ASME BPVC.VIII.2-2023

About ASME BPVC Section VIII Division 2 2023 edition PDF

Section VIII – Division 2 contains mandatory requirements, specific prohibitions, and nonmandatory guidance for the design, materials, fabrication, examination, inspection, testing, overpressure protection, and certification of pressure vessels.

In the scope of this Division, pressure vessels are containers for the containment of pressure, either internal or external. This pressure may be obtained from an external source or by the application of heat from a direct or indirect source as a result of a process, or any combination thereof.

Vessels with an internal or external design pressure not exceeding 103 kPa (15 psi) and multichambered vessels of which the design pressure on the common elements does not exceed 103 kPa (15 psi) were not considered when the rules of this Division were developed and are not considered within the scope.

Careful application of this Section will help users to comply with applicable regulations within their jurisdictions, while achieving the operational, cost and safety benefits to be gained from the many industry best-practices detailed within these volumes.

LIST OF SECTIONS

SECTIONS

I Rules for Construction of Power Boilers

II Materials

• Part A — Ferrous Material Specifications

• Part B — Nonferrous Material Specifications

• Part C — Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes, and Filler Metals

• Part D — Properties (Customary)

• Part D — Properties (Metric)

III Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility Components

• Subsection NCA — General Requirements for Division 1 and Division 2

• Appendices

• Division 1

– Subsection NB — Class 1 Components

– Subsection NCD — Class 2 and Class 3 Components

– Subsection NE — Class MC Components

– Subsection NF — Supports

– Subsection NG — Core Support Structures

• Division 2 — Code for Concrete Containments

• Division 3 — Containment Systems for Transportation and Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level

Radioactive Material

• Division 4 — Fusion Energy Devices

• Division 5 — High Temperature Reactors

IV Rules for Construction of Heating Boilers

V Nondestructive Examination

VI Recommended Rules for the Care and Operation of Heating Boilers

VII Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers

VIII Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels

• Division 1

• Division 2 — Alternative Rules

• Division 3 — Alternative Rules for Construction of High Pressure Vessels

IX Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Qualifications

X Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels

XI Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Reactor Facility Components

• Division 1 — Rules for Inspection and Testing of Components of Light-Water-Cooled Plants

• Division 2 — Requirements for Reliability and Integrity Management (RIM) Programs for Nuclear Reactor

Facilities

XII Rules for Construction and Continued Service of Transport Tanks

XIII Rules for Overpressure Protection