American Petroleum Institute (API) Forty-Sixth Edition, April 2018. 205p. Effective date: November 1, 2018 API SPECIFICATION 5L, 46TH EDITION We are pleased to announce the publication of the 46th edition of Specification 5L, Line Pipe. This new edition provides technical updates that have reached consensus within API’s Subcommittee on Tubular Goods and will now give industry...
International StandardISO/IEC 17025:2017, General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories , 2017. - 38 p ISO/IEC 17025:2017 specifies the general requirements for the competence, impartiality and consistent operation of laboratories. ISO/IEC 17025:2017 is applicable to all organizations performing laboratory activities, regardless of the number of...
Published: 08/23/2017 ISBN(s): 9780791871423 Number of Pages: 242 Scope General This Standard applies to new construction and covers pressure-temperature ratings, dimensions, tolerances, materials, nondestructive examination requirements, testing, and marking for cast, forged, and fabricated flanged, threaded, and welding end and wafer or flangeless valves of steel, nickel-base...
Publisher: ASME Published: 07/01/2017 ISBN(s): 9780791871034 Number of Pages: 390 ASME BPVC 2017 Section XII Rules for Construction and Continued Service of Transport Tanks This Section covers requirements for construction and continued service of pressure vessels for the transportation of dangerous goods via highway, rail, air or water at pressures from full vacuum to 3,000 psig...
Publisher: ASME Published: 07/01/2017 ISBN(s): 9780791870785 Number of Pages: 1616 ASME BPVC 2017 Section II - Materials - Part B - Nonferrous Material Specifications (Redline Version) Redline Version is helpful for tracking changes incorporated. This Section is a “Service Section” to the other BPVC Sections, providing material specifications for ferrous materials adequate for...
Publisher: ASME Published: 07/01/2017 ISBN(s): 9780791871034 Number of Pages: 764 ASME BPVC Section XII-Rules for Construction and Continued Service of Transport Tanks (Redline Version) Redline Version is helpful for tracking changes incorporated. This Section covers requirements for construction and continued service of pressure vessels for the transportation of dangerous goods...
ASME, 2017. — 951 p. — ISBN: 9780791870761. This Section is a “Service Section” to the other BPVC Sections, providing material specifications for ferrous materials adequate for safety in the field of pressure equipment. These specifications contain requirements for chemical and mechanical properties, heat treatment, manufacture, heat and product analyses, and methods of...
ASME, 2017. — 813 p. — ISBN: 9780791870761. This Section is a “Service Section” to the other BPVC Sections, providing material specifications for ferrous materials adequate for safety in the field of pressure equipment. These specifications contain requirements for chemical and mechanical properties, heat treatment, manufacture, heat and product analyses, and methods of...
ASTM, 2015. — 20 p, A262 Standard Practices for Detecting Susceptibility to Intergranular Attack in Austenitic Stainless Steels Brief Summary This specification covers the standard practices for detecting susceptibility to intergranular attack in austenitic stainless steels. These practices include five intergranular corrosion tests, namely: (1) oxalic acid etch test for...
American Petroleum Institute (API), January, 2015. p42. Full Description This standard specifies the requirements for a heavy-duty series of bolted bonnet steel gate valves for petroleum refinery and related applications where corrosion, erosion, and other service conditions would indicate a need for full port openings, heavy wall sections, and large stem diameters. This...
3rd ed. — Cardiotext Publishing, 2011. — 800 p. — ISBN: 935395521, ISBN13: 9780979016431. Everything practicing physicians and pharmacists need to know about drug therapy for cardiovascular disease. a critically acclaimed classic reference now in its third edition, Cardiovascular Pharmacotherapeutics, provides current information regarding the contemporary use of all available...
Delmar Cengage Learning; 2 edition. 2015. — 512 p. ISBN: 1285174429, ISBN13: 978-1285174426 Over View Supported by a new, dedicated mobile app and a suite of online teaching and learning tools, the groundbreaking ILLUSTRATED GUIDE TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY, Second Edition, is now even more effective for today’s learners. Ideal for brief, introductory, or essentials courses, this...
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014. Fourth Ed. 221p. ISBN: 145114380X. ISBN13: 9781451143805. Interpretation of Pulmonary Function Tests, 4th edition provides practical, clinically relevant coverage of all types of pulmonary function testing as it applies to a host of disease conditions. It is aimed at any reader with a basic knowledge of pulmonary physiology and provides a...
Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2015. — 363p. — ISBN: 9783319141336. This book presents the state-of-the-art knowledge on bamboo. It starts with an introduction to the plant’s biology, its taxonomy, habitat, morphology and growth. The cultivation of bamboo is discussed in terms of silviculture, pests and diseases, and harvesting techniques. The book is completed...
American Petroleum Institute (API) Spec 14A 12th Ed, January 2015. 150p Effective Date: January 15, 2016 API Product No. G14A12 This specification provides the requirements for subsurface safety valves (SSSVs), and the secondary tools as defined herein necessary to operate the features included within them, including all components that establish tolerances and/or clearances...
3rd Ed. — Gulf Professional Publishing an imprint of Elsevier Inc., 2015. — 598 p. — ISBN: 9780128014998.
Written by an internationally-recognized author team of natural gas industry experts, the third edition of Handbook of Natural Gas Transmission and Processing is a unique, well-documented, and comprehensive work on the major aspects of natural gas transmission and...
2nd Edition. — CRC Press, 2015. — 848p. — ISBN: 9781466555563 The Handbook of Membrane Separations: Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Food, and Biotechnological Applications, Second Edition provides detailed information on membrane separation technologies from an international team of experts. The handbook fills an important gap in the current literature by providing a comprehensive...
American Petroleum Institute (API) STANDARD 660 NINTH EDITION, March 2015. 72P. Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers This standard specifies requirements and gives recommendations for the mechanical design, material selection, fabrication, inspection, testing, and preparation for shipment of shell-and-tube heat exchangers for the petroleum, petrochemical, and natural gas industries....
American Petroleum Institute (API) THIRD EDITION, OCTOBER 2011. 100p. Many facilities in the refining and petrochemical processing industries employ contractor personnel for a wide range of activities, from administrative support to equipment repair, maintenance, and construction. Contractor activities that involve work in or around process equipment can have an increased...
American Petroleum Institute (API) FOURTH EDITION, JANUARY 2013. 62p. Effective date: AUGUST 1, 2013
This specification states requirements and gives recommendations for suitable steel structures for drilling and well servicing operations in the petroleum industry, provides a uniform method of rating the structures, and provides two Product Specification Levels (PSLs).
This...
Elsevier Science & Technology, Gulf Professional Publishing October 2012. 498 p. ISBN10: 0123970156 ISBN13: 978-0123970152 The majority of the cost-savings for any oil production facility is the prevention of failure in the production equipment such as pressure vessels. Money lost through lost production far outweighs expenses associated with maintenance and proper operation....
ASTM, 2014, 50p A. 370. Standard Test Methods and Definitions for Mechanical Testing of Steel Products. Scope. These test methods2 cover procedures and definitions for the mechanical testing of steels, stainless steels, and related alloys. The various mechanical tests herein described are used to determine properties required in the product specifications. Variations in testing...
ASTM, 2012, 5p A890 Standard Specification for Castings, Iron-Chromium-Nickel-Molybdenum Corrosion-Resistant, Duplex (Austenitic/Ferritic) for General Application Brief Summary This specification covers castings, iron-chromium-nickel-molybdenum corrosion-resistant, duplex(austenitic/ferritic) for general application. Castings shall be heat treated in accordance with the...
ASTM, 2012, 8p - A358 Standard Specification for Electric-Fusion-Welded Austenitic Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service and General Applications
Brief Summary
This specification covers electric-fusion-welded austenitic chromium-nickel stainless steel pipe suitable for corrosive or high-temperature service, or both, or for general applications. The...
ASTM, 2011, 6p - A356 Standard Specification for Steel Castings, Carbon, Low Alloy, and Stainless Steel, Heavy-Walled for Steam Turbines
Brief Summary
This specification covers one grade of martensitic stainless steel and several grades of ferritic steel castings for cylindrical (shells), valve chests, throttle valves, and other heavy-walled castings for steam turbine...
ASTM, 2012, 3p - A302 Standard Specification for Pressure Vessel Plates, Alloy Steel, Manganese-Molybdenum and Manganese-Molybdenum-Nickel. Brief Summary. This specification covers manganese-molybdenum and manganese-molybdenum-nickel alloy steel plates intended particularly for welded boilers and other pressure vessels. According to their strength levels, the plates are...
