Aplicação da nova redação da norma regulamentadora 13 item 13.6 tubulações em centrais de gás liquefeito de petróleo

Abstract

Ordinance 594 of April 28, 2014 amended and included the item Pipes in the new wording of the amendment to Regulatory Standard NR 13. This item is not mentioned in the inspection reports of Regulatory Standard NR 13, since the standard only provided for inspection of pressure vessels. The ordinance that changed the Standard came into force on the date of publication, however the item Pipes has a term of up to two years to enter into force, and if for technical justification this requirement can not be accepted on the dates informed in the ordinance, it is feasible to expand this limit in four years. Consequently, companies that have pressure vessel installations with fluids A and B cited in standard NR 13 are required to carry out inspections on the pipes connected to their pressure vessels. This new requirement of the standard raises several doubts about its precise execution. The present study analyzed reports elaborated with the new wording of the standard, verified whether the reports cover the premises of the new wording of the standard, evidenced the risks involved in pipes connected to pressure vessels containing LPG gas, which safety devices are present and which ones Those required by the standard, application of checklist in existing facilities, expose the fines and penalties involved in case of non-compliance with the requirement of the standard, propose an inspection plan for pipelines in LPG gas plants that includes all the requirements requested in the standard, Referring to the fluid transported. It was found that, after applying the checklist, all analyzed plants were in accordance with the NR-13 standard.