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Question 5 ASME B31.3

The document provides steps to calculate the pipe thickness for a 10-inch carbon steel pipe carrying fluid at 15 bar pressure and 250 degree Celsius temperature. The steps are: 1) Use the given pipe thickness equation and values from code tables to calculate the pressure design thickness, 2) Add mechanical, corrosion, and erosion allowances to get minimum required thickness, 3) Add mill tolerance to get calculated pipe thickness, 4) Accept the next higher available pipe thickness from manufacturer standards.

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Question 5 ASME B31.3

The document provides steps to calculate the pipe thickness for a 10-inch carbon steel pipe carrying fluid at 15 bar pressure and 250 degree Celsius temperature. The steps are: 1) Use the given pipe thickness equation and values from code tables to calculate the pressure design thickness, 2) Add mechanical, corrosion, and erosion allowances to get minimum required thickness, 3) Add mill tolerance to get calculated pipe thickness, 4) Accept the next higher available pipe thickness from manufacturer standards.

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Workshop ASME B31.

3 for MTO RMT Sodsai Lamtharn


16 July ‘2021

5. What are steps for calculating the pipe thickness for a 10 inch carbon steel (A 106-
Grade B) pipe carrying a fluid with design pressure 15 bar and design temperature of 250
degree centigrade?

The pipe thickness (t) for internal design pressure (P) is calculated from the following equation.

Here,

D = Outside diameter of the pipe, obtain the diameter from pipe manufacturer standard.
S = stress value at design temperature from code Table A-1
E = quality factor from code Table A-1A or A-1B
W = weld joint strength reduction factor from code
Y = coefficient from code Table 304.1.1 Using the above formula calculates the pressure design
thickness, t.

Now add the sum of the mechanical allowances (thread or groove depth) plus corrosion and
erosion allowances if any with t to get minimum required thickness, tm.

Next, add the mill tolerance with this value to get calculated pipe thickness. For seamless pipe,
the mill tolerance is 12.5% under tolerance. So calculated pipe thickness will be tm/(1-0.125)
= tm/0.875.

Now accept the available pipe thickness (based on next nearest higher pipe schedule) just higher
than the calculated value from manufacturer standard thickness tables.

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