ASME B31.4 Standards: Benefits, Strengths and Limitations

The ASME B31.4 standard, "Pipeline Transportation Systems for Liquids and 

Slurries," provides comprehensive guidelines for the design, materials, construction,  

assembly, inspection, testing, operation and maintenance of pipeline systems used to 

transport liquids and slurries. Originally published in 1956, the standard has been revised multiple times.

As with many ASME standards, the B31.4 standard is not a design manual but is intended to guide those who wish to comply with industry practices. However, many users find the B31.4 code intimidating, mostly because of the subject layout and interrelated topics.

This course is a chapter-by-chapter review of the standard’s benefits, strengths and limitations, as well as guideline interpretations.