Kentucky Administrative Regulations
Title 815 - PUBLIC PROTECTION CABINET - DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, BUILDINGS AND CONSTRUCTION
Chapter 15 - Boilers and Pressure Vessels
Section 815 KAR 15:010 - Definitions for 815 KAR Chapter 15
Universal Citation: 815 KY Admin Regs Service 15:010
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, March 1, 2024
RELATES TO: KRS Chapter 236
NECESSITY, FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 236.030 requires the commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations that establish reasonable standards for the safe construction, installation, inspection, and repair of boilers, pressure vessels, and pressure piping. This administrative regulation establishes the definitions for terms used in 815 KAR Chapter 15.
Section 1. Definitions.
(1) "ASME" is defined by
KRS
236.010(5).
(2) "ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code" or
"ASME Code" means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Codes as follows, including all cited code cases, appendices,
and addenda, which are incorporated by reference in
815
KAR 15:025 and
815
KAR 15:026:
(a)
Section I, rules for construction of power boilers;
(b) Section II, material specifications:
1. Part A specifications for ferrous
materials;
2. Part B specifications
for nonferrous materials;
3. Part C
specifications for welding rods, electrodes, and filler metals; and
4. Part D Properties (Customary);
(c) Section IV, Rules for
construction of heating boilers;
(d) Section V, nondestructive
examination;
(e) Section VIII,
rules for construction of pressure vessels, Division 1, Division 2, and
Division 3;
(f) Section IX, welding
and brazing qualifications; and
(g)
Section X, Fiber-Reinforced Plastic Pressure Vessels.
(3) "Authorized inspector" means an inspector
holding the appropriate endorsement on the National Board Commission to perform
new construction shop inspections.
(4) "Boiler" is defined by
KRS
236.010(1).
(5) "Boiler and pressure vessel contractor"
means the holder of a boiler and pressure vessel contractor license as issued
by the department pursuant to KRS 236 and 815 Chapter 8.
(6) "Boiler Inspection Section" means the
section within the Division of Plumbing, Department of Housing, Buildings and
Construction.
(7) "Boiler
inspector" is defined by
KRS
236.010(14).
(8) "Certificate inspection" is defined by
KRS
236.010(7).
(9) "Chief boiler inspector" is defined by
KRS
236.010(13).
(10) "Code boiler or pressure vessel" means a
boiler or pressure vessel that bears the ASME Code Symbol stamp and designator.
(See also "state special.")
(11)
"Commission" means the written credential issued by the department to a boiler
inspector, special boiler inspector, or owner-user inspector pursuant to
KRS 236.070,
236.080,
or
236.095.
(12) "Commissioner" is defined by
KRS
236.010(3).
(13) "Deaerator tank" means a pressure vessel
in which water is heated, usually by steam, so that any dissolved oxygen is
removed from the water.
(14)
"Department" is defined by
KRS
236.010(4).
(15) "Existing installations" means any
boilers and associated piping systems completed and approved for operation
prior to July 1, 1970, or pressure vessels and associated piping systems
completed and approved for operation prior to July 15, 1980.
(16) "External inspection" means an
inspection made while a boiler or pressure vessel is in operation and under
pressure.
(17) "Heat recovery
boiler" means a boiler in which the source of heat is from another
process.
(18) "Heating boiler" is
defined by
KRS
236.010(1)(c).
(19) "High pressure, high temperature water
boiler" is defined by
KRS
236.010(1)(b).
(20) "Hot water heating boiler" means a
boiler from which hot water is circulated for heating purposes and returned to
the boiler and that operates at a pressure not exceeding 160 psig or a
temperature of 250 degrees Fahrenheit at or near the boiler outlet.
(21) "Hot water storage tank" means a
pressure vessel, unfired but connected to and subject to the same pressures as
a companion hot water supply boiler, the combination being used to heat and
store hot water for use externally to itself.
(22) "Hot water supply boiler" means a boiler
completely filled with water that furnishes hot water to be used externally to
itself at pressures not exceeding 160 psig or at temperatures not exceeding 210
degrees Fahrenheit at or near the boiler outlet.
(23) "Hydrostatic test" means the activity of
filling a boiler, pressure vessel, or associated piping with water and raising
the pressure within the system to check for tightness or mechanical
integrity.
(24) "Internal
inspection" means an inspection made under circumstances that the boiler or
pressure vessel is not operating and hand holes or manways are open for
inspection of internal portions of the boiler or pressure vessel as
construction permits.
(25)
"Jacketed kettle" means a pressure vessel with inner and outer walls that is
subject to water or steam pressure and is used to boil or heat liquids and to
cook food.
(26) "Lined potable
water boiler" means a water boiler with a corrosion resistant lining used to
supply potable hot water.
(27)
"MAWP" is defined by
KRS
236.010(23).
(28) "National Board (NB)" means the National
Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel Inspectors.
(29) "Noncode boiler or pressure vessel "
means a boiler or pressure vessel that does not bear the ASME code symbol stamp
and designator. (See also "state special.")
(30) "Owner-user inspector" means an
inspector commissioned by the department and employed by a company operating a
pressure vessel within the Commonwealth and meeting the requirements
established in
KRS
236.095(1).
(31) "Owner or user" means any person, firm,
or corporation owning or operating a boiler or pressure vessel within this
Commonwealth.
(32) "Owner's piping
inspector" is defined by
KRS
236.010(25).
(33) "Power boiler" is defined by
KRS
236.010(1)(a).
(34) "Pressure piping" means the connecting
piping emanating from the associated boiler or pressure vessel and includes
piping as covered pursuant to the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code,
Sections I and IV; Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division I, 2, or 3.
These piping codes include:
(a) Power Piping
Code ASME B31.1;
(b) Process Piping
Code ASME B31.3;
(c) Refrigeration
Piping and Heat Transfer Components Code ASME B31.5;
(d) Building Services Piping Code ASME B31.9;
and
(e) Hydrogen Piping and
Pipelines Code ASME B31.12.
(35) "Pressure vessel" is defined by
KRS
236.010(2).
(36) "Pressure vessels for human occupancy"
or "PVHO" means all pressure vessels that enclose a human within its pressure
boundary while under internal or external pressure exceeding a differential
pressure of 2 psi. PVHOs include decompression or recompression chambers, high
altitude chambers, hypobaric or hyperbaric chambers, hyperbaric stretchers,
medical hyperbaric oxygenation facilities, and personnel transfer
capsules.
(37) "PSI (psi)" means
pounds per square inch.
(38) "PSIG
(psig)" means pounds per square inch gauge.
(39) "Reinstalled boiler or pressure vessel"
means a boiler or pressure vessel removed from its original setting and
re-erected at the same location or erected at a new location without change of
ownership.
(40) "Repair" means the
work necessary to restore pressure-retaining items to a safe and satisfactory
operating condition to comply with the National Board Inspection Code
incorporated by reference in
815
KAR 15:026.
(41) "Secondhand boiler or pressure vessel"
means a boiler or pressure vessel in which both the location and ownership have
been changed after initial use.
(42) "Special boiler inspector" is defined by
KRS
236.010(15).
(43) "State special" means a boiler or
pressure vessel that carries neither the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code
symbol nor National Board registration but has been accepted by the department
pursuant to
815
KAR 15:025, Section 4.
(44) "V-R stamp holder" means the holder of a
certificate issued by the National Board to repair pressure relief
valves.
STATUTORY AUTHORITY: KRS 236.030
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