Pipe Systems, Valves and Pressure Vessels

Tasks

• Exchange of experience to improve reliability in operation and availability
• Informing the members regarding the experience gathered
• Initiation and support of research projects
• Creation and revision of guidelines and instruction sheets for maintaining and improving safety and availability
• Checking and investigating operational incidents in power plants
• Influencing control of national and European standardisation and legislative initiatives
• Administrative support of the following directives:
  - R 107 L     Ordering and design of fittings
  - R 110 L     Heat exchangers and feedwater tanks - IN REVISION (until 2009)
  - R 507 L     Ordering of pipeline systems- IN REVISION (until 2008)
  - R 510 L     Pipe fixtures
  - R 540 L     Steam cooling in thermal power plants
  
  and instruction sheets:
  - M 117     Asbestos-free static and quasi-static sealing
  - M 530 H  Thermal insulation of pipelines

Current Topics

• Operational incidents involving pipelines, fittings and pressure vessels
• Modern production technologies for manufacturing pipes and fitting
• Implementation of the operational safety regulations in power plants
• Condition monitoring of pipelines
• Supervision R&D-Project "Optimization of spindle packing" (start 2009)