Understanding and Preventing Process Equipment Failures

Process equipment, structures and piping systems may be subjected to severe service conditions including high constant or fluctuating stresses, extreme temperatures and various types of corrosion.

About this Course

INTRODUCTION

Process equipment, structures and piping systems may be subjected to severe service conditions including high constant or fluctuating stresses, extreme temperatures and various types of corrosion. This could cause loss of structural integrity, leading to degradation and damage. If such damage is not detected and assessed in a timely manner, it could result in catastrophic failures with potentially enormous consequential losses of life and assets.

To ensure that engineering systems are capable of handling the service conditions in all foreseeable operating scenarios, they must first be designed through the selection of appropriate materials of construction and in accordance with recognized design methodologies and codes.

It is also important to incorporate safeguards and controls to prevent operation outside the “design and operational envelope” and to inspect the process equipment with the view to detect any damage, characterize it, and assess its impact on the equipment “Fitness For Service”.

This comprehensive and structured Understanding and Preventing Process Equipment Failures training seminar aims at providing a clear understanding of the major degradation mechanisms that process equipment and systems will be subjected to during their operating life, how to identify them, their effect on the integrity of the equipment and what appropriate measures can be taken to prevent and control the resultant damage.

Course Objective

By the end of this training seminar, participants will enhance their competencies in the following areas:

Understanding and prediction of the degradation mechanisms that affect process equipment fitness for service and could result in significant potential failures
The inter-dependence of design, operation, and maintenance for achieving mechanical integrity of mechanical equipment
Have a sound knowledge of the various types mechanical failure mechanisms, including fracture mechanics, Fatigue, Creep and corrosion
Understand the basic concepts of inspection and NDT methods and their effective application
Be familiar with relevant failure mitigation principles

This Training Will Highlight on

Main aspects of mechanical testing of structures
Knowledge of the main types of structural failure
Aspects of structural integrity and mitigation techniques
Safe control and best practice use of engineering equipment
Inspection and non destructive methods

Course Methods

This Understanding and Preventing Process Equipment Failures training seminar will be conducted along workshop principles with formal lectures and interactive worked examples included in relevant workshops. The emphasis in this Pioneers training seminar will be on the explanation of all technical phenomena and providing answers to problems that are encountered in everyday industrial practice related to structural failure and mitigation techniques.

There will be ample opportunities for active discussion and sharing professional experiences and exchange that will help solidify the gained knowledge.

Course Outline

DAY 1

Materials Testing and Failure

Course Objectives and Overview
Materials Testing – Tensile, Impact, Hardness
Types of Failures – Ductile / Brittle Fracture, Temperature Effects
Analytical Tools – Visual Examination of Fracture Surface, Fractography, Microscopy
Industrial Failures – Examples of Failures and Causes

DAY 2

Damage and Interpretation of Failure I

Stress Concentrating
Fracture Mechanics
Fatigue Failure
High Temperature Creep
Thermal Expansion and Deflections
Worked Examples

DAY 3

Damage and Interpretation of Failure II

Wear, Galing and Fretting
Principles and Types of Corrosion Damage and Mitigation
Vibration of Equipment and Piping
Vibration Condition Monitoring
Technical Problem Solving and Decision-making Approaches

DAY 4

Examples of Equipment Failure

Pressure Vessels and Life Extension
Heat Exchangers
Pumps and Compressors
Mechanical Seals and “O” Rign Failures
Bearing Failure
Pipes and Repair Techniques

DAY 5

Inspection, Testing and Condition Assessment

NDT Methods and Techniques
Inspection of Process Equipment
Examples of Remaining Life Calculations
Relevant Inspection Codes, API 570, etc.
Course Summary and Wrap-up

5850 USD

About this course:

Venues

Maldives

Duration:

5 Days

Date

27th July 2024

Course Details Files:

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