ASTM, 1993 (Re approved 2012), 3p - A128 Standard Specification for Steel Castings, Austenitic Manganese.
Brief Summary
This specification covers Hadfield austenitic manganese steel castings and alloy modifications. The castings shall be suitably heat treated to achieve toughness and ductility. This heat treatment shall consist of uniformly heating the castings to a...
ASTM, 1996 (Re approved 2007), 6p - A125 Standard Specification for Steel Springs, Helical, Heat-Treated.
Brief Summary
This specification covers the standard for hot-coiled, heat-treated helical compression springs with tapered, closed, squared and ground ends made of hot-wrought round steel bars. Cross sections for hot-wrought round, square, and round-cornered square bars of...
ASTM, 2004 (Re approved 2009), 3p - A102 Standard Specification for Ferrovanadium
Brief Summary
This specification covers different sizes of one grade of ferrovanadium. The material shall undergo chemical analysis and shall conform to the requirements as to composition of the following chemical elements: vanadium, carbon, silicon, aluminum, sulfur, and phosphorus.
Scope...
ASTM, 2004 (Re approved 2009), 3p - A101 Standard Specification for Ferrochromium
Brief Summary
This specification covers two types of ferrochromium designated as high carbon and low carbon, the latter including nitrogen-bearing and vacuum grades. The grades which are available in different sizes shall conform to the required chemical composition for chromium, carbon, silicon,...
ASTM, 2013, 8p. A743 / A743M. Standard Specification for Castings, Iron-Chromium, Iron-Chromium-Nickel, Corrosion Resistant, for General Application
Brief Summary
This specification covers iron-chromium and iron-chromium-nickel alloy castings for general corrosion-resistant application. The grades of these castings represent types of alloy castings suitable for broad ranges of...
ASTM, 2013, 4p. ASTM A744 / A744M. Standard Specification for Castings, Iron-Chromium-Nickel, Corrosion Resistant, for Severe Service
Brief Summary
This specification covers standard requirements for iron-chromium-nickel alloy, stainless steel castings intended for particularly severe corrosive applications. Alloys shall be melted by the electric furnace process with or without...
ASTM, 2012, 4p. A 1053 Standard Specification for Welded Ferritic-Martensitic Stainless Steel Pipe
Brief Summary
This specification covers seam welded ferritic-martensitic stainless steel pipe intended for abrasive and general corrosion service. The pipes are classified according to sizes, from NPS 2 to NPS
36. The pipe shall be made using Electric Resistance Welding (ERW) or...
ASTM, 2014, 13p. E 1652 Standard Specification for Magnesium Oxide and Aluminum Oxide Powder and Crushable Insulators Used in the Manufacture of Base Metal Thermocouples, Metal-Sheathed Platinum Resistance Thermometers, and Noble Metal Thermocouples
Brief Summary
his specification covers the requirements for magnesium oxide (MgO) and aluminum oxide (Al2O3) powders and...
ASTM, 97(2013), 4p. B 734 Standard Specification for Electrodeposited Copper for Engineering Uses Brief Summary This specification establishes the requirements for electrodeposited copper coatings used for engineering purposes including surface hardening, heat treatment stop-off, as an underplate for other engineering coatings, for electromagnetic interference shielding in...
ASTM, 2013, 4p. A 995/ 995M Standard Specification for Castings, Austenitic-Ferritic (Duplex) Stainless Steel, for Pressure-Containing Parts Brief Summary This specification covers austenitic-ferritic (duplex) stainless steel castings for valves, flanges, fittings, and other pressure-containing parts. The grades of steels covered here are: Grade 1B, Grade 2A, Grade 3A, Grade...
API Std 682, MAY 2014, 4th Ed. 268 P.
This standard specifies requirements and gives recommendations for sealing systems for centrifugal and rotary pumps used in the petroleum, natural gas, and chemical industries. See A.1.1 and A
.1.2. It is the responsibility of the purchaser or seal vendor to ensure that the selected seal and auxiliaries are suitable for the intended...
