Integrity of Pressure Equipment: Corrosion, Inspection, Maintenance, and Safety Management Course
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Integrity of Pressure Equipment: Corrosion, Inspection, Maintenance, and Safety Management Course
Introduction:
This course is designed to allow professionals working in the process, chemical, and oil & gas industries to gain a better understanding of complex issues related to the mechanical integrity of pressure equipment and to familiarize with techniques of inspection, monitoring, and condition evaluation according to existing ASME and API standards. The course will cover many important concepts including material properties, construction, operation, and maintenance strategies, with the focus on corrosion protection measures and repair technologies.
Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Identify & understand corrosion mechanisms & processes of material degradation
- Plan & select adequate corrosion protection technology for pressure equipment
- Formulate the predictive maintenance strategy based on monitoring data
- Discuss the results of inspection based on non-destructive testing (NDT)
- Perform the fitness for service (FFS) analysis & estimate the remaining service life
Who Should Attend?
This course will benefit all levels of personnel in a process plant. It will enable them to understand the construction details and operational parameters associated with process heat exchangers.
This course is suitable for a wide range of engineering professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Plant operators
- Maintenance professionals
- Inspection personnel
- Process supervisors
- Plant technical managers
Course Outlines:
Overview of Mechanical Integrity of Pressure Equipment
- Construction elements of pressure equipment & their mechanical integrity
- Sizing of pressure vessels per ASME BPV and piping per ASME B31.3
- Selection of construction material regarding its interaction with working fluid
- Material degradation that affects equipment’s mechanical integrity
- Material failure mechanisms: fatigue, cracks, fractures
- Workshop: examples & solutions
Corrosion, Monitoring, and Protection
- Mechanism of corrosion, erosion & stress corrosion cracking
- Operation of equipment at high and low temperatures
- Corrosion protection methods: surface coating, lining & cathodic protection
- Corrosion under insulation (CUI)
- Corrosion direct assessment (DA): external (ECDA), & internal (ICDA)
- Workshop: examples & solutions
Inspection of Equipment in Service
- Piping inspection code (API 570) and tank inspection code (API 653)
- Metal loss inline inspection (ILI) and smart pigging (NDT) technology
- Leak detection methods (LDAR) and process surveillance (SCADA)
- Hydrostatic test methodology: test pressure and fluid temperature
- Inspection strategies: risk-based inspection RBI (API 580)
- Workshop: examples & solutions
Maintenance, Reconditioning & Repair Technologies
- Planned maintenance strategies
- Equipment maintenance: cleaning and reconditioning technologies
- Maintenance of valves, fittings, and accessories
- Repair & alteration technologies
- Valve repair: hot tapping, temporary plugging (stopple)
- Workshop: examples & solutions
Safety Management of Pressure Equipment
- Safety control systems and instrumentation
- Equipment failure prevention & root cause analysis (RCA)
- Risk identification practices and remedies: HAZOP, LOPA, FMEA
- Fitness for service (FFS) analysis
- The estimate of the remaining life of the equipment
