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Inspection, Evaluation and Repair of Process Plant Equipment and Connected Piping


Location Start date End date Fees Inquire Register
Dubai 13.05.2024 17.05.2024 4,300 $ Inquire now Register
Dubai 24.06.2024 28.06.2024 4,300 $ Inquire now Register
Paris 24.06.2024 28.06.2024 6,100 $ Inquire now Register
Dubai 15.07.2024 19.07.2024 4,300 $ Inquire now Register
Dubai 22.07.2024 26.07.2024 4,300 $ Inquire now Register
London 22.07.2024 26.07.2024 6,100 $ Inquire now Register
Singapore 18.11.2024 22.11.2024 5,000 $ Inquire now Register
Dubai 18.11.2024 22.11.2024 4,300 $ Inquire now Register

Overview

Petroleum refineries, petrochemical and process plants have hundreds of pieces of equipment and thousand of meters of piping that handle hazardous and corrosive fluids and operate at wide ranges of temperatures and pressures. Plant integrity and reliability can only be achieved if this equipment and connected piping are designed properly and they remain fit for continued service between scheduled turnarounds.
 
The design and fabrication of process equipment and piping systems are carried out in accordance with industry codes and standards. Fabrication and welding processes are subjected to defined examinations and inspections to ensure that any deficiencies found are resolved so as to meet the acceptance criteria of the respective codes.
 
Once the new equipment and piping are put in service, they get exposed to the process fluids and start to undergo deterioration such as corrosion at various rates depending on the materials of construction and service conditions. It is therefore essential to know their current condition and the degradation rate so that appropriate repairs and maintenance can be carried out in a timely manner to prevent failures. Effective inspection and evaluation of the inspection data are vital for this purpose. The integrity of the plant cannot be achieved without effective inspection.
 
Regular and reliable inspections are an integral part of any effective industrial plant maintenance program. The success of such a program relies greatly on the Non-Destructive Inspection (NDT or NDE or NDI) techniques used. Non-destructive inspection (NDT) techniques detect flaws that can cause potential failure in future. This way, NDT provides information on the integrity of the pipeline as well as a measure of its current safety margin. Hence, it is important to understand the scope and limitations of the common and advanced NDE tools that are available in order to maximize the effectiveness of each of the scheduled inspection activities.
 
Furthermore, in today’s competitive environment plant operators need to reduce maintenance costs by minimizing downtime. Effective inspection contributes significantly to this objective.
 
In this comprehensive and integrated course, you will gain a clear understanding of the damage and degradation mechanisms that affect process equipment and piping and progressively adversely affect their condition and fitness for continued service. You will also understand that effective inspection is the backbone of plant integrity and that it has significant impact on EHS and financial performance of the company. The course will increase you awareness of industry codes and best practices related to inspection, repair and alteration of process equipment and piping including ASME BPVC and various API codes, standards and recommended practices. The course also provides a sound and concise coverage of fitness-for-service assessment methodologies and API/ASME FFS standard to enable making run/repair/replace decision about the damaged equipment/piping. The course then covers the main industry codes and practices for repairs and alterations to enable you to achieve business focused repairs and lower maintenance costs.

Objectives

  • To increase delegates awareness of the degradation and damage that affects equipment and piping in service and that knowledge of their condition and remaining safe life are crucial for safe and reliable plant operation.
  • To highlight the important function and significance of effective inspection on plant integrity, financial and EHS performance.
  • To make delegates aware of the benefits of risk-based inspection (RBI) and maximizing non-intrusive inspections (NII) on improved reliability and reduced maintenance costs.
  • To provide a clear understanding of the fundamentals of nondestructive inspection and the major NDT methods, their capabilities and limitations.
  • To make it clear that all deficiencies found by inspections must be evaluated and that some of the deficiencies may be deemed to be acceptable obviating the need for immediate repairs.
  • To provide methodologies for performing fitness-for-service assessments of damaged equipment/piping with the objective of making run/repair/replace decisions.
  • To increase awareness of applicable industry codes and best practices covering inspection, repair, and alteration of process equipment and piping.