Design, Installation, Operation, Inspection, Testing, Maintenance, Repair, FFS, Pigging, Integrity and Rehabilitation of Pipeline and Piping (ASME B31 and API 579 Standards)
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Design, Installation, Operation, Inspection, Testing, Maintenance, Repair, FFS, Pigging, Integrity and Rehabilitation of Pipeline and Piping (ASME B31 and API 579 Standards) Course
Introduction:
discusses natural gas as well as the useful facets of gas transmission, including the design, integrity, upkeep, and repair of pipes and pipelines. The participants will gain a thorough understanding of the theoretical foundation, practical application to field situations, and ASME B31 code rules and API standards.
Course Objectives:
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. In this program you will learn:
- Fundamental principles of fitness-for-service, their practical application through case histories, and a step-by-step evaluation process for each type of degradation mechanism
- 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
- A review of degradation mechanisms and the application of API/ASME 579 to brittle fracture, general metal loss, local wall thinning, pitting, blisters and laminations, mechanical defects (dents, gouges, misalignment, and distortion), crack-like flaws (stress corrosion cracking, weld flaws, crack-like defects), fatigue, HIC & SOHIC and fire damage
Who Should Attend?
The course is intended for engineers, maintenance technicians and inspectors responsible for the design, integrity, maintenance and repair of pipelines and piping systems.
Course Outlines:
Materials and sizing
Introduction
- History of Pipeline Technology
- ASME Codes and Standards
- API Standards
- NACE, MSS-SP, PFI Standards
- Fundamentals of Maintenance and Integrity
Materials
- API 5Land ASTM Specifications
- Practical Aspects of Metallurgical Properties
- Chemistry and Material Test Reports
- Fabrication of Line Pipe and Forged Fittings
- Mechanical Properties: Strength and Toughness
- Field Processing of Natural Gas.
- Typical gas Processing System.
- Treating.
- Dehydration Techniques Compression.
- Chilling (refrigeration, Turbo-Expander, J.T.).
- Separation of Condensate & acid gas Problems.
- Gas Processing Equipment.
- General operating scheme.
- Absorption System.
- Stripping & Fractionation Columns.
- Amine regeneration tower.
- Purification.
Gas Compression System
- Heat exchangers & refrigeration package.
- Process vessels, piping, gas measuring and control.
- LPG / NGL Fractionation.
- Feed / product streams & equipment items associated with the LPG/NGL Fractionation System.
Operating And Design Pressure
- How to Establish the System Design Pressure
- Introduction to Pressure Relief Valves
- Pipe and Pipeline Sizing Formula with Applications
Integrity for sustained loads
Layout and support
- Rules of Good Practice in Layout
- Pump and Compressor Piping
- How to Support a Piping System
- Review of Support Types and Their Application
- Lessons Learned from Poor Support Practices
Temperature Effects
- Flexibility Layout Analysis
- Temperature Transients and Fatigue Damage
Buried pipe
- Soil Loads
- Surface Loads
- Expansion of Buried Pipe
- Soil Settlement
- In-Service Movement of Pipeline
Pipeline Failures
- Study of Case Histories
- Understanding Why Failures Occur and How to Avoid Them
Material flaws and inspections
Welding
- Overview of Pipe and Pipeline Welding Practice
- API 1104 and ASME IX Requirements
- Welding In-Service: Challenge and Solutions
Inspection
- Weld Inspection Techniques
- Pigging Technology: Overview of Utility and Smart Pigs
- Overview of Regulations for In-Line Inspections
- Blisters and Local Damage
- PART 7 - Hydrogen Blisters, HIC & SOHIC
- Overview of Hydrogen Damage
- Data Requirements
- Assessment Techniques
- Acceptance Criteria
- PART 8 - Weld Misalignment & Shell Distortions
- Overview of Weld Misalignment & Shell Distortions
- Data Requirements