According to Study Guide for Source Inspection and Quality Surveillance of Rotating Equipment (section 7.2.6), you should know the following codes and standards as am API SIRE Inspector:
API 610 specifies requirements for centrifugal pumps, including pumps running in reverse as hydraulic power recovery turbines, for use in petroleum, petrochemical, and gas industry process services.
Clause 9 provides requirements applicable to specific types of pumps. All other clauses of API 610 apply to all pump types.
Illustrations of the various specific pump types are provided, as are the designations assigned to each specific pump type. It does not cover seal less pumps.
NOTE: For seal-less pumps, reference can be made to API 685.
API 611 specifies the minimum requirements for general-purpose steam turbines, including basic design, materials, related lubrication systems, controls, auxiliary systems, and accessories.
General-purpose turbines are horizontal or vertical turbines used to drive equipment that is usually spared, is relatively small in size (power), or is in noncritical service.
API 612 specifies the minimum requirements for special-purpose steam turbines, including basic design, materials, related lubrication systems, controls, auxiliary systems, and accessories.
It also covers the related lube oil systems, instrumentation, control systems, and auxiliary equipment.
API 614 specifies the general requirements for lubrication systems, oil type shaft-sealing systems, dry-gas face-type shaft-sealing systems, and control-oil systems for general- or special-purpose applications for equipment such as compressors, gears pumps, and drivers. General-purpose applications are limited to lubrication systems.
This edition of API 614 is the adaptation of ISO 10438:2007, Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries – Lubrication, shaft-sealing and oil-control systems and auxiliaries.
API 616 specifies the minimum requirements for open, simple, and regenerative-cycle combustion gas turbine units for services of mechanical drive, generator drive, or process gas generation.
All auxiliary equipment required for operating, starting, controlling, and protecting gas turbine units are either discussed directly in this standard or referred to in this standard through references to other publications.
Specifically, gas turbine units that are capable of firing gas or liquid or both are covered by this standard.
This standard covers both industrial and aeroderivative gas turbines.
API 617 specifies the minimum requirements for axial compressors, single-shaft and integrally geared process centrifugal compressors, and expander-compressors.
This standard does not apply to fans or blowers that develop less than a 5-psi rise above atmospheric pressure.
This standard also does not apply to packaged, integrally-geared centrifugal plant and instrument air compressors.
API Std 618 specifies the minimum requirements for reciprocating compressors and their drivers for handling process air or gas with either lubricated or nonlubricated cylinders.
Compressors covered by this standard are low- to moderate-speed machines. Also included in this standard are related lubrication systems, controls, instrumentation, intercoolers, aftercoolers, pulsation suppression devices, and other auxiliary systems.
This standard does not cover integral gas engines, compressors with single-acting trunk-type pistons that also serve as crossheads, and plant or instrument-air compressors that discharge at or below 125 psig.
API 677 covers the minimum requirements for general-purpose, enclosed single- and multistage gear units incorporating parallel shaft helical and right angle spiral bevel gears for the petroleum, chemical, and gas industries.
Gears manufactured according to this standard shall be limited to the following pitch-line velocities.
Spiral bevel gearsets shall be considered matched sets.
This standard is not intended to apply to gears in special-purpose service, which are covered in API 613; to gears integral with other equipment; to epicyclic gear assemblies; or to gears with non-involute tooth forms.
API 682 specifies requirements and gives recommendations for sealing systems for centrifugal and rotary pumps used in the petroleum, natural gas, and chemical industries. It is applicable mainly for hazardous, flammable, and/or toxic services where a greater degree of reliability is required for the improvement of equipment availability and the reduction of both emissions to the atmosphere and life-cycle sealing costs.
It covers seals for pump shaft diameters from 20 mm (0,75 in) to 110 mm (4,3 in).
HI 14.6 is for centrifugal, seal-less centrifugal, and regenerative turbine pumps of all industrial types, except vertical multistage diffuser.
It includes detailed procedures on the setup and conduct of hydrostatic and performance tests of such pumps.
There is a wide variety of ASME codes and standards that may be included in the contractual agreements to specify equipment fabrication methods and control the quality of products for the energy industry.
A few of those that the source inspector should be familiar with and apply when specified are shown in the following subsections, but this list is not all inclusive.
Occasionally, there may be other sections of the ASME BPVC that will be specified on different projects in which the source inspector will be involved.
This section of the BPVC is divided into four parts covering materials for the construction of piping and pressure vessels.
This section of the BPVC contains requirements and methods for NDT techniques that are specified by other sections of the ASME BPVC and/or contractual agreements.
Most of the common methods of NDT are covered in Section V, including RT, UT, MT, PT, VT, and LT.
Appendix A of Section V presents a listing of common imperfections and damage mechanisms and the NDT methods that are generally capable of detecting them.
The source inspector should be thoroughly familiar with the contents of Section V for whichever NDT method is specified in contractual agreements and/or ITP.
For the purposes of source inspector examination, some of the content covered in ASME BPVC Section V that applicants should focus on includes:
Section IX of ASME BPVC Part QW covers the qualifications of welders, welding operators, and the procedures that will be employed during fabrication.
The primary subjects covered include welding general requirements, welding procedure specifications and qualification, and welder performance qualification.
Section IX does not cover acceptance criteria for production welds.
Section IX also covers fabrication by brazing (Part QB); the source inspector should be aware of that section, but will not need to be familiar with it until and unless assigned to a project that specifies brazed construction.
The source inspector should be thoroughly familiar with the contents of Section IX Part QW with regard to the WPS, PQR, and WPQ that are specified in contractual agreements and/or ITP.
For the purposes of source inspector examination, the applicants need to focus their attention on the following sections of ASME BPVC Section IX:
This recommended practice establishes a general framework for a qualification and certification program for NDT technicians.
In addition, it provides recommended education requirements and training requirements for different test methods.
The source inspector should be familiar with this standard, including the duties and responsibilities for each of the three levels of NDT qualified technician.
SSPC-PA 2 Coating Applications Standard No. 2, Procedure for Determining Conformance to Dry Coating Thickness Requirements
This standard describes a procedure for determining conformance to a specified dry film thickness (DFT) range on metal substrates using NDT thickness gauges. The source inspector should be familiar with Sections 1 to 8 of this standard.
This guideline briefly describes the scope of the seven SSPC and NACE surface-preparation standards with application to source inspection.
The source inspector should be familiar with the scope of the standards listed below that are included in this guide, but need not be familiar with the details in the specific standards for examination purposes.
Prior to verifying welding inspection documents provided by the vendor, the source inspector should confirm that the version of the WPS that was used was the one approved by the responsible person, e.g. engineer/WPS-PQR SME for both the purchaser and vendor.
ASME BPVC Section IX is the appropriate reference for knowledge and understanding of WPS/PQRs.
Prior to witnessing NDT, the source inspector should confirm that the version of the NDT procedure has been reviewed and approved by the responsible person, e.g. engineer/NDT SME.
NOTE: The AWS Welding Inspection Handbook, ASME BPVC Section V, AWS D1.1, and ASNT SNT-TC-1A are the appropriate references for knowledge and understanding of NDT procedures and required training and certification of NDT technicians.
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