Standards and Codes 1

The process design engineer must in effect become a

good general purpose engineer who recognizes the need
for integrating the various engineering disciplines into
the process details as may be required. The engineer
becomes what rni:ght be termed a pseudo-mechanical,
corrosion, and metallurgical engineer as well as a basic
chemical engineer. The design engineer must, or should
soon, be knowledgeable of all types of information and
specifications meciessary to totally perform the process
design functions in all detail and scope. A partial list of
these specifications fooPlows.
It is recommended that all pressure vessels and atmospheric
vessels be designed, fabricated, tested, and code
stamped according to the most applicable code as ASME
or U P , regardless of service application (nuclear is
excluded from any discussion in these chapters) :
0 American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Unfired Pressure Vessel Code Section 8, Division 1
* ASME Code, Materials Specification, Part A, Ferrous
Materials
ASME Code, Materials Specification, Part B, Non-Fere
ASME Section V Non-Destruction Examination
*American Society for Testing Materials, Part 10,
rous Materials