Specifications - State of Delaware

SECTION 232113 - HYDRONIC PIPING: continued
l. B813 - Liquid and Paste Fluxes for Solder Applications of Copper and copper Alloy
Tube.
m. B828 - Practice for Making Capillary Joints by Soldering of Copper and Copper
Alloy Tube and Fittings.
4. Copper Development Association Inc. (CDA):
a. Copper Tube Handbook.
5. Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and Fittings Industry Inc. (MSS):
a. SP-58 - Pipe Hangers and Supports - Materials, Design and Manufacture.
1.03 DEFINITIONS:
A. PTFE: Polytetrafluoroethylene.
1.04 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS:
A. Hydronic piping components and installation shall be capable of withstanding the following
minimum working pressure and temperature:
1. Geothermal Water Piping: 175 psig at 200ºF.
2. Makeup-Water Piping: 80 psig at 150ºF.
3. Condensate-Drain Piping: 150ºF.
4. Air-Vent Piping: 200ºF.
5. Safety-Valve-Inlet and -Outlet Piping: Equal to the pressure of the piping system to
which it is attached.
1.05 SUBMITTALS:
A. General: Submit each item in accordance with SECTION 230500 - BASIC MECHANICAL
MATERIALS AND METHODS.
B. Product Data: For each type of the following:
1. Valves: Include flow and pressure drop curves based on manufacturer's testing for
calibrated-orifice balancing valves and automatic flow-control valves.
2. Air control devices.
3. Hydronic specialties.
C. Shop Drawings: Detail, at 1/4 (1:50) scale, the piping layout, fabrication of pipe anchors,
hangers, supports for multiple pipes, alignment guides, expansion joints and loops, and
attachments of the same to the building structure. Detail location of anchors, alignment guides,
and expansion joints and loops.
D. Welding certificates.
E. Qualification Data: For Installer.
F. Field quality-control test reports.
G. Operation and Maintenance Data: For air control devices, hydronic specialties, and specialduty
valves to include in emergency, operation, and maintenance manuals.
1.06 QUALITY ASSURANCE:
A. Steel Support Welding: Qualify processes and operators according to AWS D1.1.
B. Welding: Qualify processes and operators according to ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel
Code: Section IX.
1. Comply with provisions in ASME B31.
2. Certify that each welder has passed AWS qualification tests for welding processes
involved and that certification is current.
C. ASME Compliance: Comply with ASME B31.9 for materials, products, and installation.
Safety valves and pressure vessels shall bear the appropriate ASME label. Fabricate and stamp
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