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Heat Exchanger Standards

API Standards

  • API Std 530 - Calculation of Heater-tube Thickness in Petroleum Refineries
  • API Std 660 - Shell-and-Tube Heat Exchangers
  • API Std 661 - Petroleum, Petrochemical, and Natural Gas Industries - Air-Cooled Heat Exchangers
  • API 662 Part 1 - Plate-and-Frame Heat Exchangers for General Refinery Services
  • API 662 Part 2 - Brazed Aluminum Plate-Fin Heat Exchangers for General Refinery Services
  • API 663 - Multiple-Shell Heat Exchanger Systems for Refinery Services
  • API RP 932-B - Design, Materials, Fabrication, Operation, and Inspection Guidelines for Corrosion Control in Carbon Steel Heat Exchanger and Associated Piping Systems

ASTM Standards

  • ASTM B395 / B395M - Standard Specification for U-Bend Seamless Copper and Copper Alloy Heat Exchanger and Condenser Tubes
  • ASTM B543 / B543M - Standard Specification for Welded Copper and Copper-Alloy Heat Exchanger Tube
  • ASTM B743 - Standard Specification for Seamless Copper Tube in Coils
  • ASTM B903 - Standard Specification for Seamless Copper Heat Exchanger Tubes With Internal Enhancement
  • ASTM B919 - Standard Specification for Welded Copper Heat Exchanger Tubes With Internal Enhancement
  • ASTM B944 - Standard Specification for Copper-Beryllium Welded Heat Exchanger and Condenser Tube (UNS No. C17510)
  • ASTM B956 / B956M - Standard Specification for Welded Copper and Copper-Alloy Condenser and Heat Exchanger Tubes with Integral Fins

 

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