6 API 572 Inspection of Pressure Vessels

This chapter is about learning to become familiar with the layout and contents of API 572: Inspection of Pressure Vessels (Towers, Drums, Reactors, Heat Exchangers and Condensers). API 572 is a well-established document (it is still on its 2001 edition) with its roots in earlier documents published by the American Refining Industry (IRE). It is more a technical guide document rather than a code, as such, but it does perform a useful function in supporting the content of API 510.