Figure 1. While time has enhanced the basic principles of National Board registration, the goal is still the same as it was in 1921: ensuring a pressure-retaining item was constructed in accordance ...

The vessel complies with the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC), the international standard for the appropriateness of design, fabrication, and ...

Magnetic level gages may be an excellent addition to a plant boiler, but owners must understand the minimum requirements for water level instrumentation.

Monitoring and maintaining a safe operating water level on any steam boiler plant is an important part of the control area operator’s job function. There are specific minimum requirements for water ...

The standard provides requirements for construction of fiber-reinforced plastic pressure vessels (FRPs) in conformance with a manufacturer’s design report.

Originally embedded in the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, today the Operation and Maintenance of Nuclear Power Plants standard for inservice ...