NORMAS MAS COMUNES USADAS EN PROYECTOS

En general, los cdigos y estndares mas comunes usados en ingeniera de proyectos

para plantas de procesamiento de gas son las siguientes:

American Concrete Institute (ACI)

American Gear Manufactures Association (AGMA)
American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC)
American Petroleum Institute (API)
National Association of Corrosion Engineers ( NACE)
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
American Gas Association (AGA)
American National Standard Institute ( ANSI)
American Welding Society ( AWS)
National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
National Electrical Manufacturing Society ( NEMA)
Gas Processors Suppliers Association. (GPSA)
Amoco Construction and Engineering Specifications (ACES)
Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS)
Steel Structures Painting council (SSPC)
Federal Standards ( FED-STD)

AMERICAN INSTITUTE of STEEL CONSTRUCTION (AISC)

- AISC S 302 Code of Standard Practice for Steel Building and Bridges
- AISC S 326 - Specification for Design, Fabrication & Erection of Structural Steel
- AISC 329 Allowable Stress Design Specification for Structural Joints Using
ASTM A325 or A490 Bolts.

AMERICAN CONCRETE INSTUTE (ACI )

ACI Manual of Concrete Practice (# 180-9014-05CD)

ACI Concrete Repair Manual ( # 180-RPMN -03 )
ACI Guide to Formwork for Concrete ( # 180-347R-03)
ACI SP 4 Form for Concrete
ACI SP 17 Concrete Design Handbook ( # 2124 )
ACI SP 299 Manual of Concrete Inspection (# 2138 )
ACI 301-5 Specification for Structural Concrete (# 180-5795-05)
ACI 302.1R-04 Guide for Concrete Floor & Slab Construction.
ACI 304R Standard Practice for Curing Concrete.
ACI 318-05 Building Code Requirement for Structural Concrete & Commentary.
ACI 318131BR Building Code Requirement for Reinforced Concrete.
ACI 347 Formwork for Concrete.

AMERICAN PETROLEUM INSTITUTE (API)

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API 5L Specification for Pipe Line.

API 6D - Pipeline Valves.
API 11N Specifications foe LACT Units.
API 11P Specifications for Packaged Reciprocating Compressors.
API 12R Recommended Practice for Setting, Maintenance, Inspection,
Operation, and Repair of Tanks.
API RP 80 Guidelines for Definition of Gas Gathering Lines.
API RP 500A Recommended practice for Classification of Areas for
electrical installations in Petroleum Facilities, Class 1, Division 1 and Division 2.
API 505 Recommended practice for Classification of areas for electrical
installation in petroleum Facilities, Class 1, Zone 0, Zone 1, Zone 2.
API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Code.
API RP 520 Recommended practice for the design and installation of
pressure relieving systems.
API RP 521 Guide for pressure relief & depressurizing systems.
API RP 530 Recommended Practice for Calculation of Heater Tube
thickness in Petroleum Refineries.
API RP 540 Recommended Practice for Electrical Installations in Petroleum
Processing Plant
API RP 550 Manual on installation of refinery instruments and control
systems.
API 551 Process Measurement Instrumentation.
API RP 553 Refinery Control Valves.
API Std 560 Fired Heaters for General Refinery Services.
API RP 572 Inspection of Pressure Vessel.
API RP 573 Inspection of Fire Boilers & Heaters.
API 574 Inspection Practice for Piping Components.
API 575 Inspection of Atmospheric and Low Pressure Storage Tanks.
API 590 Steel Line Blanks
API 594 Check Valves
API 598 Valve Inspection and Testing.
API 599 Plug Valves.
API 600 Steel Gate valves

API 602 Compact Design Carbon Steel Gate for Refinery Use
API 603 - 15 Lb, light wall, Corrosion Resistant Gate Valves for Refinery Use.
API 604 - Flanged Nodular Iron Gate and Plug Valves for Refinery Use.
API 610 Centrifugal Pumps.
API 613 Special Purpose Gear Units.
API 615 Noise Level for Equipment.
API 616 Gas Turbines.
API 617 Centrifugal Compressors.
API 618 - Reciprocating Compressors.
API 630 Tube and Header Dimensions for Fire Heaters for Refinery
Services.
API 650 Welded Tanks for Oil Storage.
API 661 Air Cooled Heat exchangers for General Refinery Services.
API 662 Plate Heat Exchangers for General Refinery Services.
API 674 Positive Displacement Pumps.
API PUB 931 Manual on Disposal of Refinery Waste.
API 1102 Steel Pipelines for Crossing Railroads and Highways.
API 1104 Welding of Pipe Lines and Related Facilities.
API Std 2510 Design and Construction of LPG Installations at Marine and
Pipeline Terminals, Natural Gas Processing Plants, Refineries and Tank Farms.
API 2510A Fire Protection for LPG Storage Facilities.
API Bulletin 2U Bulletin on Stability Design of Cylindrical Shells.
API Bulletin 2V Bulletin on Design of Flat Plate Structures.
API RP 2A Working Stress Design.
API SPEC 12J Specification for Oil and Gas Separators.
API STD 2000 Venting atmospheric and low-pressure storage tanks. (for
Process Plant).
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)

ASME 31.3 Process Piping.

