Air Receiver Tank Inspection

Instruction is based at post apprentice level.

Air receiver tank inspection.

The procedures discussed are based upon air receiver and the guidelines for compliance with the national health and safety act of south africa o h s act 85 of 1993. However due to minimum size inspection thresholds employed by the vast majority of jurisdictions many of the smaller air receivers will not qualify for a mandatory inservice inspection. The air receiver tank supports the work of a primary heat exchanger. 57 13010 reciprocating type air compressors.

Any pressure vessel containing compressed gas over 250 bar litres capacity requires inspection. All documents that relate to the design purchase registration inspection damage history repair or modification of the air receiver must be kept as a minimum for the life of the vessel. If the air receiver is sold or relocated these records should follow the vessel to the new site or new owner. The pressure vessel unit is responsible under labor code sections 7620 7771 for the inspection of boilers any fired or unfired pressure vessel used to generate steam pressure by the application of heat and tanks any fired or unfired pressure vessel used for the storage of air pressure or liquefied petroleum gases.

Pressure vessels pressure vessel unit. As air sits in the tank or slowly flows through it it naturally cools over time. Lowering the temperature of the air an additional 5 10 f is not uncommon. Boiler and pressure vessel code section viii which is incorporated by reference as specified in sec.

All new air receivers installed after the effective date of these regulations shall be constructed in accordance with the 1968 edition of the a s m e. 57 13019 pressure system repairs. 57 13015 inspection of compressed air receivers and other unfired pressure vessels. This pressure may be obtained from an external source or by the application of heat from a direct or indirect source or any combination thereof.

57 13020 use of compressed air. Efficiency benefits of air receiver tanks. 57 13017 compressor discharge pipes. 57 13011 air receiver tanks.

Description and overview an air receiver is probably the most common type of unfired pressure vessel. Pressure vessel definition based on the asme code section viii pressure vessels are containers for the containment of pressure either internal or external. The air receiver tank acts as a secondary heat exchanger. There is a legal requirement for thorough examination of pressure vessels and receivers that contain steam compressed air and refrigerants.

There should be a suitable appliance either manual or automatic for draining the receiver. Maintenance service inspection of air receivers compressors the receiver should be fitted with a correct pressure gauge complying with bs 1780 or similar equivalent standard and which indicates pressure in bar lbf sqin or other suitable units.