This standard is produced by the American Petroleum Institute (API) with the purpose of defining the requirements and recommendations regarding the tube thickness design criteria of fired heaters and furnaces.
The standard is applicable for fired heater operating in both corrosive and noncorrosive applications. These procedures are related to only the internal coils (direct-fired, heat-absorbing tubes)of fired heaters and not for external piping. The full complete standard is availble for purchase directly from the API www.api.org/pubs
Subjects within API 530 Tube Thickness Standard?
This standard is produced by the American Petroleum Institute (API) with the purpose of defining the requirements and recommendations regarding the tube thickness design criteria of fired heaters and furnaces.
- Fired Heater Tube Elastic Design
- Fired Heater Rupture Design with Constant Temperature
- Rupture Design with Linearly Changing Temperature Estimation of Allowable Skin Temperature, Tube Retirement Thickness and Remaining Life
- Calculation of Maximum Radiant Section Tube Skin Temperature
- Derivation of Corrosion Fraction and Temperature Fraction
- Fired Heater Tubes Stress Curves
- Calculation of Maximum Radiant Section Tube Skin Temperature
- Minimum and Average Thicknesses of Fired Heater Tubes
