KAR 815 Chapter 15 - Kentucky Boiler
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- Pressure shall be equal to the release pressure of the safety valve(s) having
lowest release setting - -Steps for existing installation hydrostatic
pressure tests
$1200 - ✅✅-Initial Inspection for ASME certificates?
$35 - ✅✅-Fee for external inspection of Power Boilers for 100 sqft or less?
$35 - ✅✅-Fee for internal inspection of Power Boilers for 100 sqft or less?
$400 - ✅✅-Initial or renewal fee for National Board R or V-R certificate?
$55 - ✅✅-Fee for internal boiler inspections with a manway?
$70 - ✅✅-Fee to assume another contractor's permit?
$70 - ✅✅-Permit Fee for a project cost of $2000 or less?
$950 - ✅✅-Renewal of ASME certificates?
2 years - ✅✅-When does a independent inspection agency license expire?
2' in all directions - ✅✅-How much clearance should be allowed in for boiler
installation?
21% - ✅✅ -Value over the MAWP that a pressure relief valve is capable of
preventing failure
3 gauge cocks - ✅✅ -How many gauge cocks are required for manually fired
boilers within rang of the visible water glass
5 years - ✅✅ -How long are owner facility records of pressure tests, material
mill tests and license expected to be kept?
5' -✅✅ -Clearance between the manhole opening and any wall, ceiling or
piping?
, 70 degrees to 120 degrees - ✅✅-Minimum/Maximum temperature for the
water in hydrostatic tests.
80% - ✅✅ -Minimum pressure test of an existing system shall not be less
than_____ MAWP or the set pressure of the pressure releasing device,
whichever greater
A locomotive test which requires 1 and 1/4 MAWP - ✅✅ -What is the
exception for a test not to exceed the one and a half the MAWP in an existing
installation
A switch shall be installed at both doors -✅✅-If there is more than one door
to a mechanical room, which door receives a switch?
Alternative (to Hydrostatic) Testing -✅✅ -- Compressed Air Systems with a
MAWP of 200 psi or less and a pipe dia. Of 2" and no welds
- Hydronic Heating with a MAWP of 100 psi or less with 2" dia or less and no
welds
- Steam condensate systems with a MAWP of 50 psi, pipe dia less than 2" and
no welds
- Non Amonia Systems with pipe dia of 2" or less and no welds
ASME Code - ✅✅ -Code written by the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers that controls the construction, repairs and operation of steam
boilers and their related equipment.
ASME Code Section IX (9) - ✅✅ -Piping code for welded joints in pressure
piping installed by qualified professionals
ASME Code Sections - ✅✅ -Part A specifications for ferrous materials, Part
B specifications for nonferrous materials, Part C specifications for welding
rods, electrode, and filter metals
ASME Stamps - ✅✅ -New Boilers and pressure vessels shall be stamped
with the applicable certification mark of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Code
Authorized inspector - ✅✅ -An inspector holding the appropriate
endorsement on the National Board Commission to perform new construction
shop inspections
✅✅
- Pressure shall be equal to the release pressure of the safety valve(s) having
lowest release setting - -Steps for existing installation hydrostatic
pressure tests
$1200 - ✅✅-Initial Inspection for ASME certificates?
$35 - ✅✅-Fee for external inspection of Power Boilers for 100 sqft or less?
$35 - ✅✅-Fee for internal inspection of Power Boilers for 100 sqft or less?
$400 - ✅✅-Initial or renewal fee for National Board R or V-R certificate?
$55 - ✅✅-Fee for internal boiler inspections with a manway?
$70 - ✅✅-Fee to assume another contractor's permit?
$70 - ✅✅-Permit Fee for a project cost of $2000 or less?
$950 - ✅✅-Renewal of ASME certificates?
2 years - ✅✅-When does a independent inspection agency license expire?
2' in all directions - ✅✅-How much clearance should be allowed in for boiler
installation?
21% - ✅✅ -Value over the MAWP that a pressure relief valve is capable of
preventing failure
3 gauge cocks - ✅✅ -How many gauge cocks are required for manually fired
boilers within rang of the visible water glass
5 years - ✅✅ -How long are owner facility records of pressure tests, material
mill tests and license expected to be kept?
5' -✅✅ -Clearance between the manhole opening and any wall, ceiling or
piping?
, 70 degrees to 120 degrees - ✅✅-Minimum/Maximum temperature for the
water in hydrostatic tests.
80% - ✅✅ -Minimum pressure test of an existing system shall not be less
than_____ MAWP or the set pressure of the pressure releasing device,
whichever greater
A locomotive test which requires 1 and 1/4 MAWP - ✅✅ -What is the
exception for a test not to exceed the one and a half the MAWP in an existing
installation
A switch shall be installed at both doors -✅✅-If there is more than one door
to a mechanical room, which door receives a switch?
Alternative (to Hydrostatic) Testing -✅✅ -- Compressed Air Systems with a
MAWP of 200 psi or less and a pipe dia. Of 2" and no welds
- Hydronic Heating with a MAWP of 100 psi or less with 2" dia or less and no
welds
- Steam condensate systems with a MAWP of 50 psi, pipe dia less than 2" and
no welds
- Non Amonia Systems with pipe dia of 2" or less and no welds
ASME Code - ✅✅ -Code written by the American Society of Mechanical
Engineers that controls the construction, repairs and operation of steam
boilers and their related equipment.
ASME Code Section IX (9) - ✅✅ -Piping code for welded joints in pressure
piping installed by qualified professionals
ASME Code Sections - ✅✅ -Part A specifications for ferrous materials, Part
B specifications for nonferrous materials, Part C specifications for welding
rods, electrode, and filter metals
ASME Stamps - ✅✅ -New Boilers and pressure vessels shall be stamped
with the applicable certification mark of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Code
Authorized inspector - ✅✅ -An inspector holding the appropriate
endorsement on the National Board Commission to perform new construction
shop inspections
