815 KAR 15:010.
Definitions.
RELATES TO: KRS
Chapter 236
STATUTORY AUTHORITY:
KRS 236.030, 236.040
NECESSITY, FUNCTION,
AND CONFORMITY: KRS 236.030 authorizes the commissioner, through the Board of
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules, to fix reasonable standards for the safe
construction, installation, inspection and repair of boilers, pressure vessels
and pressure piping. This administrative regulation sets forth the definitions
used in the boiler and pressure vessel safety rules. This amendment is necessary
to meet KRS Chapter 13A as determined by quadrennial review, as well as to
clarify how newer codes are utilized.
Section 1.
Definitions. (1) "Act" means the Kentucky Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Safety Act, KRS Chapter 236.
(2) "ANSI"
means the American National Standards Institute.
(3)
"Approved" means approved by the Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Rules and the executive director of the office or the chief boiler inspector.
(4) "ASME"
means the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
(5) "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 is incorporated by
reference in Section 1(1) of 815 KAR 15:025:
(a) Section I, rules
for construction of power boilers;
(b) Section II,
material specifications;
1. Part A for
ferrous materials;
2. Part B for
nonferrous materials; and
3. Part C for
welding rods, electrodes and filler metals;
(c) Section III,
Nuclear Vessel Code;
(d) Section IV,
Rules for construction of heating boilers;
(e) Section V,
nondestructive examination;
(f) Section VIII,
rules for construction of pressure vessels, Division 1 and Division 2; and
(g) Section IX,
welding and brazing qualifications.
(6) "Board of
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Rules" as defined by KRS 236.010(6).
(7)
"Boiler" as defined by KRS 236.010(1).
(8) "Boiler
Inspection Section" means the agency, within the Division of Fire
Prevention (Office of State Fire Marshal), Office of Housing, Buildings and
Construction which supervises the implementation of KRS Chapter 236.
(9) "Boiler
inspector" means any person employed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky
for the purpose of inspecting boilers and pressure vessels in accordance with
provisions of KRS 236.070.
(10) "Boiler
safety administrative regulations" means 815 KAR 15:010 to 815 KAR 15:080.
(11)
"Certificate of inspection" as defined by KRS 236.010(7).
(12) "Chief
boiler inspector" means the person employed by the Commonwealth of
Kentucky who shall supervise the work of the boiler inspectors and office staff
under the general supervision of the State Fire Marshal and perform other
duties as may be prescribed.
(13) "Code
boiler or pressure vessel (or standard boiler or pressure vessel)" means a
boiler or pressure vessel which bears the ASME Code Symbol stamp or the
National Board stamp. (See also "state special".)
(14)
"Commission" means the written credential issued by the office to an
inspector or special inspector under the provisions of KRS 236.070 or 236.080.
(15) "Executive
Director" as defined by KRS 236.010(3).
(16) "Condemned
boiler or pressure vessel" means a boiler or pressure vessel that has been
inspected and declared unsafe or disqualified by legal requirements by a
qualified inspector who has applied a stamping or marking designating its
rejection.
(17) "Office"
as defined by KRS 236.010(4).
(18) "Electric
boiler" means a power boiler, heating boiler, high or low-temperature
water boiler in which the source of heat is electricity.
(19) "Existing
installations" means and includes any boiler or pressure vessels
constructed, installed, placed in operation, or contracted for before the
effective date of this administrative regulation.
(20) "Expansion
tank" means a pressure vessel, unfired but directly connected to a hot
water heating boiler, to absorb or cushion expansion therein and subject to
comparable pressure with the boiler itself.
(21) "External
inspection" means an inspection made when a boiler or pressure vessel is
in operation and under pressure.
(22) "Fired
jacketed steam kettles" means vessels in which steam pressure is generated
and shall be classed as a boiler.
(23) "Heat
recovery boiler" (see "process steam generator").
(24) "Heating
boiler" as defined by KRS 236.010(1)(c).
(25) "High
pressure, high temperature water boiler" as defined by KRS 236.010(1)(b).
(26) "Hot water
heating boiler" means a nonsteam generating boiler from which hot water is
circulated for heating purposes and returned to the boiler, and which operates
at a pressure not exceeding 160 psig or a temperature of 250 degrees Fahrenheit
at or near the boiler outlet.
(27) "Hot water
storage tank" means a pressure vessel, unfired but directly 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.
(28) "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.
(29)
"Hydrostatic test" means the activity of filling a boiler and associated
piping with water and raising the pressure within the system to check for
tightness or safety.
(30)
"Inspector" means either "boiler inspector" or
"special boiler inspector."
(31) "Internal
inspection" means an inspection made under circumstances that the boiler
or pressure vessel is not operating, and handholes or manways are open for
inspection of internal portions of the boiler or pressure vessel as
construction permits.
(32) "Lined
potable water heater" means a water heater with a corrosion resistant
lining used to supply potable hot water.
