ANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDASMEAG-1–2009(RevisionofASMEAG-1−2003)CodeonNuclearAirandGasTreatmentCopyright2009bytheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.NoreproductionmaybemadeofthismaterialwithoutwrittenconsentofASME.cCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwASMEAG-1–2009(RevisionofASMEAG-1–2003)CodeonNuclearAirandGasTreatmentANAMERICANNATIONALSTANDARDCopyright2009bytheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.NoreproductionmaybemadeofthismaterialwithoutwrittenconsentofASME.cCopyrightedmateriallicensedtoStanfordUniversitybyThomsonScientific(www.techstreet.com),downloadedonOct-05-2010byStanfordUniversityUser.Nofurtherreproductionordistributionispermitted.UncontrolledwDateofIssuance:September30,2009The2009editionofthisCodeisbeingissuedwithanautomaticaddendasubscriptionservice.Theuseofaddendaallowsrevisionsmadeinresponsetopublicreviewcommentsorcommitteeactionstobepublishedasnecessary.ThenexteditionofthisCodeisscheduledforpublicationin2012.ASMEissueswrittenrepliestoinquiriesconcerninginterpretationoftechnicalaspectsofthisCode.PeriodicallycertainacitonsoftheASMECommitteeonNuclearAirandGasTreatmentmaybepublishedasCases.CasesandinterpretationsarepublishedontheASMEWebsiteundertheCommitteePagesathttp://cstools.asme.orgastheyareissued.ASMEistheregisteredtrademarkofTheAmericanSocietyofMechanicalEngineers.ThiscodeorstandardwasdevelopedunderproceduresaccreditedasmeetingthecriteriaforAmericanNationalStandards.TheStandardsCommitteethatapprovedthecodeorstandardwasbalancedtoassurethatindividualsfromcompetentandconcernedinterestshavehadanopportunitytoparticipate.Theproposedcodeorstandardwasmadeavailableforpublicreviewandcommentthatprovidesanopportunityforadditionalpublicinputfromindustry,academia,regulatoryagencies,andthepublic-at-large.ASMEdoesnot“approve,”“rate,”or“endorse”anyitem,construction,proprietarydevice,oractivity.AS...