Section
1 General
1.1 Applicability
1.1.1 The requirements of this Chapter apply to products and process piping,
including vapour piping, gas fuel piping and vent lines of safety valves or similar
piping. Auxiliary piping systems not containing cargo are exempt from the general
requirements of this Chapter.
1.1.2 The requirements for Type C independent tanks provided in Pt 11, Ch 4 Cargo Containment may also apply to process pressure vessels.
If so required, the term ‘pressure vessels’ as used in Pt 11, Ch 4 Cargo Containment, covers both Type C independent tanks and
process pressure vessels.
1.1.3 Process pressure vessels include but are not limited to; surge vessels,
heat exchangers and accumulators that store or treat liquid or vapour cargo.
1.2 System requirements
1.2.1 The cargo handling and cargo control systems shall be designed taking
into account the following:
- Prevention of an abnormal condition escalating to a release of
liquid or vapour cargo;
- The safe collection and disposal of cargo fluids released;
- Prevention of the formation of flammable mixtures;
- Prevention of ignition of flammable liquids or gases and
vapours released;
- Limiting the exposure of personnel to fire and other
hazards.
1.2.2
Arrangements – General
- Any piping system that may contain cargo liquid or vapour
shall:
- be segregated from other piping systems, except where
interconnections are required for cargo related operations such as
purging, gas freeing or inerting. The requirements of Pt 11, Ch 9, 1.4 Inerting 1.4.4 shall be taken into account with regard to
preventing back flow of cargo. In such cases, precautions shall be
taken to ensure that cargo or cargo vapour cannot enter other piping
systems through the interconnections;
- except as provided in Pt 11, Ch 16 Use of Cargo as Fuel, not pass
through any accommodation space, service space or control station or
through a machinery space other than a cargo machinery space;
- be connected to the cargo containment system directly
from the weather decks except where pipes installed in a vertical
trunkway or equivalent are used to traverse void spaces above a
cargo containment system and except where pipes for drainage,
venting or purging traverse cofferdams;
- be located in the cargo area above the weather deck
except for bow or stern loading and unloading arrangements in
accordance with Pt 11, Ch 3, 1.8 Tandem and side-by-side loading and unloading arrangements, emergency cargo jettisoning piping systems in
accordance with Pt 11, Ch 3, 1.8 Tandem and side-by-side loading and unloading arrangements 1.8.1, turret compartment systems in
accordance with Pt 11, Ch 3, 1.8 Tandem and side-by-side loading and unloading arrangements 1.8.3 and except in accordance with Pt 11, Ch 16 Use of Cargo as Fuel; and
- be located inboard of the transverse tank location
requirements of Pt 11, Ch 2, 1.4 Location of cargo tanks 1.4.1 except for emergency cargo jettisoning piping
systems.
- Suitable means shall be provided to relieve the pressure
and remove liquid cargo from discharging headers; likewise, any piping
between the outermost discharge valves and loading arms or cargo hoses or
any other location prior to the outermost valve that may be subject to
pressurisation during discharging operations.
- Piping systems carrying fluids for direct heating or cooling of
cargo shall not be led outside the cargo area unless a suitable means is
provided to prevent or detect the migration of cargo vapour outside the
cargo area. (See also
Pt 11, Ch 13, 1.6 Gas detection 1.6.2.(f) ).
- Relief valves discharging liquid cargo from the piping
system shall discharge into the cargo tanks. Alternatively, they may
discharge to the flare system which is to be designed in accordance with API
521 Guide for Pressure-relieving and Depressuring Systems: Petroleum
petrochemical and natural gas industries-Pressure relieving and
depressuring systems. Where required to prevent overpressure in
downstream piping, relief valves on cargo pumps shall discharge to the pump
suction.
1.3 Arrangements for cargo piping outside the
cargo area
1.3.1
Emergency cargo jettisoning
- If fitted, an emergency cargo jettisoning piping system shall
comply with Pt 11, Ch 5, 1.2 System requirements 1.2.2 as appropriate and may be led aft, external to
accommodation spaces, service spaces or control stations or machinery
spaces, but shall not pass through them. If an emergency cargo jettisoning
piping system is permanently installed, a suitable means of isolating the
piping system from the cargo piping shall be provided within the cargo
area.
1.3.3
Turret compartment transfer systems
- For the transfer of liquid or vapour cargo through an internal
turret arrangement located, outside the cargo area, the piping serving this
purpose shall comply with Pt 11, Ch 5, 1.2 System requirements 1.2.2 as applicable, Pt 11, Ch 5, 4.3 Installation requirements for cargo piping outside the cargo area 4.3.2 and the following;
- Piping shall be located above the weather deck except
for the connection to the turret.
- Portable arrangements shall not be permitted.
- Arrangements shall be made to allow
such piping to be purged and gas freed after use. When not in use
the spool pieces for isolation from the cargo piping shall be
removed and the pipe ends blank flanged. The vent pipes connected
with the purge shall be located in the cargo area.
1.4 Gas fuel piping systems
1.4.1 Gas fuel piping in machinery spaces shall comply with all applicable
Sections of this Chapter in addition to the requirements of Pt 11, Ch 16 Use of Cargo as Fuel.
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