API Standard 530-7th Ed.Apr. 2015_Calculation of Heater-tube Thickness in Petroleum Refineries

Publisher: API
Publish Date: 2015
Pages: 280
Language: English
PRODUCT NO. C53007
Format: PDFDocument ScopeThis standard specifies the requirements and gives
recommendations for the procedures and design criteria
used for calculating the required wall thickness of new
tubes and associated component fittings for fired heaters
for the petroleum, petrochemical, and natural gas
industries. These procedures are appropriate for
designing tubes for service in both corrosive and
noncorrosive applications. These procedures have been
developed specifically for the design of refinery and
related fired heater tubes (direct-fired, heat-absorbing
tubes within enclosures). These procedures are not
intended to be used for the design of external piping.
This standard does not give recommendations for tube
retirement thickness; Annex A describes a technique for
estimating the life remaining for a heater tube.