Mechanical Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Installations Aboard Ship. ANSI/ASHRAE 26-1996, (1996). Provides the minimum general requirements for the design, construction, installation, operation, inspection, and maintenance of mechanical refrigeration and air-conditioning equipment aboard shipsto permit the safe, efficient, and reliable operation of such systems

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Section 1.0 - Purpose

Section 2.0 - Scope

Section 3.0 - Definitions

Section 4.0 - General Shipboard Design Condition

• 4.1, Configuration Requirements
• 4.2, Access Requirements
• 4.3, Materials and Workmanship
• 4.4, Environmental Requirements
• 4.5, Vibration
• 4.6, Noise
• 4.7, Insulation and Refrigerated Space Criteria
• 4.8, Electrical Requirements
• 4.9, Ventilation
• 4.10, Refrigeration Leak Detection

Section 5.0 - Refrigerants, Classification and Application

• 5.1, Classification
• 5.2, Use of Refrigerants
• 5.3, Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus
• 5.4, Class B Refrigerants
• 5.5, Ammonia Systems

Section 6.0 - Compressors

• 6.1, General Design
• 6.2, Application
• 6.3, Gauges and Controls

Section 7.0 - Pressure Vessels and Heat Exchangers

• 7.1, Pressure Vessels
• 7.2, Condensers and Other Heat Exchangers
• 7.3, Pressure-Relief Devices

Section 8.0 - Piping

• 8.1, General
• 8.2, Materials
• 8.3, Design
• 8.4, General Requirements for Piping
• 8.5, General Requirements for Valves
• 8.6, Electrically Operated Valves
• 8.7, Insulation
• 8.8, Piping for Refrigerants Other than Ammonia
• 8.9, Strainer and Dehydrator for Refrigerants Other than Ammonia
• 8.10, Valves and Fittings for Refrigerants Other than Ammonia
• 8.11, Pipe, Valves, and Fittings - Ammonia (Design Pressure 300 psi [2069 KPa])
• 8.12, Piping - Electrolytic Brine (Design Pressure 125 psi)
• 8.13, Gaskets
• 8.14, Thermometers and Gauges

Section 9.0 - Evaporators and Cooling Coils

Section 10.0 - Insulation

Section 11.0 - Spare Parts and Tools

Section 12.0 - Operating Instruction Manual

Section 13.0 - References