ASME 31.2 Fuel Gas Piping.
ASME 31.4 Liquid Transportation Piping.
ASME 31.8 Gas Transmission Piping.
ASME B16.5 Pipe Flanges and Fittings
ASME HPS 1994 High Pressure Systems.
SECTION VIII, DIV. I
SECTION VIII DIV 1, 2 Pressure vessels.
SECTION V Non destructive examinations.
SECTION IX Welding and Brazing Qualifications
American Gas Association (AGA)

AGA 3 Orifice Metering of Natural Gas Part 1: General Equations & Uncertainty
Guidelines (1996).
AGA 3 Orifice Metering of Natural Gas Part 2: Specification and Installation
Requirement (2000).
AGA 5 Fuel Gas Energy Metering (1996).
AGA 7 Measurement of Gas by Turbine Meters (1998).

AGA 8 Compressibility Factor of Natural Gas and Related Hydrocarbon

Gases (1994).
AGA 9 Measurement of Gas by Multipath Ultrasonic Meters (1998)
AGA 11 Measurement of Natural Gas by Coriolis Meters.
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)

ANSI B2.1 Pipe Threads

ANSI B16.1 Cast Iron Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings (25,125,250, & 300
Lbs)
ANSI B16.5 - Steel Pipe Flanges and Flanged Valves & Fittings
(150,300,400,600,900, 1500 & 2000 Lbs).
ANSI B16.9 Factory Made Wrought Steel Butt welding Fittings
ANSI B16.10 Face to Face and En to End. Dimensions of Ferrous Valves.
ANSI B16.11 Forged Steel Fittings, Socket-Welding and Threaded
ANSI B16.20 Ring Joint Gaskets for Pipes Flanges.
ANSI B16.21 Nonmetallic Gasket for Pipe Flanges
ANSI B16.24 Bronze Pipe Flanges and Flanged Fittings.
ANSI B16.34 Steel Valves.
ANSI B16.36 Steel Orifices Flanges.
ANSI B16.104 Quality Control Standard for Control Valve Seat Leakage

ANSI B31.3 Chemical Plants & Petroleum Refinery Piping.

ANSI B31.4 Liquid Transportation Systems for Hydrocarbons, Liquid Petroleum
Gas, Anhydrous Ammonia, and alcohol.
ANSI B31.8 Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping Systems.
ANSI CS National Electric Safety Code
ANSI A 13.1 Scheme for the identification of piping systems.
ANSI Y 32.10 Fluid power diagrams.
ANSI/ISA S51-1 Process Instrumentation Terminology.

American Welding Society (AWS)

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AWS A5.1 Specification for Carbon Steel Electrodes ( Shielded Arc Welding).
AWS A5.4 Specification for Stainless Steel Electrodes for Shielded Arc Welding.
AWS A5.5 Specification for Low Alloy Steel Electrodes for Shielded Arc
Welding.
AWS A5.9 Specification for Bare Stainless Steel Welding Electrodes and Rods.

AWS A5.28 Specification for Low Alloy Steel Electrodes for Shielded Arc
Welding.
AWS B1.10 Guide for Nondestructive Inspection of Welds.
AWS B1.11 Guide for Visual Examination of Welds.
AWS B2.1 Specification for Welding Procedure and Performance Qualification.
AWS B2.1.1-016 Welding Procedure for M-1/P-1/S-1, Group 1&2,(E7018)
AWS B2.1.1-017 Welding Procedure for M-1/P-1/S-1, Group 1&2, (E6010)
AWS B4.0 Standard Methods for Mechanical Testing of Welds.
AWS QC10 Specification for Qualification & Certification for Entry Level Welders.
AWS QC11 Specification for Qualification & Certification for Level II Advance
Welders.
AWS QC12 Specification for Qualification & Certification for Level III Expert
Welders.
AWS D1.1 Structural Welding Code - Steel.
AWS D1.3 Structural Welding Code Sheet Steel.
AWS D10.12 Recommended Practices & Procedures for Welding Low Carbon
Steel Pipe.
British Standards (BS)

BS-5762 Method for crack opening displacement (COD) testing.