(33) "Major
repair" means repairs that affect the strength of a boiler or pressure
vessel by cutting and welding on any pressure part.
(34) "Miniature
boiler" means a power boiler or high temperature water boiler not
exceeding any of the following:
(a) Sixteen (16)
inches inside diameter of shell (not applicable to electric boilers); or
(b) Twenty (20)
square feet heating surface; or
(c) Five (5) cubic
feet gross exclusive of casing and insulation; or
(d) 100 pounds PSI
maximum allowable working pressure.
(35) "National
Board (NB)" means the National Board of Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Inspectors, 1055 Crupper Avenue, Columbus, Ohio 43229, which group has also
issued a National Board Inspection Code.
(36)
"Nationally recognized testing agency (NRTL)" means one (1) of the
following laboratories or any other nationally recognized testing laboratory
approved by the board whose label shall be used for all electric boilers and
other electrical equipment after testing according to an established standard
and by the prescribed procedure.
(a) Nationwide
Consumer Testing Institute, Inc.;
(b) Underwriters
Laboratories, Inc. (UL);
(c) Factory Mutual
Research Corp. (FM);
(d) Met Electrical
Testing Co., Inc.;
(e) Dash, Straus and
Goodhue, Inc. of Boxborough, MA;
(f) ETL Testing
Laboratories, Inc. of Cortland, NY;
(g) Communication
Certification Laboratory of Salt Lake City;
(h) Canadian
Standards Association's Toronto facility;
(i) The American Gas
Associations Laboratories, Inc. of Cleveland; and
(j) California Air Resources Board.
(37) "Noncode
boiler or pressure vessel (or nonstandard boiler or pressure vessel)"
means a boiler or pressure vessel that does not bear the ASME, or the National
Board stamp. (See also "state special").
(38) "Nuclear
energy system" means that portion of a power plant that serves the purpose
of producing and controlling output of thermal energy from nuclear fuel.
(39) "Nuclear
power plant" means a nuclear power plant consisting of one (1) or more
nuclear power systems and containment systems.
(40) "Nuclear
power systems" means a system which serves the purpose of producing and
controlling an output of thermal energy from nuclear fuel and those associated
systems essential to the functions of the power system. The components of the
system include such items as pressure vessels, piping system, pumps, valves and
storage tanks.
(41) "Nuclear
vessel" means a pressure vessel designed and constructed in accordance
with Section III of ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code.
(42) "Owner or
user" means any person, firm, or corporation owning or operating a boiler
or pressure vessel within this Commonwealth.
(43) "Power
boiler" means as defined by KRS 236.010(1)(a).
(44) "Pressure
piping" means the boiler and pressure vessel external and connecting
(steam, vapor or water) piping emanating from the associated boiler or pressure
vessel and includes code piping as covered under the ASME Boiler and Pressure
Vessel Code, Sections I and IV; Unfired Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII,
Division I, the Power Piping Code ANSI B-31.1.
(45) "Pressure
vessel" as defined by KRS 236.010(2).
(46) "Process
steam generator" means a vessel or system of vessels comprised of one (1)
or more drums and one (1) or more heat exchange surfaces as used in waste heat
or heat recovery type steam boilers.
(47) "PSI
(psi)" means pounds per square inch.
(48) "PSIG
(psig)" means pounds per square inch gauge.
(49)
"Reinstalled boiler or pressure vessel" means a boiler or pressure
vessel removed from its original setting and reerected at the same location or
erected at a new location without change of ownership.
(50)
"Secondhand boiler or pressure vessel" means a boiler or pressure
vessel in which both the location and ownership have been changed after initial
use.
(51) "Special
boiler inspector" means any person employed by an insurance company
authorized to insure boilers and pressure vessels in this Commonwealth and who
holds a commission as provided for in KRS 236.080.
(52) "State
special" means a boiler or pressure vessel which carries neither the ASME
Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code symbol nor National Board stamping but has been
accepted by the Office of Housing, Buildings and Construction upon advice of
the board as meeting standards equivalent to the applicable ASME Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Code, pursuant to 815 KAR 15:025, Section 5(1).
(53) "Unfired
steam boiler" means a vessel or system of vessels intended for operation
at a pressure in excess of fifteen (15) psig for the purpose of producing and
controlling an output of thermal energy.
(54) "V-R stamp
holder" means the holder of a certificate issued by the National Board to
repair pressure relief valves.
(55) "Water
heater" means a closed vessel in which water is heated by the combustion
of fuels, electricity or any other source and withdrawn for use external to the
system at pressures not exceeding 160 psig and shall include all controls and
devices necessary to prevent water temperatures from exceeding 210 degrees
Fahrenheit.
(56) "Waste
heat boiler" (see "unfired steam boiler"). (Recodified from 806
KAR 50:151, 7-5-78; Am. 7 Ky.R. 259; eff. 10-1-80; 16 Ky.R. 55; eff. 8-22-89;
20 Ky.R. 2728; 2973; eff. 5-18-94; TAm eff. 8-9-2007.)
