ASME BPVC.VI-2023

ASME BPVC Section VI 2023 PDF

Section VI provides recommended guidelines for the care and operation of heating boilers. The purpose of these recommended guidelines is to promote safety in the use of steam heating, hot water heating, and hot water supply boilers that are directly fired with oil, gas, electricity, coal, or other solid and liquid fuels. These guidelines are intended for use by those directly responsible for operating and maintaining heating and hot water supply boilers. These guidelines apply only to boilers subject to the service restrictions of Section IV, HG-101 of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, as follows:

• Steam boilers for operation at pressures not exceeding 15 psi (100 kPa)
• Hot water heating and hot water supply boilers for operation at pressures not exceeding 160 psi (1 100 kPa) and/or temperatures not exceeding 250°F (120°C)

These guidelines apply to the boiler proper and to pipe connections up to and including the valve or valves as required by the Code. Guidelines are also provided for operation of auxiliary equipment and appliances that affect the safe and reliable operation of heating boilers.

Careful application of this Section will help users to comply with applicable regulations within their jurisdictions, while achieving the operational, cost and safety benefits to be gained from the many industry best-practices detailed within these volumes.

LIST OF SECTIONS

SECTIONS

I Rules for Construction of Power Boilers

II Materials

• Part A — Ferrous Material Specifications

• Part B — Nonferrous Material Specifications

• Part C — Specifications for Welding Rods, Electrodes, and Filler Metals

• Part D — Properties (Customary)

• Part D — Properties (Metric)

III Rules for Construction of Nuclear Facility Components

• Subsection NCA — General Requirements for Division 1 and Division 2

• Appendices

• Division 1

– Subsection NB — Class 1 Components

– Subsection NCD — Class 2 and Class 3 Components

– Subsection NE — Class MC Components

– Subsection NF — Supports

– Subsection NG — Core Support Structures

• Division 2 — Code for Concrete Containments

• Division 3 — Containment Systems for Transportation and Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level

Radioactive Material

• Division 4 — Fusion Energy Devices

• Division 5 — High Temperature Reactors

IV Rules for Construction of Heating Boilers

V Nondestructive Examination

VI Recommended Rules for the Care and Operation of Heating Boilers

VII Recommended Guidelines for the Care of Power Boilers

VIII Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels

• Division 1

• Division 2 — Alternative Rules

• Division 3 — Alternative Rules for Construction of High Pressure Vessels

IX Welding, Brazing, and Fusing Qualifications

X Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels

XI Rules for Inservice Inspection of Nuclear Reactor Facility Components

• Division 1 — Rules for Inspection and Testing of Components of Light-Water-Cooled Plants

• Division 2 — Requirements for Reliability and Integrity Management (RIM) Programs for Nuclear Reactor

Facilities

XII Rules for Construction and Continued Service of Transport Tanks

XIII Rules for Overpressure Protection