Section 2- Design Codes, Standards & References

According to booklet of “Scope of work & technical specification of project”, International

standards like ASTM, ASME, API, IEC and also IPS standards are to be considered as
main standards in this project.

Based on this requirement the following standards have been considered in different
discipline:

2-1) Process & Mechanical

2-1-1) Heat Exchangers

TEMA Standards of the Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers
Association
API STD 660 Shell and Tube Heat Exchangers for General Refinery
Services
API STD 661 Air Cooled Heat Exchangers for General Refinery Services
API STD 662 Plate Heat Exchangers for General Refinery Services
IPS E PR 771 Engineering Standard for Process Requirements of Heat
Exchanging Equipment
IPS E PR 775 Engineering Standard for Process Design of Double Pipe
Heat Exchangers
IPS E PR 785 Engineering Standards for Process Design of Air Cooled
Heat Exchangers (Air- Coolers)
2-1-2) Separators
API Spec 12J Specification for Oil and Gas Separator
IPS E PR 880 Engineering Standard for Process of Gas (Vapor) – Liquid
Separators
IPS E PR 850 Engineering Standard for Process Requirements of
Vessels, Reactors and Separators
2-1-3) Piping and Pipelines
ANSI B 31.3 Chemical plant & petroleum refinery piping
ANSI B 1.1 Unified screw threads
ANSI B 1.20.1 Pipe threads
ANSI B 16.5 Steel pipe flanges, flanged fittings
ANSI B 16.9 Factory-made wrought steel, butt welding fittings
ANSI B 16.10 Face to face & end to end dimensions of ferrous
valves
ANSI B 16.11 Forged steel fittings, socket welding & threaded
ANSI B 16.21 Nonmetallic flat gaskets for flanges
ANSI B 16.25 Butt welding ends
ANSI B 36.10 Welded & seamless wrought steel pipe
ANSI B 16.34 Steel valves
API STD 607 Fire test for soft seated valves
API SPEC 6FA Spec for fire test of valves
API STD 598 Valve inspection & test
API SPEC 5L Specification for line pipe
API STD 600 Steel gate valves flanged & butt welding ends
API STD 602 Compact carbon steel gate valve
BS 6755 (PART 1) Specification for production pressure testing
requirements
BS 1868 Steel check valve
BS 1873 Steel globe & globe stop & check valves
BS 5351 Steel ball valve
BS 5352 Specification for steel wedge gate, globe and
check valves
MSS SP6 Standard finishes for contact faces of pipes, flanges &
connecting end flanges of valves and fittings
MSS SP25 Standard marking system for valves, fittings, flanges &
unions
MSS SP44 Steel pipeline flanges
MSS SP45 Bypass & drain connection standard
MSS SP97 Forged carbon steel branch outlet fitting, socket welding,
threaded & butt welding end.
ASTM American society for testing & materials
NACE MR 01.75 Material requirements, sulfide stress cracking
resistant metallic materials for oil field equipment.
IPS-E-PI-200 Engineering Standard for Flexibility Analysis
IPS-E-PI-221 Engineering Standard for Piping Material Selection (on Plot
Piping)
IPS-E-PI-240 Engineering Standard for Plant Piping Systems
IPS G-PI-280 General Standard for Supports
2-1-4) Heaters
API STD 530 Calc. of Heater-Tube Thickness in Petroleum Refineries
API STD 560 Fired Heaters for General Refinery Services
API RP 556 Instrumentation and Control Systems for Fired Heaters and
Steam Generators
API Publ 534 Heat Recovery Steam Generators
API Spec 12K Specification for Indirect Type Oil Field Heaters

2-1-5) Pressure Relieving

API RP 520 Sizing, Selection and Installation of Pressure-Relieving
Devices in Refineries
API RP 521 Guide for Pressure-Relieving and Depressuring Systems
API STD2000 Venting Atmosphere and Low-Pressure Storage Tanks
Non-Refrigerated and Refrigerated
IPS E PR 460 Engineering Standard for Process Design of Flare and Blow-
down Systems
IPS E SF 860 Engineering Standard for Air Pollution Control

2-1-6) Pumps
API STD 610 Centrifugal Pumps for General Refinery Services
API STD 674 Positive Displacement Pumps-Reciprocating
API STD 675 Positive Displacement Pumps-Controlled Volume
API STD 676 Positive Displacement Pumps-Rotary
API STD 681 Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps and Compressors for
Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services

