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HTHA – A serious threat to pressure equipment integrity. Covered extensively in our API 571 Training Course, we’re often asked about HTHA. When carbon steel is used to manufacture pressure equipment for hydrogen-containing (gaseous or liquid, even when it is a constituent portion of a fluid) service, the service conditions should be limited to avoid High-Temperature Hydrogen Attack (HTHA). …
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Sometimes, A Little Change Is A Good Thing Fitness For Service Training – API 579/ASME FFS-1 – must be up there as one of the most comprehensive and helpful resources out there in the world of technical codes and standards. First published in January 2000 it provides the refining and petrochemical industry with various methods for the reliable …
Integrity Matters – New asset integrity magazine Coming in April 2022! We are introducing the NEW magazine for asset integrity professionals and pressure equipment stakeholders. Welcome to ‘Integrity Matters’. Keep abreast with the latest integrity safety alerts worldwide, new approaches to asset integrity, the latest NDE methods, relevant industry news, integrity job boards, technical tuition and much more. Our vision …
Fitness For Service – Local Metal Loss Level 1 Assessment. Part 3 of our 3 part series takes a look at the assessment of local metal loss. As we discussed in Part 1, there is strictly no definition of what constitutes local metal loss compared to general, so the accepted rule of thumb is to start with a Part 4 …
Fitness For Service – non-uniform metal loss. This is the second part in our 3-part Fitness For Service series for the assessment of metal loss using API 579 level 1 methodology. It’s best if you read Part 1 of the series first. Part 1 explains the difference between uniform and non-uniform loss, and addresses how to conduct a level …
Fitness For Service General Metal Loss One of the most common damage classes (modes) found in static mechanical plant is metal loss. It can be caused by a number of damage mechanisms such as; -Atmospheric corrosion -Erosion -Sulphidation -Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) -Microbiological Induced Corrosion (MIC) -Under Deposit Corrosion(UDC) -CO2 corrosion There are many more, and these can …
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