ASME B31 G Level 1 Evaluation

Value Unit

Material Carbon Steel

D: Specified outside diameter of the pipe 323.9 mm Z: 2.997

t Pipe wall thickness 10.3 mm

d: Defect Depth 5 mm SF: 1.510 safety factor =Pt/MAOP (But usually not less than 1.25)
Data Imput

L: Defect Length 100 mm

Design Temperature 70.000 C SO: 1374.217 hoop stress at the operating pressure

Maximum Operating Temperature 56 C

MAOP: Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure (Design Pressure) 87.4 Bars SF*SO 2075.476

MOP: Maximum Operating Pressure Bars

Pt: Hydrostatic test pressure 132 Bars

PO: Operating pressure, may equal MAOP or MOP 87.4 Bars

SMYS: specified minimum yield strength at ambient conditions 483 Bar

(1Mpa=10 Bar)

* An area of corrosion with maximum depth greater than 20%

but less than or equal to 80% of the wall thickness shall be As per ASME B31.4
d/t permitted to remain in the pipeline unrepaired provided 48.54% ASME B31 G Assessement to be used
that the pressure at such an area does not exceed a safe 451.6.2.2:
level.
Original ASME B31G Method

Sflow: Flow stress, defined in para. ASME B31G 2.2 (a) =1.1*SMYS 5313.000 Bars The flaw is acceptable where SF is equal to or greater than SF* SO, or where PF is equal to or greater than SF*SO

M= 1.843 Output Message The flaw is Acceptable

For Z<=20 PS 45378.617 Safe operating pressure

For Z>20

SF Estimated failure stress level 4358.831 Bars

Modified ASME B31G Method

Sflow: Flow stress, defined in para. ASME B31G 2.2 (a) =1.1*SMYS 5313.000 Bars

Z<=50,
1.688
M=

Z>50, M= 3.096 Output Message The flaw is Acceptable

SF 4130.103 Bars PS 42997.394 Safe operating pressure

A Level 1 evaluation is a simple calculation that relies on single measurements of the maximum depth and axial extent of metal loss.
 Sflow ASME B31G 1.7 (b)

Material SMYS Temperature

Carbon Steel T<250F (120C)
Carbon
Steel and
SMYS < 70 kpsi (483 Mpa) T<250F (120C)
low alloy
Steel

Carbon
Steel and
SMYS < 80 kpsi (551 Mpa)
low alloy
Steel
Sflow ASME B31G 1.7 (b)

Flow Stress
Sflow= = 1.1 X SMYS , Sflow< SMTS

Sflow= = SMYS + 10 (KPSI), 69 Mpa , Sflow< SMTS

Sflow= =(SUT+SYT)/2 , SUT & SYTare specified at

theoperating temperature (YT is the yield strength and UT is the
ultimate strength in tension)
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