ASME B31.

1-2018

ð18Þ Figure 100.1.2-1 Code Jurisdictional Limits for Piping — An Example of Forced Flow Steam Generators With No Fixed
Steam or Waterline
Turbine valve or
code stop valve,
para. 122.1.7(a)
Superheater
Turbine

To equipment

Reheater

Convection
and radiant
section Start-up system
may vary to suit
boiler manufacturer
Condenser
Economizer
Paragraph 122.1.7(b)

Boiler
feed pump

Alternates, para. 122.1.7(b)(9)

Administrative Jurisdiction and Technical Responsibility

Boiler Proper — The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPVC) has total administrative jurisdiction
and technical responsibility. Refer to ASME BPVC, Section I, Preamble.
Boiler External Piping and Joint (BEP) — The ASME BPVC has total administrative jurisdiction (mandatory
certification by stamping the Certification Mark with the appropriate Designator, ASME Data Forms, and
Authorized Inspection) of BEP. The ASME Section Committee B31.1 has been assigned technical responsibility.
Refer to ASME BPVC, Section I, Preamble, fifth, sixth, and seventh paragraphs and ASME B31.1 Scope, para.
100.1.2(a). Applicable ASME B31.1 Editions and Addenda are referenced in ASME BPVC, Section I, PG-58.3.
Nonboiler External Piping and Joint (NBEP) — The ASME Code Committee for Pressure Piping, B31, has total
administrative and technical responsibility.

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ð18Þ Figure 100.1.2-2 Code Jurisdictional Limits for Piping — An Example of Steam Separator Type Forced Flow Steam
Generators With No Fixed Steam or Waterline
Turbine valve or
Code stop valve,
para. 122.1.7(a)
Superheater
Turbine

To equipment

Steam
separator
Convection
Reheater
and radiant
section
Water
collector

Start-up system
may vary to suit
boiler manufacturer
(if used)
Economizer
(if used)
Recirculation pump
(if used)

(if used) (if used) Paragraph 122.1.7(b)

Boiler feed pump

Alternates, para. 122.1.7(b)(9)

Administrative Jurisdiction and Technical Responsibility

Boiler Proper — The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPVC) has total administrative jurisdiction
and technical responsibility. Refer to ASME BPVC, Section I, Preamble.
Boiler External Piping and Joint (BEP) — The ASME BPVC has total administrative jurisdiction (mandatory
certification by stamping the Certification Mark with the appropriate Designator, ASME Data Forms, and
Authorized Inspection) of BEP. The ASME Section Committee B31.1 has been assigned technical responsibility.
Refer to ASME BPVC, Section I, Preamble, fifth, sixth, and seventh paragraphs and ASME B31.1 Scope, para.
100.1.2(a). Applicable ASME B31.1 Editions and Addenda are referenced in ASME BPVC, Section I, PG-58.3.
Nonboiler External Piping and Joint (NBEP) — The ASME Code Committee for Pressure Piping, B31, has total
administrative and technical responsibility.

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ð18Þ Figure 100.1.2-3 Code Jurisdictional Limits for Piping — Drum-Type Boilers
Vents and
instrumentation

Single installation Paragraph 122.6.2

Multiple installation Paragraph 122.1.2

Common
header Level indicators, para. 122.1.6
Drain Steam drum Surface blow
Control device, Continuous
Paragraph 122.1.4
para. 122.1.6 Inlet header blow
(if used) Chemical feed
Vent
nt Drum sample
Integral Ve
Drain superheater Soot blowers
(if used) Single installation

Main steam,
para. 122.1.2 Soot blowers
Multiple installation
Drain Common header
Drain
Paragraph 122.1.5

Integral nt Single boiler

Ve
economizer Single boiler
(if used)
Boiler no. 1
paras. 122.1.3 & 122.1.7

Two or more
Boiler no. 2 boilers fed from
Feedwater systems,

a common source
Paragraph 122.1.4 Water drum
Regulating valves
Boiler no. 1
Blow-off
Two or more
single and multiple
Boiler no. 2 boilers fed from
installations
a common source
Drain

Administrative Jurisdiction and Technical Responsibility

Boiler Proper — The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPVC) has total administrative jurisdiction
and technical responsibility. Refer to ASME BPVC, Section I, Preamble.
Boiler External Piping and Joint (BEP) — The ASME BPVC has total administrative jurisdiction (mandatory
certification by stamping the Certification Mark with the appropriate Designator, ASME Data Forms, and
Authorized Inspection) of BEP. The ASME Section Committee B31.1 has been assigned technical responsibility.
Refer to ASME BPVC, Section I, Preamble and ASME B31.1 Scope, para. 100.1.2(a). Applicable ASME B31.1
Editions and Addenda are referenced in ASME BPVC, Section I, PG-58.3.
Nonboiler External Piping and Joint (NBEP) — The ASME Code Committee for Pressure Piping, B31, has total
administrative jurisdiction and technical responsibility.