Instrument Society of America (ISA)

ISA 5.1 Instrumentation Symbols and Identifications.

ISA 5.2 Binary Logic Diagrams for Process Operations.
ISA 5.3/ANSI Graphic Symbols for Distributed Control Share Display
Instrumentation, Logic and Computer Systems.
ISA 5.4 Instrument Loop Diagrams.
ISA 20 Specification Forms for Process Measurement & Control Instruments,
Primary Elements & control Valves.
ISA 75.01.01/ANSI Flow Equations for Sizing Control Valves.
ISA 75.02 /ANSI Control Valves Capacity Test Procedure.
ISA 75.11 Inherent Flow Characteristic and Range ability of Control Valves.
ISA 75.19.01/ANSI Hydrostatic Test of Control Valves.
ISA 84.01/ANSI Application of Safety Instrumented System for the Process
Industry.
ISA RP 12.4 Pressurized Enclosures.
ISA TR12.24.01 Recommended Practice for Classification of Locations for
Electrical Installation Classified as Class 1, Zone 0,Zone 1, Zone 2.
ISA TR12.06.01 Electrical Equipment in Class 1,Division 2 / Zone 2 Hazardous
Location.

International Electrotechnic Commission (IEC)

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IEC-79 0 Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres.

IEC-79 10 Electrical apparatus for explosive gas atmospheres
Classification on hazardous areas.
IEC-1194 Characteristic parameters of stand-alone Photovoltaic (PV) systems.
IEC-1173 Over voltage protection for Photovoltaic (PV) power generating
systems guide.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

IEEE C2 National Electrical safety Code (NESC).

IEEE 81 Guide for Measuring Earth Resistivity , Ground Impedance, and Earth
Surface Potentials.
IEEE 118 Standard Test Code for Resistant Measurements.
IEEE 141 Recommended Practices for Electric Power Distribution for Industrial
Plants.
IEEE 1100 Recommended Practice for Powering and Grounding Electronic
Equipments.
IEEE Std. S19-1992 Recommended Practices and Requirements for Harmonic
Control in electrical Power Systems.
National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE)

NACE SSPC SP 5 White Metal Blasting Cleaning

NACE SSPC SP 6 Commercial Blast Cleaning
NACE SSPC SP7 Brush off Blast Cleaning
NACE SSPC SP10 Near White Metal Blasting Cleaning
NACE SSPC SP12 Water Blasting
NACE SSPC SP13 Surface Preparation of Concrete
NACE SSPC SP14 Industrial Blast Cleaning
NACE RP0169 Control of External Corrosion on Underground Piping Systems.
NACE RP0175 Control of Internal Corrosion in Steel Pipe Lines and Piping
System.
NACE RP0181 Internal Coating for Oil Field Production Equipments
NACE RP0193 Cathodic Protection on Storage Tank Bottoms
NACE RP0274 High Voltage Electrical Inspection of Pipeline Coating
NACE RP0287 Field Measurement of Surface Profile of Abrasive Blast
Cleaned Steel Surfaces using a Replica Tape.
NACE I,II NACE International Book of Standards Volume I & 2

National Electrical Manufacturing Society (NEMA)

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NEMA ICS 2 Standard for Electrical Control Devices, Controllers & Assemblies.
NEMA ICS 6 Enclosures for Instrument Control.

National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

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NEMA C37.06 AC High Voltage Circuit Breakers.

NEMA C37.16 Low Voltage Power Circuit Breakers.
NEMA C37.17 Trip Devices for AC and General Purpose.
NEMA C57.12.10 For Transformers 230kV and Below.
NEMA C57.12.20 Transformer 500 kVA and smaller.
NEMA C57.12.22 Transformer Pad-Mounted, Self Cooled, three phase 2500
kVA and Smaller.
NEMA C84.1 Electrical Power Systems and Equipment (60 Hertz).
NEMA KS1 Enclosed and Miscellaneous Distribution Equipment (600Vmax.).
NEMA MG1 Motors and Generators.
NEMA MG2 Construction and Guide for Selection of Electric Motors and
Generators.
NEMA PB1 Panel boards.
NEMA PG1 Uninterruptible Power System.
NEMA SG4 AC High Voltage Circuit Breakers.
NEMA VE1 Metal Cable Tray Systems.
NEMA VE2 Metal Cable Tray Installation Guidelines.
NEMA Z535.1 Safety Color Code.
NEMA Z535.2 Environmental and Facility Safety Signs.
NEMA Z535.3 Criteria for Safety Symbols.
NEMA Z535.4 Product Safety Signs.
NEMA Z535.5 Accident Prevention Tags.
NEMA 250 Enclosure for Electrical Equipment (1000V max.)

