ASME B31.1-2024: Power Piping
What Is Power Piping? Power piping, unsurprisingly, is found in electric power generating stations, such as industrial and institutional plants, geothermal heating systems, and central…
ANSI/ISA 5.1-2024: Instrumentation Symbols and Identification
In many industries, like oil and gas, engineers create a blueprint for equipment and control layout, which is called a Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID),…
Identification of Piping Systems Through ASME A13.1-2023
By the 1920s, piping was essential for conveying fluids, and many large companies had developed their own color scheme for identifying piping systems and components….
ASME B31.3-2022: Process Piping Code Changes
Process piping transports fluids in a range of locations—most notably, petroleum refineries, onshore and offshore petroleum and natural gas production facilities, food and beverage processing…
ASTM F2387-21: Safety Vacuum Release Systems (SVRS)
In Algarroba, Chile, the San Alfonso del Mar resort is home to the world’s largest swimming pool, which has an area of 19.77 acres, holds…
ASME PCC-1-2022: Pressure Boundary Flange Joints
Bolted joints are one of the most common elements in piping design and serve as critical components in piping systems. When bolted flanged joints are…
ANSI/HI 14.6-2022: Rotodynamic Pumps
In 250 BCE, Ancient Greeks and Romans used a device called the Archimedes screw: the first water pump, which was shaped as a giant screw…
ANSI/MSS SP-44-2019: Steel Pipeline Flanges
An American National Standard developed and published by the Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS) of the Valve and Fittings Industry, Inc., MSS SP-44, which was last revised…
NFPA 58-2020: Liquefied Petroleum Gas Code
NFPA 58-2020 is the 2020 edition of the liquefied petroleum gas code. It’s also an American National Standard. Propane, meet propylene—and butate and butylene. Together,…