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Overview of IIAR Standards

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Normative Informative
Prescriptive Descriptive
Required Supplemental
Shall Should
Must May
Will Could/Can
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2011
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2013
2014
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2016
2017
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Definitions

IIAR 3
Valves

IIAR 2 IIAR 4
Design Installation

IIAR 6
Inspection, IIAR 8
Testing, and Decomm.
Maintenance

IIAR 7 IIAR 9
IIAR 5 Start-
Operating Existing
Up
Procedures Systems
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Definitions

IIAR 3
Valves

IIAR 2 IIAR 4
Design Installation

IIAR 6
Inspection, IIAR 8
Testing, and Decomm.
Maintenance

IIAR 7 IIAR 9
IIAR 5 Start-
Operating Existing
Up
Procedures Systems
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Definitions

IIAR 3
Valves

IIAR 2 IIAR 4
Design Installation

IIAR 6
Inspection, IIAR 8
Testing, and Decomm.
Maintenance

IIAR 7 IIAR 9
IIAR 5 Start-
Operating Existing
Up
Procedures Systems
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Definitions – IIAR 1
• piping: The interconnecting parts of a closed-circuit refrigeration system
that contain and convey the refrigerant. Piping includes pipe; flanges;
bolting; gaskets; valves; fittings; the pressure-containing parts of other
components such as heat transfer components; expansion joints;
strainers; filters; and devices that serve such purposes as mixing,
separating, snubbing, distributing, metering or controlling flow; pipe
hangers; supporting fixtures; and structural attachments.
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Definitions – IIAR 1
• pressure vessel: Any refrigerant containing receptacle in a closed circuit
mechanical refrigerating system designed and manufactured under the
rules of ASME Section VIII, Division 1, Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.
See also receiver: receiver and controlled-pressure receiver.
EXCEPTIONS per ASME Section VIII, Division 1, Boiler and Pressure
Vessel Code:
a. Compressors
b. Pumps
c. Controls
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Definitions – IIAR 1
• Machinery Room: An enclosed space that, where required by this
standard to contain equipment, must comply with the requirements set
forth in Chapter 6.
• Trained Operator: An individual having training and experience that
qualify that individual to operate and perform basic system inspections on
a closed-circuit refrigeration system with which he or she has become
familiar.
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Definitions

IIAR 3
Valves

IIAR 2 IIAR 4
Design Installation

IIAR 6
Inspection, IIAR 8
Testing, and Decomm.
Maintenance

IIAR 7 IIAR 9
IIAR 5 Start-
Operating Existing
Up
Procedures Systems
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IIAR Standard 2
• ANSI/IIAR 2 Standard for Safe Design of Closed-Circuit Ammonia
Refrigeration Systems
1974-78 1984 1999 2008 2014
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Overview
• Part 1 – General (Chapters 1-3)
• Part 2 – Design and Installation Considerations
(Chapters 4-7)
• Part 3 – Equipment (Chapters 8-17)
• Part 4 – Appendices (Appendix A – Appendix N)
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Outline
• Part 1
o Chapter 1 – Purpose, Scope, and Applicability
o Chapter 2 – Definitions
o Chapter 3 – Reference Standards
• Part 2
o Chapter 4 – Location of Ammonia Refrigeration Machinery
o Chapter 5 – General System Design Requirements
o Chapter 6 – Machinery Rooms
o Chapter 7 – Refrigeration Equipment in Areas Other Than
Machinery Rooms
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Outline
• Part 3 Systems and Equipment
o Chapter 8 – Compressors o Chapter 15 –
o Chapter 9 – Refrigerant Overpressure Protection
Pumps Devices
o Chapter 10 – Condensers o Chapter 16 –
Instrumentation and
o Chapter 11 – Evaporators
Controls
o Chapter 12 – Pressure
o Chapter 17 – Ammonia
Vessels
Detection and Alarms
o Chapter 13 – Piping
• Part 4 (Informative
o Chapter 14 – Packaged
Appendices)
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Normative vs. Informative

Normative Informative
Parts 1-3 (Chapters 1-17) Part 4 (Appendices)
Prescriptive Descriptive
Required Supplemental
Shall Should
Must May
Will Could/Can
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IIAR 2 vs. ASHRAE 15

IIAR 3 IIAR 1
Definitions

IIAR 3
Valves

IIAR 2 IIAR 4
Design Installation

IIAR 6
Inspection, IIAR 8
Testing, and Decomm.
Maintenance

IIAR 7 IIAR 9
IIAR 5 Start-
Operating Existing
Up
Procedures Systems
IIAR 4 IIAR 1
Definitions

IIAR 3
Valves

IIAR 2 IIAR 4
Design Installation

IIAR 6
Inspection, IIAR 8
Testing, and Decomm.
Maintenance

IIAR 7 IIAR 9
IIAR 5 Start-
Operating Existing
Up
Procedures Systems
 LP Side HP Side Components
Components Including Valves, Sensing
Compressors Including Devices, Heat Exchangers,
Hot Gas Condensers, Pumps &
Vessels,
Defrost Piping
Heat
Evaporators
Exchangers,
LP Side & Piping
HP Evaporators, Water-cooled Air-cooled
& Pumps &
Side Systems Systems
Boosters Piping

Psig 250 300 250 250 250 300

kPa
1724 2069 1724 1724 1724 2069
gauge
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Definitions

IIAR 3
Valves

IIAR 2 IIAR 4
Design Installation

IIAR 6
Inspection, IIAR 8
Testing, and Decomm.
Maintenance

IIAR 7 IIAR 9
IIAR 5 Start-
Operating Existing
Up
Procedures Systems
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Definitions

IIAR 3
Valves

IIAR 2 IIAR 4
Design Installation

IIAR 6
Inspection, IIAR 8
Testing, and Decomm.
Maintenance

IIAR 7 IIAR 9
IIAR 5 Start-
Operating Existing
Up
Procedures Systems
IIAR 8 IIAR 1
Definitions

IIAR 3
Valves

IIAR 2 IIAR 4
Design Installation

IIAR 6
Inspection, IIAR 8
Testing, and Decomm.
Maintenance

IIAR 7 IIAR 9
IIAR 5 Start-
Operating Existing
Up
Procedures Systems
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Definitions

IIAR 3
Valves

IIAR 2 IIAR 4
Design Installation

IIAR 6
Inspection, IIAR 8
Testing, and Decomm.
Maintenance

IIAR 7 IIAR 9
IIAR 5 Start-
Operating Existing
Up
Procedures Systems
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Definitions

IIAR 3
Valves

IIAR 2 IIAR 4
Design Installation

IIAR 6
Inspection, IIAR 8
Testing, and Decomm.
Maintenance

IIAR 7 IIAR 9
IIAR 5 Start-
Operating Existing
Up
Procedures Systems
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Bulletin No. 114

Pre-March 2014

Post-March 2014
ASME A13.1
Bulletin No. 114
PSM/RMP Guidebook
ARM-LC Guidebook
Piping Handbook
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Definitions

IIAR 3
Valves

IIAR 2 IIAR 4
Design Installation

IIAR 6
Inspection, IIAR 8
Testing, and Decomm.
Maintenance

IIAR 7 IIAR 9
IIAR 5 Start-
Operating Existing
Up
Procedures Systems
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