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  • API 530 REDLINE : 2008

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    CALCULATION OF HEATER-TUBE THICKNESS IN PETROLEUM REFINERIES

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    Withdrawn date:  05-02-2024

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    Published date:  01-01-2008

    Publisher:  American Petroleum Institute

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    Special Notes
    API Foreword
    1 Scope
    2 Terms and definitions
    3 General design information
    4 Design
    5 Allowable stresses
    6 Sample calculations
    Annex A (informative) - Estimation of remaining
            tube life
    Annex B (informative) - Calculation of maximum
            radiant section tube skin temperature
    Annex C (normative) - Thermal-stress limitations
            (elastic range)
    Annex D (informative) - Calculation sheets
    Annex E (normative) - Stress curves (SI units)
    Annex F (normative) - Stress curves (USC units)
    Annex G (normative) - Derivation of corrosion
            fraction and temperature fraction
    Annex H (informative) - Data sources
    Bibliography

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    Describes the requirements and gives recommendations for the procedures and design criteria used for calculating the required wall thickness of new tubes and associated component fittings for petroleum- refinery heaters.

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    Development Note Also numbered as ISO 13704. (02/2012)
    Document Type Redline
    Publisher American Petroleum Institute
    Status Withdrawn

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