MAWP

+Design
Pressure
+Operating
Pressure
Varun Patel, B.E- Mechanical, PMP®
Operating Pressure
• Pressure at which your equipment is going to
operate during the life of the equipment
• This is the reference pressure to prepare
DATA Sheet of the equipment
Design Pressure
• Operating pressure + any normal excess pressure
that can occur during the equipment's operation
• Usually in the range of 10% to as high as 25%
depends of safety consideration of designer
MAWP (Maximum Allowable Working Pressure)
• Considering various fabrication parameters and design
code requirement equipment manufacturer calculate
thickness of the plate to manufactured equipment
• If he come with some odd thickness plate which is not
commercially available he will go for commercially
available higher thickness plate
• Back calculate pressure with selected plat thickness that
equipment can withstand that is MAWP
Hydro test Pressure
• This pressure is calculated based on the equation
given in equipment design and manufacturing code
• 130% of design pressure if design code is ASME
Section VIII Div-1
• If you go for pneumatic test in place of hydro test,
the test pressure is 110% of design pressure
Different Types of Pressure for Equipment
Hydro test Pressure 130% of Design Pressure
(ASME Section VIII)
MAWP (Maximum Allowable Minimum or more
Working Pressure) than100% of Design
Pressure

Design Pressure 100

Operating Pressure 90% of Design Pressure

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