NFPA 1 Fire Prevention Code.

NFPA 10 Portable Fire Extinguishers.
NFPA 11-05 Standard for Low-Medium, and High expansion Foam
NFPA 12 Carbon dioxide extinguishing systems.
NFPA 13 Installation of Sprinkling Systems.
NFPA 15 Water Spray Fixed System for Fire Protection.
NFPA 16-03 Standard for Installation of Foam water sprinkler and foam water
spray system.
NFPA 17 Dry Chemical Extinguishing Systems.
NFPA 20 Standard for the installations of stationary pumps for fire protection.
NFPA 30 Flammable and Combustible Liquid Code.
NFPA 72 National Fire alarm Code.
NFPA 79 Electrical Standard for Industrial Machinery.
NFPA 214-05 Standard on Water Cooling Tower.
NFPA 221-00 Fire Walls and Fire Barrier Walls.
NFPA 312 Fire Protection of Vessels during Construction, repair and lay up.
NFPA 496 Standard for Purged and Pressurized enclosures for electrical
equipment.

Scientific Apparatus Makers Association (SAMA / MCAA)

SAMA PMC 33.1 Electromagnetic susceptibility of process control

instrumentation.
Process Measurement & Control Terminology
Process Instrumentation Reliability Terminology
Air Pressures for Pneumatic Controllers and Transmission Systems.
Resistance Thermometers.
Bimetallic Thermometers.
Filled Thermometers.
Generic Test Methods for Testing and Evaluation of Process Measurement and
Control Instrumentation.

NOTE : SAMA ceased all primary development of standards from 1985 to 2001. The
Measurement, Control and Automation Association(MCAA) is offering these services.
Steel Structures Painting Council (SSPC)
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SSPC SP1-82 Solvent Cleaning.

SSPC SP2-95 Hand Tool Cleaning
SSPC SP3-95 Power Tool Cleaning.
SSPC SP5-94 White Metal Blast Cleaning.
SSPC SP6-94 Commercial Blast Cleaning.
SSPC SP7-94 Brush Off Blast Cleaning.
SSPC SP8 91 Pickling.
SSPC SP10 Near White Blast Cleaning.
SSPC SP11-95 Power Tool Cleaning and Base Cleaning.
SSPC PA I-91 Shop, Field, and Maintenance Painting.
SSPC PA2-91 Measurement of Dry Paint Thickness with Magnetic Gauges.
SSPC Vis 1-89 Visual Standard for Abrasive Blast Cleaned Steel.
Manufacturers Standardization Society (MSS)

MSS SP6 Standard Finishes for Contact Faces of Pipe Flanges and
Connecting Ends Flanges of Valves and Fittings.
MSS SP44 Steel Pipe Flanges.
MSS SP70 Cast Iron Gate Valves, Flanged and Threaded Ends.
MSS SP80 Bronze Gate, Globe, Angle and Check Valves.
MSS SP84 Steel Valves Socket Welding and Threaded Ends.
MSS P25 Standard Marking System for Valves, Fittings, Flanges, & Unions.
MSS P53 Quality Standards for Steel Castings for Valves, Flanges and Fittings,
and others Piping Components.
MSS P54 Radiographic Quality Standard for Steel Casting for Valves, Flanges,
and Fittings, and others Piping Components.
MSS P61 Hydrostatic Testing of Steel valves.
MSS P67 Butterfly Valves.
MSS P72 Ball Valves with Flanged or Butt Welding Ends for General Service.
Federal Standard ( FED STD)

FED STD 595B Pigment Color Codes in Equipment Procurement.

Comit Consultatif International des Radiocommunications (CCIR)

International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Electronic Industry Association (EIA)

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EIA 213 Test Point Locations for Printed Wiring Assemblies.

EIA 225 Rigid Coaxial Transmission lines, 50 Ohms
EIA 310 Racks, Panels, and Associated Equipment.
EIA 329.B1 Minimum Standards for Communication Antennas Part II Vehicular
Antennas.
EIA 359A Standards Colors for Color Identification and Coding.
EIA 364.18A Visual and Dimensional Inspection Procedures for Electrical
Connectors.
EIA 364.21B Insulation Resistance Test Procedure for Electrical Connectors.
EIA 364.31B Humidity Test Procedure for Electrical Connectors.
EIA 364.70B Test Procedure for Current vs Temperature Rise of Electrical
Connectors.
EIA 383a Preparation for Delivery of Electrical and Electronic Components.
EIA 407A Testing Procedure for Relays for Electrical and Electronic Equipment.
EIA 709.1 Control Network Protocol Specification.
EIA-RS-232D Interface between DTE and DTC terminating equipment
employing serial binary data interchange Rec. V24 Ninth Edition, 1989 or
latest.
Air Movement and Control Assn. (AMCA Standard)

Radio Regulations as adopted by World Radiocommunication Conference

(Geneva 1995)
Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T)
A. Telephone transmission quality and Installation
B. Protection against interference.
C. None Telephone telecommunication services.
D. Audiovisual and Multimedia Systems.