API STANDARD 674, THIRD EDITION, DECEMBER 2010, 108 P. ERRATA, MAY 2014 Full Description Covers the minimum requirements for reciprocating positive displacement pumps for use in petroleum, chemical, and gas industry services. Both direct-acting and power-frame types are included. Scope Normative References Terms and Definitions General Statutory Requirements Basic Design...
API Standard 673, THIRD EDITION, DECEMBER 2014, 124 P
This standard covers the minimum requirements for centrifugal fans for use in petroleum, chemical, and gas industry services. Fan static pressure rise is limited to differential usually not exceeding 130 in. (330 cm) of water equivalent air pressure from a single impeller or each impeller in a two stage fan. This standard...
API STANDARD 663 Hairpin-type Heat Exchangers, MAY 2014, 54 P, 1st Ed. Description This standard specifies requirements and gives recommendations for the mechanical design, materials selection, fabrication, inspection, testing and preparation for shipment of hairpin heat exchangers for use in the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries. Hairpin heat exchangers...
API STANDARD 625, Tank Systems for Refrigerated Liquefied Gas Storage, August 2010, 74p, 1st Ed. ADDENDUM 1, JULY 2013, ADDENDUM 2, NOVEMBER 2014 This standard covers low pressure, above ground, vertical, and cylindrical tank systems storing liquefied gases requiring refrigeration. This standard provides general requirements on responsibilities, selection of storage concept,...
American Petroleum Institute (API) 12th Edition, October 2013. 290p
ADDENDUM 1, NOVEMBER 2014
The API Downstream Segment has prepared this standard to cover large, field-assembled storage tanks of the type described in 1.2 that contain petroleum intermediates (gases or vapors) and finished products, as well as other liquid products commonly handled and stored by the various...
8th Ed. — Elsevier, Saunders, 2015. — 508 p. In its 38th year, A Manual of Orthopaedic Terminology has been a companion reference for anyone who needs the most up-to-date terms, acronyms, and codes terms relating to clinical orthopaedics and research. Portable and easily accessible, this authoritative compilation categorizes and cross-references terms to enable those unfamiliar...
American Petroleum Institute (API), Third Edition, APRIL 2014. 106p. Recommended Practice 575
This document provides useful information and recommended practices for the maintenance and inspection of atmospheric and low-pressure storage tanks. While these maintenance and inspection guidelines may apply to other types of tanks, these practices are intended primarily for existing...
ASTM, 2014, 9p. A 234/A 234M, Standard Specification for Piping Fittings of Wrought Carbon Steel and Alloy Steel for Moderate and High Temperature Service This specification covers wrought carbon steel and alloy steel fittings of seamless and welded construction. These fittings are for use in pressure piping and in pressure vessel fabrication for service at moderate and...
ASTM, 2014, 9p. A 106/ 106M, Standard Specification for Seamless Carbon Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service Applications This specification covers carbon steel pipe for high-temperature service. These pipes are suitable for welding, bending, flanging, and similar forming operations. Mechanical testing of the specimens shall include tensile, bending, flattening, hydrostatic...
ASTM, 2014, 5p. A 105/ 105M, Standard Specification for Carbon Steel Forgings for Piping Applications This specification covers standards for forged carbon steel piping components, that is, flanges, fittings, valves, and similar parts, for use in pressure systems at ambient and higher-temperature service conditions. Materials shall be subjected to heat treatment (annealing,...
ASTM, 2011. — 27 p, E8/E8M Standard Test Methods for Tension Testing of Metallic Materials These test methods cover the tension testing of metallic materials in any form at room temperature, specifically, the methods of determination of yield strength, yield point elongation, tensile strength, elongation, and reduction of area. The gage lengths for most round specimens are...
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2015. — 126 p. — ISBN: 9783662444979 This comprehensive book offers a clear account of the theory and applications of advanced metal forming. It provides a detailed discussion of specific forming processes, such as deep drawing, rolling, bending extrusion and stamping. The author highlights recent developments of metal forming technologies and...
Nova Press, 2015, — 440 p, ISBN: 9781889057330 The most comprehensive, rigorous analysis of MCAT physics available! Dr. Biehle's classic MCAT Physics Book presents a clear, insightful analysis of MCAT physics. His lively prose and subtle wit make this challenging topic more palatable. The MCAT Physics Book offers the most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of MCAT physics...