2-1-7) Compressors
API STD 617 Centrifugal Compressors for General Refinery Services
API STD 618 Reciprocating Compressors for Petroleum, Chemical
and Gas Industry Services
API STD 619 Rotary Positive Displacement Compressors for
Petroleum, Chemical and Gas Industry Services
API STD 680 Packaged Reciprocating Plant and Instrument
Air Compressors for General Refinery Services
API Spec 11P Specification for Packed Reciprocating Compressors
for Oil and Gas Production Services
2-1-8) Storage Tanks
API STD 620 Designs and Construction of Large, Welded, Low Pressure
Storage Tanks
API STD 650 Welded Steel Tanks for Oil Storage
API RP 1525 Bulk Oil Testing, Handling and Storage Guidelines
API Spec 12B Specification for Bolted Tanks for Storage of Production
Liquids
API Spec 12D Specification for Field Welded for Storage of Production
Liquids
API Spec 12F Specification for Shop Welded for Storage of Production
Liquids
API Spec 12P Specification for Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic Tanks

2-1-9) Safety & Miscellaneous

API RP 50 Natural Gas Processing Plant Practices for Petroleum of the
Environment
API RP 51 Onshore Oil and Gas Production Practices for Petroleum of
the Environment
API RP 551 Process Measurement Instrumentation

2-1-10) Other Equipment / Packages / Process

API STD 2610 Design, Construction, Operation, Maintenance and
Inspection of Terminal and Tank Facilities
API RP 1124 Ship, Barg and Terminal Hydrocarbon Vapor Collection
Manifolds
B.S. 2594 Carbon Steel Welded Horizontal Cylindrical Storage Tanks

2-1-11) Environmental Protection

Environmental Protection Organization of Iran Environmental
Regulations & Standards
2-2) Electrical

x NIOC Engineering Standards for electrical

x IEC Standards
x CENELEC Standards
x BS Standards
x NFPA Bulletin 70
x API
x IPS (Iranian Petroleum Standard)

2-3) Civil & Structural

2-3-1) Design

a) Reinforced Concrete Structures:

x ACI (American Concrete Institute) 318 “Building Code Requirements for

Reinforced Concrete”.

x British Standard Code of practice, CP 110, and CP 114, “The

Structural use of Reinforced Concrete in Buildings”.

b) Steel Structures:

x AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction) Specification for the

Design, Fabrication and Erection of Structural Steel in Buildings.

x Iranian Standards ISIRI No. 519 Min. design loads in Buildings and other
structures.

x AWS: American Welding Society.

x ASTM: American Society for Testing and Materials.

c) Masonry Structures (Brick work and concrete Masonry)

x British Standard Code of Practice CP-111, “Structural

Recommendations for Load bearing Walls”.

x Uniform Building Code (UBC)

x ACI 318, “Building Code Requirements for reinforced Concrete.

x ASTM:
- ASTM C26.83 for masonry bricks
- ASTM C652.81A for hollow brick
 - ASTM C216.81 for facing brick
- EMPLOYER'S STANDARDS

d) General Loading, Load Combinations and Allowable Stresses for

Buildings and other Structures:

x ISIRI No. 519, “Minimum Design Loads in Buildings and other

structures”, Institute of Standards and Industrial Research of Iran.

x Uniform Building Code (UBC); International Building Code (IBC)

x Iranian Code for seismic resistant design of buildings, standard

No.2800.

x ANSI / ASCE-7

e) Roads, Railway, Bridges and other Similar and Related Structures:

x American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials

(AASHTO).

x ASTM: American Society for Testing and Material D977, D995,

D1073 and MS2.

x Asphalt Institute Handbook.

x American Railway Engineering Association (AREA), Manual of

Railway Engineering.

2-3-2) Materials

a) Structural Steel: Mild Steel Grade St.37 in accordance with DIN 1025,
1050 and 17100 Specifications with a minimum yield stress of 2400
Kg/cm2 or approved equivalent.

b) Reinforcement:

x Plain Mild Steel Bars, Grade I, in accordance with DIN 1045

Specifications with a minimum yield stress of 2200 Kg/cm2 or
approved equivalent.

x Deformed steel bar Grade II in accordance with DIN 1045

specification with a minimum yield stress of 3000 Kg/cm2 or
approved equivalent.

x Deformed High Tensile Strength Steel Bars grade III, in accordance

with DIN 1045 Specification with a minimum yield stress of 4000
kg/cm2 or approved equivalent.
 x Reinforcing Fabric Mesh in accordance with BS 4483 or other
standards approved by EMPLOYER. Sizes shall be as follows:
- 200 x 100 x 7 x 7 mm
- 200 x 100 x 8 x 8 mm
- 200 x 200 x 7 x 7 mm
- 200 x 200 x 8 x 8 mm
- 150 x 150 x 8 x 8 mm
- Other sizes, shall be approved by EMPLOYER.

c) Bolts, Nuts and Washers:

x Hexagonal bolts and nuts shall be in accordance with DIN 7990

specifications or approved equivalent for structural steel connections.

