BS EN ISO 16812:2019

This standard BS EN ISO 16812:2019 Petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries. Shell-and-tube heat exchangers is classified in these ICS categories:

• 75.180.20 Processing equipment
• 27.060.30 Boilers and heat exchangers

This document specifies requirements and gives recommendations for the mechanical design, material selection, fabrication, inspection, testing and preparation for shipment of shell-and-tube heat exchangers for the petroleum, petrochemical and natural gas industries.

This document supplements API Std 660, 9th edition (2015), the requirements of which are applicable with the exceptions specified in this document.

This document is applicable to the following types of shell-and-tube heat exchangers: heaters, condensers, coolers and reboilers.

This document is not applicable to vacuum-operated steam surface condensers and feed-water heaters.