COBEY

The Problem: The customer requested a standard design fuel forwarding skid to be modified to meet the European Union and CE requirements.

COBEY’s Solution: A hazard analysis of the standard design was performed per Directive 98/37/EC, Appendix 1, and we found that two areas of the design needed to be addressed; NEC versus IEC electrical specifications and ASME versus PED pressure vessel requirements. The wiring design was modified to meet IEC requirements by using ATEX certified components with cable glands and cable instead of conduit and wires. The heater pressure vessel was designed and built to both ASME and PED by a European vendor. The pumps were certified by the vendor to 98/37/EC as well as ANSI B73.1. With the flow and pressure requirements of the standard design system, the piping design to ANSI B31.1 also conformed to Article 3, Paragraph 3 of Directive 97/23/EC under sound engineering practice. Because this skid was part of a larger power generation system, a Declaration of Incorporation was included with the shipping documents.