x Hexagonal nuts shall be in accordance with DIN 555 specifications or

approved equivalent.

x Circular washers shall be in accordance with DIN 7989 specifications

or approved equivalent.

x Square Washers shall be in accordance with DIN 434 for connections

of steel channels and DIN 435 for connections of steels I-Sections, or
approved equivalent.

d) Welding Electrodes:
x Welding Electrodes for manual shielded metal-arc welding shall
conform to the “Specification for mild Steel covered, Arc. Welding
Electrodes”, American Welding Society, AWS A5.1, or approved
equivalent.

x Bare Electrodes and Granular Flux used in the submerged-arc

process shall conform to F6 and/or F7 AWS flux classification of the
“Specification for Bare Mild Steel Electrodes and Fluxes for
Submerged Arc-welding “American Welding Society, AWS A5.17 or
approved equivalent.

e) Cement:

Shall be an approved brand of Portland cement in accordance with

ASTM C-150 specification or approved equivalent. Type of cement shall
be in accordance with soil investigation report, subject to EMPLOYER’S
approval.

f) Aggregates – Sand:

Fine and coarse aggregates for concrete and sand for mortar and
grout shall conform to ASTM C33 or BS 882 or AASHTO M6 and
M80 Standards.
 g) Concrete:
Concrete shall generally conform to the requirements of ACI 211, 301,
305 & 306.

h) Bricks:
Brick specification shall conform to ASTM standard for brick.

i) Quality Control of Materials and Workmanship

The quality of the materials and workmanship shall be controlled by

tests and other methods recommended by relevant standards and Codes
such as ASTM, AASHTO, ACI and relevant EMPLOYER’S standards.

2-4) Instrumentation

In general, IPS shall be followed for instrumentation. Any conflict between

IPS and above standards shall be brought to the EMPLOYER and approved
by EMPLOYER case-by-case.

Instrumentation will be designed and fabricated in accordance with

engineering codes and standards:

x ANSI
B 16-34 Valves: Flanged, threaded and welding end
FCI 70-2 Control valve seat leakage
MC 96-1 Temperature measurement thermocouples

x API Manual of petroleum measurement standards

API RP 500 Recommended practice for classification of locations for

electrical installations at petroleum facilities classified as
class I

API RP520 Sizing selection and installation of pressure relieving

devices
API RP 521 Guide for pressure relief and depressurizing systems
API STD 526 Flanged steel safety valves for use in petroleum industry
(Including marking)
API STD 527 Commercial seat tightness of safety relief valves with
metal to metal seat
 API RP 550 Manual on installation of refinery instruments and control
systems
API RP 551 Process measurement instrumentation
API RP 552 Transmission system
API RP 554 Process instrumentation
API RP 555 Process analyzers
API STD 598 Valve inspection and testing
API STD 670 Vibration,axial position & bearing temperature monitoring
systems

x ASME
ASME, Div. 1Flange rating when temperature exceeds the limits of sect.
VIII, ap. 2 ANSI B 16.5
ASME, Div. 1Hydraulic test for safety relief valve sect. VIII

x IEC
IEC 60-068.2 Basic environmental testing procedures for electronic
components and electronic equipment
IEC 60-079 Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmosphere
IEC 60-331 Fire resisting characteristics of electrical cables
IEC 60-332 Tests on electric cables under fire conditions (with part 1
and part 3c)
IEC 60-529 Classification of degree of protection provided by
enclosures
IEC 60-584 Thermocouples
IEC 60-751 Industrial platinum resistance thermometer sensors
IEC 60-801 Electromagnetic compatibility for industrial process
measurement and control equipment

x IEEE

IEEE 472 Surge protection criteria

x ISA

ISA S5.1 Instrumentation symbols and identification

 ISA S75.01 Flow equations for sizing control valves

ISA S75.03 Uniform face to face dimensions for flanged globe style
control valve bodies

ISA S18.1 Annunciator sequences and specifications

x Others

EIA RS232/422/485 Interface between data terminal equipment and data

Communication equipment employing serial binary data

NACE MR 01 75 Standard Material Requirement: Sulfide stress

cracking resistant metallic materials for oilfield equipment

2-5) Safety & Fire Fighting

x NFPA
NFPA-58: Liquefied Petroleum gas Code
NFPA-15: Water Spray System
NFPA-10: Portable Extinguishers
NFPA-24: Private Fire Service Mains
NFPA-2001: Standard on Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing System

x APIA

- API 2030: Application of Fixed Water Spray Systems for Fire Protection

x Design calculations are based on relevant procedures and work

instructions of quality assurance system of NCE.

x Document numbering procedure is based on 1166-PR4PM-7011

document.