High-Temperature API 560 Fired Heater for Crude Preheaters in
Sulfur Recovery Units
The API 560 Horizontal Tube Fired Heater is a specialized equipment
used in industrial processes to heat fluids, typically for oil and
gas applications.
API 560 Horizontal Tube Fired Heater tube Materials Specifications
| Material | Pipe (ASTM Specifications) | Tube (ASTM Specifications) |
| Carbon steel | A53, A106 Gr B | A192, A210 Gr A-1 |
| Carbon-1/2Mo | A335 Gr P1 | A209 Gr T1 |
| 1 1/4 Cr-1/2Mo | A335 Gr P11 | A213 Gr T11 |
| 2 1/4 Cr-1Mo | A335 Gr P22 | A213 Gr T22 |
| 3Cr-1Mo | A335 Gr P21 | A213 Gr T21 |
| 5Cr-1/2Mo | A335 Gr P5 | A213 Gr T5 |
| 5Cr-1/2Mo-Si | A335 Gr P5b | A213 Gr T5b |
| 9Cr-1Mo | A335 Gr P9 | A213 Gr T9 |
| 9Cr-1Mo-V | A335 Gr P91 | A213 Gr T91 |
| 9Cr-2Si-1Cu | A335 Gr P921 | A213 Gr T921 |
| 10.5Cr-V | A335 Gr P115 | A213 Gr T115 |
| 18Cr-8Ni | A312, A376, TP 304, TP 304, TP 304, TP 304, TP 304L | A213, TP 304, TP 304L |
| 16Cr-12Ni-2Mo | A312, A376, TP 316, TP 316H, TP 316L | A213, TP 316, TP 316L |
| 18Cr-10Ni-3Mo | A312, TP 317, TP 317L | A213, TP 317, TP 317L |
| 18Cr-10Ni-Ti | A312, A376, TP 321, TP 321H | A213, TP 321, TP 321H |
| 18Cr-10Ni-Nb | A312, A376, TP 347, TP 347H | A213, TP 347, TP 347H |
| 18Cr-10Ni-3Cu-Nb | A312, UNS S34752 | A213, UNS S34752 |
API 560 Horizontal Tube Fired Heater Bibliography
[1] API Standard 536, Post-Combustion NOx Control for Fired
Equipment in General Refinery Services
[2] API Standard 541 Data Sheet, Form Wound Squirrel-cage
Induction—Mechanical Equipment Data Sheet
[3] API Standard 546 Data Sheet, Brushless Synchronous Machines—500
kVA and Larger—Mechanical Equipment
[4] API Standard 547 Data Sheet, General-purpose Form-wound
Squirrel Cage Induction Motors 250 Horsepower and Larger -
Mechanical Equipment Data Sheet
[5] API Recommended Practice 554, Process Instrumentation and
Control
[6] API Recommended Practice 555, Process Analyzers
[7] American Society of Heating, Refrigeration, and Air
Conditioning Engineers20, Handbook of Fundamentals, Second Edition,
New York, 1974.
[8] ASM Metals Handbook 21, Volume 3, Properties and Selection:
Stainless Steels, Tool Materials and Special purpose Metals
[9] ASME B31.3, Process Piping
[10] ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC), Section VIII:
Rules for Construction of Pressure Vessels; Division 1
[11] ASTM A36/A36M, Standard Specification for Carbon Structural
Steel
[12] ASTM A53/A53M, Standard Specification for Pipe, Steel, Black
and Hot-Dipped, Zinc-Coated, Welded and Seamless
[13] ASTM A105/A105M, Standard Specification for Carbon Steel
Forgings for Piping Applications
[14] ASTM A106/A106M, Standard Specification for Seamless Carbon
Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service
[15] ASTM A181/A181M, Standard Specification for Carbon Steel
Forgings, for General-Purpose Piping
[16] ASTM A182/182M, Standard Specification for Forged or Rolled
Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe Flanges,
Forged Fittings, and Valves and Parts for High-Temperature Service
[17] ASTM A192/A192M, Standard Specification for Seamless Carbon
Steel Boiler Tubes for High-Pressure or High Pressure Service and
Other Service
[18] ASTM A193/A193M, Standard Specification for Alloy-Steel and
Stainless Steel Bolting for High Temperature Special Purpose
Applications
[19] ASTM A194/A194M, Standard Specification for Carbon Steel,
Alloy Steel, and Stainless Steel Nuts for Bolts for High Pressure
or High Temperature Service, or Both
[20] ASTM A209/A209M, Standard Specification for Seamless
Carbon-Molybdenum Alloy-Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes
[21] ASTM A210/A210M, Standard Specification for Seamless
Medium-Carbon Steel Boiler and Superheater Tubes
[22] ASTM A213/A213M, Standard Specification for Seamless Ferritic
and Austenitic Alloy-Steel Boiler, Superheater, and Heat- Exchanger
Tubes
[23] ASTM A216/A216M, Standard Specification for Steel Castings,
Carbon, Suitable for Fusion Welding, for High Temperature Service
[24] ASTM A217/A217M, Standard Specification for Steel Castings,
Martensitic Stainless and Alloy, for Pressure Containing Parts,
Suitable for High-Temperature Service
[25] ASTM A234/A234M, Standard Specification for Piping Fittings of
Wrought Carbon Steel and Alloy Steel for Moderate and High
Temperature Service
[26] ASTM A240/A240M, Standard Specification for Chromium and
Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for
Pressure Vessels and for General Applications
[27] ASTM A242/A242M, Standard Specification for High-Strength
Low-Alloy Structural Steel
[28] ASTM A283/A283M, Standard Specification for Low and
Intermediate Tensile Strength Carbon Steel Plates
[29] ASTM A297/A297M, Standard Specification for Steel Castings,
Iron-Chromium and Iron-Chromium-Nickel, Heat Resistant, for General
Application
[30] ASTM A307/A307M, Standard Specification for Carbon Steel
Bolts, Studs, and Threaded Rod 60,000 PSI Tensile Strength
[31] ASTM A312/A312M, Standard Specification for Seamless, Welded,
and Heavily Cold Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes
[32] ASTM A320/A320M, Standard Specification for Alloy Steel and
Stainless Steel Bolting for Low-Temperature Service
[33] ASTM A325/A325M, Standard Specification for Structural Bolts,
Steel, Heat Treated, 120/105 ksi Minimum Tensile Strength
[34] ASTM A335/A335M, Standard Specification for Seamless Ferritic
Alloy-Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service
[35] ASTM A351/A351M, Standard Specification for Castings,
Austenitic, for Pressure-Containing Parts
[36] ASTM A376/A376M, Standard Specification for Seamless
Austenitic Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service
[37] ASTM A384/A384M, Standard Practice for Safeguarding Against
Warpage and Distortion During Hot-Dip Galvanizing of Steel
Assemblies
