IPE-EP-5-3-14DS

IPE Engineering Practice IPE-EP-5-3-14DS

Document number: IPE-EP-5-3-14DS · Section: 5 — Piping

1. Item Number: 5. Code: ASME VIII Stamp Required: Yes No 2. Tag Number: Other Specify: 3. Service, Line, or Equipment Number: 6. Comply with API 526: Yes No 4. Number Required: 7. Fire Other Specify: 8. Rupture Disk: Yes No VALVE DESIGN MATERIALS 9. Design Type: 17. Body: Conventional Bellows Balanced Piston 18. Bonnet: 10. Nozzle Type: Full Semi 19. Seat (Nozzle): Disk: Other Specify: 20. Resilient Seat: 11. Bonnet Type: Open Closed 21. Guide: 12. Seat Type: Metal-to-Metal Resilient 22. Adjusting Ring(s): 13. Seat Tightness: API 527 23. Spring: Washer: Other Specify: 24. Bellows: 25. Balanced Piston: CONNECTIONS 26. Comply with NACE MR0175: Yes No 14. Inlet Size: Rating: Facing: 27. Other Specify: 15. Outlet Size: Rating: Facing: 16. Other Specify: SERVICE CONDITIONS ACCESSORIES 33. Fluid and State: 28. Cap: Screwed Bolted 34. Required Capacity and Units: 29. Lifting Lever: Plain Packed None 35. Molecular Weight or Specific Gravity: 30. Test Gag: Yes No 36. Viscosity at Flowing Temp. and Units: 31. Bug Screen: Yes No 37. Operating Pres. and Units: 32. Other Specify: 38. Set Pres. and Units: 39. Blowdown: Standard Other 40. Latent Heat of Vaporization and Units: 41. Operating Temp. and Units: SIZING AND SELECTION 42. Relieving Temp. and Units: 49. Calculated Orifice Area (in.2): 43. Built-up Back Pres. and Units: 50. Selected Effective Orifice Area (in.2): 44. Superimposed Back Pres. and Units: 51. Orifice Designation (letter): 45. Cold Differential Test Pres. and Units: 52. Manufacturer: 46. Allowable Overpressure. in % or Units: 53. Model Number: 47. Compressibility Factor, Z : 54. Vendor Calculations Required: Yes No 48. Ratio of Specific Heats: Note: Indicate items to be filled in by the manufacturer with an asterisk (*).

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