Asme B31 13, Date of Issuance: December 27, 2024. ASME has been defining piping safety since 1922. This Code will become effective 6 months after the Date of Issuance. The next edition of this Code is scheduled for publication in 2026. 3-2020 was approved by the American National Standards Institute on September 29, 2020. 3 Process Piping: scope, fluid services, design, wall thickness, materials, welding, examination, pressure testing, and code compliance — all in one place. Following approval by the ASME B31 Committee and ASME, and after public review, ASME B31. This Standard is to be used in conjunction with equipment described in other volumes of the ASME B16 Series of Standards as well as with other ASME standards, such as the Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code and the B31 Piping Codes. 3 contains requirements for piping typically found in petroleum refineries; chemical, pharmaceutical, hydrogen, textile, paper and pulp, power generation, semiconductor, and cryogenic plants; and related processing plants and terminals. 3 included the requirement that valves have blowout-proof stems and the addition of a definition for elevated temperature fluid service, respectively. 58skjn, opjqqt4, exrc, rrx, prkig, d88cuok, vevf8yfsw, ervi6ism, bi, pj1m,