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ð18Þ Figure 100.1.2-4 Code Jurisdictional Limits for Piping — Isolable Economizers Located in Feedwater Piping and Isolable Superheaters in Main Steam Piping
(Boiler Pressure Relief Valves, Blowoff, and Miscellaneous Piping for Boiler Proper Not Shown for Clarity)
Paragraph 122.6.2
Vent Vent

Isolable Vent
Vent
economizer
Main steam Feedwater
Isolable
(see Figure systems
100.1.2-3) superheater
(see Figure
Intervening valve Drain, para. 122.1.5 100.1.2-3)

Inlet header
Drain, para. 122.1.5 (if used) Boiler proper Drain, para. 122.1.5
(see Figure
100.1.2-3)
(1) Economizer Within the Limits of BEP
Drain, para. 122.1.5
Intervening Paragraph 122.6.2
valve Note (1) Vent

Isolable Vent
economizer
Administrative Jurisdiction and Technical Responsibility

ASME B31.1-2018
Boiler Proper — The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPVC) has total Feedwater systems
Drain, para. 122.1.5 (see Figure 100.1.2-3)
administrative jurisdiction and technical responsibility. Refer to ASME BPVC,
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Section I, Preamble.
Drain, para. 122.1.5
Boiler External Piping and Joint (BEP) — The ASME BPVC has total administrative
jurisdiction (mandatory certification by stamping the Certification Mark with the
(2) Economizer Within the Limits of BEP
appropriate Designator, ASME Data Forms, and Authorized Inspection) of BEP. The
ASME Section Committee B31.1 has been assigned technical responsibility. Refer to Paragraph 122.6.2
ASME BPVC, Section I, Preamble and ASME B31.1 Scope, para. 100.1.2(a). Vent
Applicable ASME B31.1 Editions and Addenda are referenced in ASME BPVC, Note (1)
Isolable Vent
Section I, PG-58.3.
economizer
Nonboiler External Piping and Joint (NBEP) — The ASME Code Committee for
Feedwater systems
Pressure Piping, B31, has total administrative jurisdiction and technical responsibility.
(see Figure 100.1.2-3)
Drain, para. 122.1.5

Drain, para. 122.1.5

(3) Economizer Outside the Limits of BEP

NOTE: (1) With feedwater regulator located between the boiler and economizer, the economizer may be constructed utilizing austenitic stainless steel (see ASME BPVC, Section I, Part PFE).
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ð18Þ Figure 100.1.2-5 Code Jurisdictional Limits for Piping — Reheaters and Nonintegral Separately Fired Superheaters

Vent

Vent
Hot reheat, Vent
para. 122.1.7(d)
Reheater
Drain Nonintegral
separately fired
Steam out
Vent superheater
Steam in

Inlet header
Cold reheat, Drain, para. 122.1.5 (if used)
para. 122.1.7(d)

Drain, para. 122.1.5

Drain

Administrative Jurisdiction and Technical Responsibility

Boiler Proper — The ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPVC) has total administrative jurisdiction
and technical responsibility. Refer to ASME BPVC, Section I, Preamble.
Boiler External Piping and Joint (BEP) — The ASME BPVC has total administrative jurisdiction (mandatory
certification by stamping the Certification Mark with the appropriate Designator, ASME Data Forms, and
Authorized Inspection) of BEP. The ASME Section Committee B31.1 has been assigned technical responsibility.
Refer to ASME BPVC, Section I, Preamble and ASME B31.1 Scope, para. 100.1.2(a). Applicable ASME B31.1
Editions and Addenda are referenced in ASME BPVC, Section I, PG-58.3.
Nonboiler External Piping and Joint (NBEP) — The ASME Code Committee for Pressure Piping, B31, has total
administrative jurisdiction and technical responsibility.

specially designed component: a component designed in
accordance with para. 104.7.2.
standard component: a component manufactured in
accordance with one or more of the standards listed in
Table 126.1-1.
covered piping systems (CPS): piping systems on which
condition assessments are to be conducted. As a
minimum for electric power generating stations, the
CPS systems are to include NPS 4 (DN 100) and larger
of the main steam, hot reheat steam, cold reheat
steam, and boiler feedwater piping systems. In addition
to the above, CPS also includes NPS 4 (DN 100) and larger
piping in other systems that operate above 750°F (400°C)
or above 1,025 psi (7 100 kPa).
creep strength enhanced ferritic steel: steel in which the
microstructure, consisting of lower transformation
products such as martensite and bainite, is stabilized
by controlled precipitation of temper-resistant carbides,
carbonitrides, and/or nitrides.
defect: a flaw (imperfection or unintentional disconti-
nuity) of such size, shape, orientation, location, or proper-
ties as to be rejectable.
discontinuity: a lack of continuity or cohesion; an interrup-
tion in the normal physical structure of material or a
product.
employer: the owner, manufacturer, fabricator, contractor,
assembler, or installer responsible for the welding,
brazing, and NDE performed by his/her organization
including procedure and performance qualifications.
engineering design: the detailed design developed from
process requirements and conforming to Code require-
ments, including all necessary drawings and specifica-
tions, governing a piping installation.
equipment connection: an integral part of such equipment
as pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and pumps, designed
for attachment of pipe or piping components.
erection: the complete installation of a piping system,
including any field assembly, fabrication, testing, and
inspection of the system.