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Program Outline
The participant in this integrated and comprehensive course will learn to apply the
rules of the API/ASME 579 standard "Fitness-for-Service" to evaluate the integrity
and remaining life of pressure vessels, storage tanks, piping systems and pipelines,
to make cost effective run-repair-replace decisions, and select the appropriate repair
options.
Basic design of pressure vessels, piping and storage tanks, fundamental principles
of component integrity, application of the ASME code rules, material properties of
strength and toughness, and the introduction to stress and fracture mechanics.
Introduction
A plant objective is to attain the maximum economic benefit and service life from existing
equipment without sacrificing integrity.
This requires accurate assessment of the condition of the equipment and their suitability for
the actual service.
Fitness-For-Service assessment
History
Assess how reliable your assets will be over a set period of time for
example, until your next planned shutdown
The new standard is now called API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 2007 FitnessFor-Service.
API/ASME Standard API 579-1 /ASME FFS Assessment or re-rating of components designed and constructed to:
1
ASME B&PV Codes Section VIII Division 1 & 2
ASME Codes Section I
ASME B31.3 Piping Code
ASME B31.1 Piping Code
API Standards:
API 650
API 620
Other recognized codes and standards, including International Standards
(review attributes/compare to API & ASME codes)
Methods and procedures intended to supplement API 510, API 570, and
API 653
List of parts
Part 1: Introduction
Part 7: Assessment of Hydrogen Blisters and Hydrogen Damage HIC & SOHIC
Annexes
List of annexes
Annex H Validation
Degradation Mechanism
Brittle fracture
Fire damage
Creep
Laminations
Levels of Assessment
Level 1
Conservative screening
Minimum amount of inspection or component information
Plant inspection or engineering personnel
Level 2
Level 3
Step 6 - Remediation
Step 8 - Documentation
Evaluation Methodology
Benefits
Reduce costs