Kan. Admin. Regs. § 49-51-1 - Age limit of existing boilers
(a) Any boiler
of nonstandard construction installed before calendar year 1977 shall be
removed from service at the age limit of 30 years except when both of these
requirements are met:
(1) After a thorough
internal and external inspection of such a nonstandard boiler and when required
by the inspector, a hydrostatic pressure test of 1 1/2 times the allowable
working pressure held for a period of at least 30 minutes shall be performed.
If no distress or leakage develops, any boiler having other than a lap-riveted
longitudinal joint may be continued in operation past the 30-year age limit at
the working pressure determined by K.A.R. 49-51-3.
(2) The age limit of any nonstandard boiler
having lap-riveted longitudinal joints and operating at a pressure in excess of
50 psig shall be 20 years. This type of boiler, when removed from an existing
setting, shall not be reinstated for a pressure in excess of 15 psig. A
reasonable time for replacement, not to exceed one year, may be granted by the
chief boiler inspector.
(b) The age limit of boilers of standard
construction installed before the date this law became effective shall be
dependent on the results of thorough internal and external inspection and, when
required by the inspector, a hydrostatic pressure test not exceeding 1 1/2
times the allowable working pressure. If the boiler, under these test
conditions, exhibits no distress or leakage, it may be continued in operation
at the working pressure determined by K.A.R. 49-51-2.
(c) The shell or drum of a boiler in which a
lapseam crack develops along a longitudinal lap-riveted joint shall be
condemned.
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