PD 5500:2000
Superseded
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SPECIFICATION FOR UNFIRED FUSION WELDED PRESSURE VESSELS
Hardcopy , PDF
01-15-2003
English
01-01-2000
Committees Responsible
Foreword
Summary of Pages
Specification
1 General
1.1 Scope
1.2 Interpretation
1.3 Definitions
1.4 Responsibilities
1.5 Information and requirements to be agreed and
to be documented
1.6 Thicknesses
2 Materials
2.1 Selection of materials
2.2 Materials for low temperature applications
2.3 Nominal design strength
3 Design
3.1 General
3.2 Application
3.3 Corrosion, erosion and protection
3.4 Construction categories and design stresses
3.5 Vessels under internal pressure
3.6 Vessels under external pressure
3.7 Supports, attachments and internal structures
3.8 Bolted flanged connections
3.9 Flat heat exchanger tubesheets
3.10 Design of welds
3.11 Jacket construction
3.12 Manholes and inspection openings
3.13 Protective devices for excessive pressure or
vacuum
4 Manufacture and Workmanship
4.1 General aspects of construction
4.2 Cutting, forming and tolerances
4.3 Welded joints
4.4 Heat treatment
4.5 Surface finish
5 Inspection and Testing
5.1 General
5.2 Approval testing of fusion welding procedures
5.3 Welder and operator approval
5.4 Production control test plates
5.5 Destructive testing
5.6 Non-destructive testing
5.7 Acceptance criteria for weld defects revealed by
visual examination and non-destructive testing
5.8 Pressure tests
5.9 Inspection requirements for cast components
Annex A - Recommendations for design where loadings and
components are not covered by Section 3
Annex B - Recommendations for cylindrical, spherical and
conical shells under combined loadings, including
wind and earthquakes
Annex C - Requirements for the assessment of vessels subject
to fatigue
Annex D - Requirements for vessels required to operate below
0 degree C
Annex E - Recommendations for welded connections of pressure
vessels
Annex F - An alternative design approach for compensation using
the pressure area method
Annex G - Recommendations for methods of calculation of
stresses from local loads, thermal gradients, etc
Annex H - Recommendations for post-weld heat treatment of
dissimilar ferritic steel joints
Annex J - Recommendations for pressure relief protective
devices
Annex K - Design stresses for British Standard materials
Annex L - Guidance on structural tolerances
Annex M - Guidance on safe external working pressure for
cylindrical sections outside the circularity limits
specified in 3.6
Annex N - Requirements for vessel design and the provision of
information concerning statutory obligations for the
demonstration of the continued integrity of pressure
vessels throughout their service life
Annex P - Deleted
Annex Q - Recommendations for preparation and testing of
production control test plates
Annex R - Guidance on additional information for flat ends and
flat plates
Annex S - Guidance on optional documentation for supply with
vessel
Annex T - Recommendations for arc welded tube to tubeplate
joints
Annex U - Guidance on the use of fracture mechanics analyses
Annex V - Requirements for testing and inspection of serially
produced pressure vessels
Annex W - Worked examples for vessels under external pressure
Annex Y - Worked examples for supports and mountings for
horizontal vessels
Annex Z - Guidance on the application of PD 5500 to pressure
vessels falling within the scope of the European
Pressure Equipment Directive
Aluminium Supplement - Requirements for aluminium and aluminium
alloys in the design and construction of
unfired fusion welded pressure vessels
Nickel Supplement - Requirements for nickel and nickel alloys
in the design and construction of unfired
fusion welded pressure vessels
Copper Supplement - Requirements for copper and copper alloys
in the design and construction of unfired
fusion welded or brazed pressure vessels
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