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

Current through Register Vol. 51, No. 1, July 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.