Pipeline Management System, Pigging Operation and Troubleshooting

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Pipeline Management System, Pigging Operation and Troubleshooting Course
Introduction:
Course Objectives:
The course is intended for engineers, maintenance technicians and inspectors responsible for the design, integrity, maintenance and repair of pipelines and piping systems.
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
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
Vibration in Service
- Mechanical and Hydraulic Induced Vibration in Piping
- How to Measure, Analyze and Resolve Vibration
Integrity for Occasional Loads
Pressure Transients
- Recognizing and Solving Liquid Hammer
- Pump Station Transients
- Study of Pipeline Failures Due to Transients
- Two-Phase Liquid-Vapor Transients
- Two-Phase Liquid-Gas Transients
- Gas Discharge Transients
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
Flange and Mechanical Joints
- Overview of Different Types of Flanges and Application
- Gasket and Bolt Selection
- Causes of Flange Leaks and How to Resolve
- Case Study of Flange Failure
- Assembly of Flange Joints and Leak Tightness
Pressure and Leak Testing
- The Difference Between Leak Testing and Pressure Testing
- Review of Different Testing Techniques
- The Purpose of Hydro test
- How to Conduct a Hydro test
- Pipeline and Piping Systems Testing
- Pneumatic Testing
Corrosion, assessment and repairs
Corrosion
- Introduction to Practical Corrosion
- Classification of Corrosion Mechanisms
- General Wall Thinning