Failure Prevention, Repair & Life Extension of Piping, Vessels and Tanks
You will learn how to:
- Quantify design code margins and time to failure.
- Detect types and causes of failures.
- Analyze financial and technical considerations before you repair or replace equipment
- Make run-or-repair fitness-for-service decisions per API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 for wall thinning and cracks
- Assess how to make the right decision on equipment life extension.
- Review repair options and techniques in accordance with ASME PCC-2, NBIC .
Course Features
- Lectures 0
- Quizzes 0
- Duration 50 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 0
- Assessments Yes
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Day 1 :
1- Life cycle of vessels, tanks and piping systems. 2- Design margins for new equipment vs. fitness-for-service margins for operating equipment. 3- Post-Construction codes and standards for operating equipment. 4- Recognizing and classifying damage mechanisms. 5- Inspection strategies and risk-based inspection programs . 6- Evaluation of remaining life for wall thinning (corrosion, erosion, general, local, pitting)
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Day 2
1- Evaluation of remaining life for cracking mechanisms (corrosion, fatigue, leak or break) .2- Evaluation of creep and embrittlement mechanisms .3- Causes an evaluation of mechanical damage. 4- Cause and evaluation of flow-induced vibration.5- Cause and evaluation of pressure transients
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Day3
1- Repair and maintenance package.2- Examination and leak testing repairs.3- PCC-2 Welded repairs.4- PCC-2 Mechanical repairs.5- PCC-2 Wrap repairs.6- Conclusion and summary
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Day 4
Review and exam
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