Damage Mechanisms, Petrochemical & Petroleum Industries API 571

Overview:

Introducion:

This API 571 training course is conducted for all professionals who are interested in understanding deeply the different types of corrosion, cracking and other damage mechanisms that their equipment may suffer or face in service. The following assets and equipment may suffer from damage mechanisms derived thorough API 571:

• All of process piping designed according ASME B31.3 & inspected according to API 570
• All of Pressure Vessels designed according ASME Sec VIII & inspected according to API 510
• All of Tanks inspected designed according to API 650 & inspected according API 653

This training course will demonstrate deeply all the 66 damage mechanisms contained in the recommended practices API 571.  The damage mechanisms in this recommended practice cover situations encountered in the refining and petrochemical industry in pressure vessels, piping, and tankage. The damage mechanism descriptions are not intended to provide a definitive guideline for every possible situation that may be encountered, and the reader may need to consult with an engineer familiar with applicable degradation modes and failure mechanisms, particularly those that apply in special cases.

Course Objectives

By the end of this training course, you will be able:

• Be very familiar and aware of all the 66 damage mechanisms stated in Recommended Practices API 571 as well as the different types of corrosion and cracking mechanisms
• Be able to distinguish and identify the type, extent and severity of the damage mechanism faced in the plant facilities
• Learn to anticipate which equipment may suffer specific damage mechanisms under which design and operating conditions
• Know how to inspect for the damage mechanisms and recommended types of inspection methods
• Know how to prevent the occurrence of the well-known damage mechanisms
• Get prepared for the next API 571 exam and have enough knowledge and skills to pass such exam in order to get the API 571 Inspector certificate

Targeted Audience

• Asset Integrity Engineers
• NDT Engineers & Technicians
• Fresh Graduated Mechanical Engineers
• In service inspector
• All professionals who aim to register for API 571 exam

Course Outlines

Unit1: Mechanical and Metallurgical Failure Mechanisms

• Introduction to API 571 Damage Mechanisms & Corrosion Basics

• 2.1 Graphitization
• 2.2 Softening (Spheroidization)
• 2.3 Temper Embrittlement
• 2.4 Strain Aging
• 2.5 885°F (475oC) Embrittlement
• 2.6 Sigma Phase Embrittlement
• 2.7 Brittle Fracture
• 2.8 Creep and Stress Rupture
• 2.9 Thermal Fatigue
• 2.10 Short Term Overheating – Stress Rupture
• 2.11 Steam Blanketing
• 2.12 Dissimilar Metal Weld (DMW) Cracking
• 2.13 Thermal Shock

Unit2: Mechanical and Metallurgical (Continued) & Uniform or Localized Loss of Thickness

• 2.14 Erosion/Erosion – Corrosion
• 2.15 Cavitation
• 2.16 Mechanical Fatigue
• 2.17 Vibration-Induced Fatigue
• 2.18 Refractory Degradation
• 2.19 Reheat Cracking
• 2.20 Gaseous Oxygen-Enhanced Ignition and Combustion
• 3.1 Galvanic Corrosion
• 3.2 Atmospheric Corrosion
• 3.3 Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)
• 3.4 Cooling Water Corrosion
• 3.5 Boiler Water Condensate Corrosion
• 3.6 CO2 Corrosion
• 3.7 Flue-Gas Dew-Point Corrosion

Unit3: Uniform or Localized Loss of Thickness (Continued) & High Temperature Corrosion

• 3.8 Microbiologically Induced Corrosion (MIC)
• 3.9 Soil Corrosion
• 3.10 Caustic Corrosion
• 3.11 Dealloying
• 3.12 Graphitic Corrosion
• 4.1 Oxidation
• 4.2 Sulfidation
• 4.3 Carburization
• 4.4 Decarburization
• 4.5 Metal Dusting
• 4.6 Fuel Ash Corrosion
• 4.7 Nitriding

Unit4: Environmental Assisted Cracking & Uniform or Localized Loss in Thickness Phenomena

• 5.1 Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking (Cl-SCC)
• 5.2 Corrosion Fatigue
• 5.3 Caustic Stress Corrosion Cracking (Caustic Embrittlement)
• 5.4 Ammonia Stress Corrosion Cracking
• 5.5 Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME)
• 5.6 Hydrogen Embrittlement (HE)
• 5.7 Ethanol Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC)
• 5.8 Sulfate Stress Corrosion Cracking
• 1.1.1 Amine Corrosion
• 1.1.2 Ammonium Bisulfide Corrosion (Alkaline Sour Water)
• 1.1.3 Ammonium Chloride Corrosion
• 1.1.4 Hydrochloric Acid (HCl) Corrosion
• 1.1.5 High Temp H2/H2S Corrosion
• 1.1.6 Hydrofluoric (HF) Acid Corrosion

Unit5: Uniform or Localized Loss in Thickness Phenomena Continued

• 1.1.7 Naphthenic Acid Corrosion (NAC)
• 1.1.8 Phenol (Carbolic Acid) Corrosion
• 1.1.9 Phosphoric Acid Corrosion
• 1.1.10 Sour Water Corrosion (Acidic)
• 1.1.11 Sulfuric Acid Corrosion
• 1.1.12 Aqueous Organic Acid Corrosion
• 1.2.1 Polythionic Acid Stress Corrosion Cracking (PASCC)
• 1.2.2 Amine Stress Corrosion Cracking
• 1.2.3 Wet H2S Damage (Blistering/HIC/SOHIC/SSC)
• 1.2.4 Hydrogen Stress Cracking - HF
• 5.1.2.5 Carbonate Stress Corrosion Cracking (ACSCC)