringent than ASME. the requirement of Heat Treatment shall be in
accordance with ASME Section VIII Div.1.
4.4.4 Welds with a thickness of 19 mm or greater made by electroslag or single pass
electrogas processes shall be normalized.
4.4.5 No welding shall be performed on vessels after the fina1 postweld heal treatment
4.4.6 When clad steel or dissimilar welded parts are heat treated, the heat treating
procedure shall be submitted for Purchaser's approval.

Table 1 Bending, Forming, and Forging Heat Treatment Requirements

Cold Bending or Hot Bending or Forming
Type of Material Forging
Forming (1) (1)

Normalize if heated
C Steel None (2) None
Above 980 OC
C – ½% Mo Steel None (2) None Normalize

½% Cr – ½%
None (2) None Normalize and temper
Mo steel

Normalize and temper to Normalize and temper

1 to 9% Cr – Mo
None (2) conform to mill test report to conform to mill test
Steel
Heat treatment report Heat treatment

AISA types 304,

None Anneal Anneal
316, 321 And 347

2 to 6% Ni Steel None Normalize and temper Normalize and temper

Incoloy None None None

Incoloy,
Solution anneal Solution anneal Solution anneal
AISI type 310

Heat treatment to
Steel enhanced by Heat treatment to
None (2) conform to mill test
heat treatment conform to mill test report
report

Notes:
(1) Bending and forming are defined for ferritic materials as cold when the temperature is below
the maximum temperature permitted by Par. 4.4.2 and hot when above 870oC and for
austenitic materials as cold when the temperature is 593oC or under, and as hot when over
593oC. Bending and forming shall not be performed on ferritic materials at temperatures
between the maximum cold temperature and 870oC
(2) Pressure vessel formed parts having a ratio of thickness to local radius greater than 5% shall
be stress relieved prior to any subsequent operations.

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Table 2 Heat Treating Requirements (3)

Heat Soaking Temp. Method of
Type of Material Holding Time (Hour)
Treatment (OC) Cooling
1 per 25 mm of
AISI types 304, 316,
1,040 to 1,100 thickness but not less
321 and 347
than ½ Water
quench or air
Anneal Incoloy 1150 (1) 1 per 25 mm of
blast
thickness but not less
AISI type 310 1150 than 1

C Steel
C – ½% Mo Steel 900 to 950 1 per 25 mm of
1/2 to 9% Cr – Mo Steel thickness but not less
Normalize than 1/2 Still air
2 to 6% Ni Steel 820 to 845
1/2 to 9% Cr – Mo 1 per 25 mm of
700 to 760 In furnace (2)
Temper Steel thickness but not less
2 to 6% Ni Steel 563 to 650 than 1 Still air

Notes:
(1) The temperature range during heat treatments shall be plus 0, minus 30oC.
(2) After attaining the soaking temperature and maintaining the required holding time, the cooling
time to 430oC shall not be less than one hour.
(3) Procedures listed in this table are Purchaser's proposal. Vendor may adopt alternative
procedure upon Purchaser's prior approval.

4.4.7 Channels, bonnets and floating head shall be stress relieved, when required by TEMA.
4.4.8 The gasket faces of shell and channel girth flanges shall be machined after heat
treatment
4.4.9 The following U-tubes shall be heat treated after bending.
(1) Tubes to be used in the environment of stress corrosion cracking.
(2) Al-killed steel or 3-1/2% Ni steel tubes of which mean bending radius is less
than or equal to 5 times the tube outside diameter.
(3) Cr-Mo steel
4.4.10 When fixed tubesheet exchanger bundles shall be heat treated, the instruction shall be
submitted for Purchaser's approval.

5 INSPECTION AND TESTING

All heat exchangers shall be inspected and tested in accordance with the Engineering
Specification UBE-D-202, Inspection & Tests of Vessels & Heat Exchangers, unless otherwise
specified on purchaser's drawings.

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6 NAMEPLATE, PAINTING AND HARKING

6.1 Nameplate
6.1.1 A nameplate as shown in Vessel Standards shall be mounted on each exchanger.
6.1.2 Location of nameplates will be indicated in purchaser's drawings.

6.2 Painting
6.2.1 Painting material, application and external surface preparation for painting shall be in
accordance with Engineering Specification UBE-O-301.
6.2.2 All flange faces and other machined surfaces shall be coated with a readily removable
rust preventive paint,
6.2.3 Weld bevels on the ends of carbon or low alloy steel nozzles shall be coated two times
on the inside and outside, for a distance of 75 mm from the end of the nozzle, with
Deoxaluminite, Taseto Silver or equivalent.

6.3 Marking
Marking shall be in accordance with Engineering Specification UBE-D-112, Marking for Vessels
and Heat Exchangers.

7 PACKING AND SHIPPING

7.1 General
Packing and shipping shall be in accordance with Engineering Specifications UBE-R-453.

7.2 Packing and preparation for Shipping

7.2.1 All exchangers shall be dry, thoroughly cleaned inside and outside and free of all dirt
and loose foreign materials before shipping.
7.2.2 All flanged openings shall be provided with bolted blinds with gaskets,
7.2.3 All beveled openings shall be covered or capped to protect the inside from rust and
moisture.
7.2.4 When rust preventive measures are required for inside surface of exchangers, these
will be indicated on Specific Job Requirements.
7.2.5 Spare parts shall be packed separately from the exchangers.
7.2.6 Tell-tale holes on the outside of exchangers shall be greased up.
7.2.7 Demisters shall be free of wire pieces in so far as possible.

7.3 Shipping
7.3.1 Templates, foundation boltings, sliding plates and insert plates shall be shipped
separately from the exchangers according to the site schedule.
7.3.2 No exchanger shall be released for shipment from Vendor's shop until it has been
approved by Purchaser's inspector.

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