16 CRR-NY 255.169NY-CRR

OFFICIAL COMPILATION OF CODES, RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
TITLE 16. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE
CHAPTER III. GAS UTILITIES
SUBCHAPTER C. SAFETY
PART 255. TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION OF GAS
DESIGN OF PIPELINE COMPONENTS
16 CRR-NY 255.169
16 CRR-NY 255.169
255.169 Compressor stations: pressure limiting devices.
(a) Each compressor station must have pressure relief or other suitable protective devices of sufficient capacity and sensitivity to ensure that the maximum allowable operating pressure of the station piping and equipment is not exceeded by more than 10 percent.
(b) Each vent line that exhausts gas from the pressure relief valves of a compressor station must extend to a location where the gas may be discharged without hazard.
(c) A pressure relief valve shall be installed in the discharge line of each positive-displacement transmission compressor between the gas compressor and the first discharge block valve. The relieving capacity shall be equal to or greater than the capacity of the compressor.
16 CRR-NY 255.169
Current through March 31, 2022
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