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API 579-1 / ASME FFS-1 (2021) Fitness-For-Service Assessments

Course Overview

The Fitness-For-Service (FFS) assessments are quantitative engineering evaluations that are performed to demonstrate the structural integrity of an in-service component that may contain a flaw or damage.

This 5-day advanced course provides guidance for conducting FFS assessments in accordance with API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 (2021) standard using methodologies specifically prepared for pressurized equipment. The guidelines discussed in this course can be used to make run-repair-replace decisions to help determine if pressurized equipment containing flaws that have been identified by inspection can continue to operate safely for some period of time. These FFS assessments are currently recognized and referenced by the API Codes and Standards (510, 570, & 653), and by NB-23 as suitable means for evaluating the structural integrity of pressure vessels, piping systems and storage tanks where inspection has revealed degradation and flaws in the equipment.

The assessment procedures discussed in this course can be used for Fitness-For-Service assessments and/or rerating of equipment designed and constructed to the following codes:

a) ASME B&PV Code, Section VIII, Division 1
b) ASME B&PV Code, Section VIII, Division 2
c) ASME B&PV Code, Section I
d) ASME B31.1 Piping Code
e) ASME B31.3 Piping Code
f) ASME B31.4 Piping Code
g) ASME B31.8 Piping Code
h) ASME B31.12 Piping Code
i) API Std 650
j) API Std 620
k) API Std 530

This course is available for in-house training, online and distance learning worldwide. It can also be customized to meet the specific needs of your organization.

Course Outline

1 INTRODUCTION

1.1 What is Fitness-for-Service Assessment?
1.2 The Need for Fitness-for-Service Assessment
1.3 The Benefits of Fitness-for-Service Assessment
1.4 The Multi-disciplinary Nature of Fitness-for-Service Assessment
1.5 Areas of Expertise Required
1.6 Overview of API 579-1/ASME FFS-1
1.7 Where is Fitness-for-Service Assessment Applicable?
1.8 When is Fitness-for-Service Assessment Applied?
1.9 Application Examples of Fitness-for-Service Technology

2 FITNESS-FOR-SERVICE ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT PROCEDURE

2.1 General

2.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Fitness-for-Service Assessment Procedures

2.3 Data Requirements

2.4 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria

2.5 Remaining Life Assessment

2.6 Remediation

2.7 In-Service Monitoring

3 ASSESSMENT OF EXISTING EQUIPMENT FOR BRITTLE FRACTURE

3.1 General

3.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Procedure

3.3 Data Requirements

3.4 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria

3.5 Remaining Life Assessment – Acceptability for Continued Service

3.6 Remediation

3.7 In-Service Monitoring

3.8 Worked Examples: Step-by-Step Guide to the FFS Calculation Procedures for the Assessment of Brittle Fracture

3.9 Exercises

4 ASSESSMENT OF GENERAL METAL LOSS

4.1 General

4.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Procedure

4.3 Data Requirements

4.4 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria

4.5 Remaining Life Assessment

4.6 Remediation

4.7 In–Service Monitoring

4.8 Worked Examples: Step-by-Step Guide to the FFS Calculation Procedures for the Assessment of General Metal Loss

4.9 Exercises

5 ASSESSMENT OF LOCAL METAL LOSS

5.1 General

5.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Procedure

5.3 Data Requirements

5.4 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria

5.5 Remaining Life Assessment

5.6 Remediation

5.7 In-Service monitoring

5.8 Worked Examples: Step-by-Step Guide to the FFS Calculation Procedures for the Assessment of Local Metal Loss

5.9 Exercises

6 ASSESSMENT OF PITTING CORROSION

6.1 General

6.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Procedure

6.3 Data Requirements

6.4 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria

6.5 Remaining Life Assessment

6.6 Remediation

6.7 In Service Monitoring

6.8 Worked Examples: Step-by-Step Guide to the FFS Calculation Procedures for the Assessment of Pitting Corrosion

6.9 Exercises

7 ASSESSMENT OF HYDROGEN BLISTERS AND HYDROGEN DAMAGE ASSOCIATED WITH HIC AND SOHIC

7.1 General

7.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Procedure

7.3 Data Requirements

7.4 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria

7.5 Remaining Life Assessment

7.6 Remediation

7.7 In-Service Monitoring

7.8 Worked Examples: Step-by-Step Guide to the FFS Calculation Procedures for
the Assessment of Hydrogen Blisters, HIC and SOHIC

7.9 Exercises

8 ASSESSMENT OF WELD MISALIGNMENT AND SHELL DISTORTIONS

8.1 General

8.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Procedure

8.3 Data Requirements

8.4 Evaluation Techniques and Acceptance Criteria

8.5 Remaining Life Assessment

8.6 Remediation

8.7 In-Service Monitoring

8.8 Worked Examples: Step-by-Step Guide to the FFS Calculation Procedures for
the Assessment of Weld Misalignment and Shell Distortions

8.9 Exercises

9 ASSESSMENT OF CRACK-LIKE FLAWS

9.1 General

9.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Procedure

9.3 Data Requirements

9.4 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria

9.5 Remaining Life Assessment

9.6 Remediation

9.7 In-Service Monitoring

9.8 Worked Examples: Step-by-Step Guide to the FFS Calculation Procedures for the Assessment of Crack-like Flaws

9.9 Exercises

10 ASSESSMENT OF COMPONENTS OPERATING IN THE CREEP RANGE

10.1 General

10.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Procedure

10.3 Data Requirements

10.4 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria

10.5 Remaining Life Assessment

10.6 Remediation

10.7 In Service Monitoring

10.8 Worked Examples: Step-by-Step Guide to the FFS Calculation Procedures for the Assessment of Creep Damage

10.9 Exercises

11 ASSESSMENT OF FIRE DAMAGE

11.1 General

11.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Procedure

11.3 Data Requirements

11.4 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria

11.5 Remaining Life Assessment

11.6 Remediation

11.7 In-Service Monitoring

11.8 Worked Examples: Step-by-Step Guide to the FFS Calculation Procedures for the Assessment of Fire Damage

11.9 Exercises

12 ASSESSMENT OF DENTS, GOUGES, AND DENT-GOUGE COMBINATIONS

12.1 General

12.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Procedure

12.3 Data Requirements

12.4 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria

12.5 Remaining Life Assessment

12.6 Remediation

12.7 In-Service monitoring

12.8 Worked Examples: Step-by-Step Guide to the FFS Calculation Procedures for the Assessment of Dents and/or Gouges

12.9 Exercises

13 ASSESSMENT OF LAMINATIONS

13.1 General

13.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Procedure

13.3 Data Requirements

13.4 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria

13.5 Remaining Life Assessment

13.6 Remediation

13.7 In-Service Monitoring

13.8 Worked Examples: Step-by-Step Guide to the FFS Calculation Procedures for the Assessment of Laminations

13.9 Exercises

14 Assessment of Fatigue Damage
     14.1 General
     14.2 Applicability and Limitations of the Procedure
     14.3 Data Requirements
     14.4 Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria
     14.5 Remaining Life Assessment
     14.6 Remediation
     14.7 In-Service Monitoring
     14.8 Worked Examples: Step-by-Step Guide to the FFS Calculation Procedures for Assessment of Fatigue Damage
     14.9 Exercisess

15 END OF COURSE EXAM

Who Should Attend

Designers, Inspection Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Plant Inspectors, Mechanical Engineers, and Process Engineers interested in Fitness-for-Service assessments.

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