Materials of Construction for Process Equipment & Piping Systems

OBJECTIVES

  • Understand the safe design and operation of pressurized process equipment
  • Follow the procedure for inspection and testing of process equipment
  • Apply the fundamental concepts and strategies to prevent failures
  • Use the best practices of FFS to estimate the remaining life of operating equipment
  • Select the methods of repair and alteration of pressurized process equipment

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This training course is designed to benefit all levels of Technical Personnel in the oil and gas industry as well as in chemical and process industries but will greatly benefit:

  • Process, Mechanical and Chemical Engineers
  • Operation and Maintenance Engineers
  • Project Engineers
  • Supervisors and Managers
  • Technical Personnel involved in inspection

 

 

OUTLINE

 Overview of Design Features of Process Equipment and Piping System

  • General Concept of Safety in Design: Codes and Standards
  • Design Features of Pressure Vessels and Storage Tanks
  • Design Features of Piping Systems
  • Design Characteristics of Fluid Handling Equipment
  • Design Characteristics of Thermal Equipment
  • Overpressure Protection of Equipment

 

 Overview of Operation Issues of Components of Process Equipment

  • Safe Operation of Process Equipment: Integrity Operating Window
  • Over-pressuring of Process Equipment
  • Uncontrolled Runaway Chemical Reaction
  • Overheating of Boiler Tubes
  • Abnormal Operation of Fluid Handling Equipment
  • Vibration of Piping Systems

 

 Failure Modes and Fracture Mechanisms

  • Characteristics of Material Used for Construction of Process Equipment
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Causes of Failures of Process Equipment and Piping Systems
  • Failure Modes
  • Fracture Mechanisms
  • Lessons Learnt from Major World Equipment Failures

 

Design and Operation of Fluid Handling Equipment

  • Condition Monitoring
  • Inspection and Testing Techniques: API 572, API 510, API 570
  • Risk Based Inspection (RBI): API 580
  • Fitness for Service Assessment: API 579/ASME FS1
  • Failure Evaluation and Calculation of Component Remaining Life
  • Failure Prevention Methods

 

 Repairs, Alterations and Rerating of Process Equipment

  • Classification of Repairs
  • Repair Best Practices for Pressure Vessels and Other Equipment
  • Rerating of Pressure Vessels
  • Hot Taping and Line Stopping
  • Positive Material Identification (PMI)

Certificates

A Certificate of Completion will be issued to those who attend & successfully complete the programme.

Schedule

  08:30 – 10:15 First Session

 10:15 – 10:30 Coffee Break

10:30 – 12:15 Second Session

 12:15 – 12:30 Coffee Break

12:30 – 14:00 Third Session

 14:00 – 15:00 Lunch

Training Methodology:

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours:

  • 30% Lectures, Concepts, Role Play
  • 20% Workshops & Work Presentations, Techniques
  • 20% Based on Case Studies & Practical Exercises
  • 10% Videos, Software & General Discussions
  • 20% Application
  • Pre and Post Test

Fees

 The Fee for the seminar, including instruction materials, documentation, lunch, coffee/tea breaks & snack is: