Shell-and-tube Heat Exchangers

ANSI/API STANDARD 660 EIGHTH EDITION, AUGUST 2007

ISO 16812:2007 (Identical), Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries—Shell-and-tube Heat Exchangers

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ANSI/API Standard 660/ISO 16812

Contents Page

API Foreword ii

Foreword v

Introduction vi

1. Scope 1

2. Normative references 1

3. Terms and definitions 2

4. General 3

5. Proposals 3

6. Drawings and other required data 4

   1. Outline drawings and other supporting data. 4

   2. Information required after outline drawings are reviewed 5

   3. Reports and records 6

7. Design 7

   1. Design temperature 7

   2. Cladding for corrosion allowance 7

   3. Shell supports 7

   4. Stationary head 8

   5. Floating head 8

   6. Tube bundle 9

   7. Nozzles and other connections 12

   8. Flanged external girth joints 13

   9. Expansion joints 13

   10. Gaskets 14

   11. Handling devices 15

   12. Hydrogen service 15

8. Materials 15

   1. General 15

   2. Gaskets 16

   3. Tubes 16

9. Fabrication 16

   1. Shells 16

   2. Pass-partition plates 16

   3. Connection junctions 16

   4. Tubes 17

   5. Welding 17

   6. Heat treatment 17

   7. Dimensional tolerances 18

   8. Gasket contact surfaces other than nozzle-flange facings 18

   9. Tube holes 19

   10. Tube-to-tubesheet joints. 19

   11. Assembly 19

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10. Inspection and testing 20

    1. Quality assurance 20

    2. Quality control 20

    3. Pressure testing 21

    4. Nameplates and stampings 22

11. Preparation for shipment 22

    1. Protection 22

    2. Identification 23

12. Supplemental requirements 23

    1. General 23

    2. Design 23

    3. Examination 23

Annex A (informative) Recommended practices 25

Annex B (informative) Shell-and-tube heat exchanger checklist 27

Annex C (informative) Shell-and-tube heat exchanger data sheets 28

Annex D (informative) Responsibility data sheet 39

Bibliography 41

ANSI/API Standard 660/ISO 16812

Foreword

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ISO 16812 was prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 67, Materials, equipment and offshore structures for petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries, Subcommittee SC 6, Processing equipment and systems.

This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO 16812:2002), which has been technically revised.

ANSI/API Standard 660/ISO 16812

Introduction

Users of this International Standard should be aware that further or differing requirements may be needed for individual applications. This International Standard is not intended to inhibit a vendor from offering, or the purchaser from accepting, alternative equipment or engineering solutions for the individual application. This may be particularly applicable where there is innovative or developing technology. Where an alternative is offered, the vendor should identify any variations from this International Standard and provide details.

Annex A provides some optional recommended practices.

A bullet () at the beginning of a clause or subclause indicates a requirement for the purchaser to make a decision or provide information (see checklist in Annex B).

In this International Standard, where practical, US Customary (USC) units are included in parentheses for information.

ANSI/API Standard 660/ISO 16812

Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries — Shell-and-tube heat exchangers

1. Scope

   
   

   This International Standard specifies requirements and gives recommendations for the mechanical design, material selection, fabrication, inspection, testing and preparation for shipment of shell-and-tube heat exchangers for the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries.

   
   

   This International Standard is applicable to the following types of shell-and-tube heat exchangers: heaters, condensers, coolers and reboilers.

   
   

   This International Standard is not applicable to vacuum-operated steam surface condensers and feed-water heaters.

   
   

2. Normative references

The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.

ISO 15156 (all parts), Petroleum and natural gas industries — Materials for use in H2S-containing environments in oil and gas production

ASME B 16.51), Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings

ASME B 16.11, Forged Fittings, Socket-Welding and Threaded

ASME B 1.20.1, Pipe Threads, General Purpose (Inch)

EJMA2), Standards of the Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association

NACE MR0103 3 ), Materials Resistant to Sulfide Stress Cracking in Corrosive Petroleum Refining Environments

TEMA Standards Set4), 8th Edition, Standards of the Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association

1. ASME International, 3 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016-5990, USA.

2. Expansion Joint Manufacturers Association, 25 North Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA.

3. NACE International, P.O. Box 218340, Houston, TX 77218-8340, USA.

4. Tubular Exchanger Manufacturers Association, 25 North Broadway, Tarrytown, NY 10591, USA.