AMCA 99 Standards Handbook

AMCA 201 Fans and Systems
AMCA 202 Troubleshooting
AMCA 203 Field Performance Measurements
Tubular Exchanger Manufacture Association (TEMA)
Underwriters Laboratory (UL)

UL 1709 Rapid Rise Fire Tests of Protection Materials for Structural Steel
1989
UL 1703 UL Tests Power Solar System
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)

ASTM A20 Standard Specification for Steel Plates.

ASTM A36 Standard Specification for Carbon Structural Steel.
ASTM A36M Standard Specification for Structural Steel, 1990
ASTM A53A Standard Specification for Pipe.
ASTM A307 Standard Specifications for Carbon Steel Bolts and Studs, 4200
kg/cm2 Tensile Strength.
ASTM A325 Standard Specifications for High-Strength Bolts for Structural Steel
Joints.
ASTM A 490 Specifications for Heat-Treated, Steel Structural Bolts, 150 Ksi
(1035 Mpa) Tensile strength.
ASTM A615 Standard Specifications for Deformed and Plain Billet-Steel Bars
for Concrete Reinforced.
ASTM A775M Standard Specification for Epoxy-Coated Reinforcing Steel Bars
ASTM C-31RA Standard Practice for Making and Curing Concrete Test
Specimens in the Field.
ASTM C 33 Standard Specifications for Concrete Aggregates.
ASTM C 39 Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Cylindrical
Concrete Specimens.
ASTM C 109 Standard Test Method for Compressive Strength of Hydraulic
Cement Mortars (Using 2-inch or 50 mm Cube Specimens).
ASTM C 131 Standard Test Method for Resistance to Degradation of SmallSize Coarse Aggregate by Abrasion and Impact in the Los Angeles Machine.
ASTM C 143 Standard Test Method for Slump of Hydraulic Cement Concrete.
ASTM C 150 Standard Specification for Portland Cement.
ASTM C 156 Standard Test Method for Water Retention by Concrete Curing
Materials.
ASTM D 946 Specification for Penetration-Graded Asphalt Cement for use in
Pavement Construction.
ASTM D 1556 Standard Test Method for Density of Soil in Place by the SandCone Method.
ASTM D 1557 - Standard Test Methods for Moisture-Density Relations of Soils
and Soil-Aggregate Mixtures Using 10 lb ( 4-54 kg) Rammer and 18 in. (457
min.)Drop.
ASTM D 2028 Standard Specification for Cutback Asphalt( Rapid-Curing Type)
ASTM D 2167 Standard Test Method for Density and Unit Weight of Soil In
Place by Rubber Balloon Method.
ASTM D 2216 Standard Test Method for Laboratory Determination of Water
(Moisture) Content of Soil, Rock, and Soil-Aggregate Mixtures.
ASTM D 2585 Test Method for Indentation Hardness of Rigid Plastic by Means
of a Barcol Impresser.
ASTM D 4253 Standard Test Methods for Maximum Index Density of Soils
Using a Vibratory Table.
ASTM D 4254 Standard Test Methods for Minimum Index Density of Soils and
Calculations of Relative Density.

ASTM D 4643 Standard Test Method for Determination of Water(Moisture)

Content of Soil by Microwave Oven Method.
ASTM D 4718 Standard Practice for Correction of Unit Weight and Water
Content of Soils Containing Oversize Particles.
ASTM D 4914 Standard Test Methods for Density of Soil and Rock in Place in
by the Sand Replacement Method in a Test Pit.
ASTM D 5030 Standard Test Method for Density of Soil and Rock in Place by
the Water Replacement Method in a Test Pit.
ASTM E 23 Notched Bar Impact Testing of Metallic Materials.
ASTM E 165 Liquid Penetrant Inspection.
ASTM E-1171 Standard Method for Photovoltaic Modules in Cyclic
Temperature and Humidity Environment.
ASTM E-1328 Standard Terminology Relating to Photovoltaic Solar Energy
Conversion.
JLP No 5101-61 (Block V) Durability Power Solar System.
MIL 810-C Military Rules of Salt Fog- Power Solar System.