The GSFC PVS
Program provides Center organizations with inspection, certification,
recertification and consultation of ground-based pressure vessels and pressurized
systems (PVS). This center
program is implemented by the PVS Program manager and improves safety,
and minimizes personnel injury or fatality, or damage to, or loss of,
hardware and facilities.
The PVS program has successfully merged with the Laboratory
Quality Management System (LQMS) for online referencing of all PVS under
GSFC. Owners/Operators of PVS can now find all critical information about
their PVS online at the following website, https://lqms.gsfc.nasa.gov. This
will also serve as a formal certification report, as well as a central
database for inspections/modifications made to the PVS. New PVS can now
be added by Owners/Operators online and will assist in communicating to
the PVS Engineering team that a new system is in progress and requires
certification.
For assistance
with having your pressure vessel or pressurized system
certified/recertified and in compliance with NASA and Goddard
requirements, contact PVS Program management or engineering at your
facility.
NASA and Goddard Requirements for PVS:*
NPR
8715.3C NASA General Safety Program Requirements
NPD 8710.5D Policy for
Pressure Vessels and Pressurized Systems
NASA-STD-8719.17 Rev B NASA
Requirements for Ground-Based Pressure Vessels and Pressurized Systems
(PVS)
GPR 8710.3B Certification
of Ground-Based Pressure Vessels and Pressurized Systems
GPR 8710.7 Cryogenic Safety
Goddard Procedures and Guidelines:*
500-PG-8715.1.1B Applied
Engineering and Technology Directorate Safety Program Plan
540-PG-8715.1.2C
Mechanical Systems Division Safety Manual
*Verify these documents are the latest revisions
before using.
OSHA Requirements:
29 CFR 1910 Subpart H, Hazardous Materials
29 CFR 1910 Subpart I, Personal Protective Equipment
29 CFR 1910 Subpart M, Compressed Gas and Compressed Air
Equipment
DOT Requirements:
49 CFR 100-185
Applicable Codes and
Standards (Most available at NASA Technical Standards Program):
For a complete list of
applicable codes and standards relevant to your PVS, consult NASA-STD
8719.17, Chapter 5, Table 6.
American
Petroleum Institute (API) Standards:
API
510 “Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: Maintenance
Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration”
API
570 “Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection,
Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems”
API 572
“Inspection Practices for Pressure Vessels”
API
574 “Inspection Practices for Piping System
Components”
API
576 “Inspection of Pressure Relief Devices”
API
579 “Fitness-For-Service”
API
580 “Risk-Based Inspection”
API
581 “Risk-Based Inspection Technology”
API
620 “Design and Construction of Large, Welded, Low
Pressure Storage Tanks”
API
653 “Tank Inspection, Repair, Alteration, and
Reconstruction”
API
2000 “Venting
Atmospheric and Low-pressure Storage Tanks”
American
Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Codes:
ASME
BPVC "Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code"
ASME
B16 “Standards for Valves, Flanges, Fittings and
Gaskets”
ASME
B31 “Pressure Piping Standards
ASME
B36 “Piping Specification Standards”
ASME
B40.100 “Pressure Gauges and Gauge Attachments”
ASME PTC
25 “Performance Test Codes, Pressure Relief
Devices”
Compressed
Gas Association (CGA) Standards:
CGA
C-6 “Standards for Visual Inspection of Steel Compressed
Gas Cylinders”
CGA
C-8 “Standard for Requalification of DOT-3HT, CTC-3HT,
and TC-3HTM Seamless Steel Cylinders”
CGA
E-4 “Standard for Gas Pressure Regulators”
CGA
P-1 “Safe Handling of Compressed Gas in Containers”
CGA
S-1.1 “Pressure Relief Device Standards-Part 1-Cylinders for
Compressed Gases
CGA
S-1.2 “Pressure Relief Device Standards-Part 2-Portable
Containers for Compressed Gases
Other
Applicable Codes and Standards:
MIL-G-18977
“Gauge, Pressure, Dial Indicating”
NBBPVI
NB23 "National Board Inspection Code"
NFPA
National Fire Protection Association Codes and Standards
STI-SP001
“Standard for
Inspection of Aboveground Storage Tanks”
UL-404
“Gauges, Indicating Pressure, for Compressed Gas
Service”
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