Corrosion Short Courses: WRC 490 Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment In Fossil Electric Power Industry, presented by NACE certified Corrosion Specialist , WebCorr Corrosion Consulting Services.

WRC 490 Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment In Fossil Electric Power Industry

Course Overview

There are significant economic benefits in continuing the operation of aging pressure vessels, piping, and tankage. API 579 Recommended Practice for Fitness-For-Service was developed to provide a central reference for flaw evaluation and damage assessment of aging equipment. The first step in a fitness-for-service assessment performed in accordance with API RP 579 is to identify the flaw type and the cause of damage. Proper identification of damage mechanisms for components containing flaws or other forms of deterioration is also the first step in performing a Risk-Based Inspection (RBI) in accordance with API RP 580. One factor that complicates a FFS assessment or RBI study for fossil electric power plant equipment is that material/environmental condition interactions are extremely varied. Fossil electric power plants contain many different processing units, each having its own combination of aggressive process streams and temperature/pressure conditions.

This 5-day training course provides participants with a thorough understanding of the various damage mechanisms contained in the latest edition of WRC 490 that can affect process equipment, the type and extent of damage that can be expected, and how this knowledge can be applied to the selection of effective inspection methods to detect size and characterize damage.

This corrosion short 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 to Corrosion

1.1 Corrosion: Definition and Examples

1.2 Basic Concepts in Electrochemistry

1.3 Why Do Metals Corrode

1.4 Kinetics: the Rate of Corrosion

1.5 Kinetics: Corrosion Affected by Diffusion

1.6 How Do Metals Corrode: Different Forms of Corrosion

1.7 General Methods for Corrosion Control

2. Introduction to WRC 490 Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment In Fossil Electric Power Industry

3. Definition of Terms and Abbreviations

4. General Damage Mechanisms – All Industries Including Refining and Petrochemical, Pulp and Paper, and Fossil Utility

4.1 General

4.2 Mechanical and Metallurgical Failure Mechanisms

4.2.1 Graphitization

4.2.2 Softening (Spheroidization)

4.2.3 Temper Embrittlement

4.2.4 Strain Aging

4.2.5 885^oF Embrittlement

4.2.6 Sigma Phase Embrittlement

4.2.7 Brittle Fracture

4.2.8 Creep / Stress Rupture

4.2.9 Thermal Fatigue

4.2.10 Short Term Overheating – Stress Rupture

4.2.11 Steam Blanketing

4.2.12 Dissimilar Metal Weld (DMW) Cracking

4.2.13 Thermal Shock

4.2.14 Erosion / Erosion-Corrosion

4.2.15 Cavitation

4.2.16 Mechanical Fatigue

4.2.17 Vibration-Induced Fatigue

4.2.18 Refractory Degradation

4.2.19 Reheat Cracking

4.3 Uniform or Localized Loss of Thickness

4.3.1 Galvanic Corrosion

4.3.2 Atmospheric Corrosion

4.3.3 Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)

4.3.4 Cooling Water Corrosion

4.3.5 Boiler Water Condensate Corrosion

4.3.6 CO2 Corrosion

4.3.7 Flue Gas Dew Point Corrosion

4.3.8 Microbiologically Induced Corrosion (MIC)

4.3.9 Soil Corrosion

4.3.10 Caustic Corrosion

4.3.11 Dealloying

4.3.12 Graphitic Corrosion

4.4 High Temperature Corrosion [400^oF (204^oC)]

4.4.1 Oxidation

4.4.2 Sulfidation

4.4.3 Carburization

4.4.4 Decarburization

4.4.5 Metal Dusting

4.4.6 Fuel Ash Corrosion

4.4.7 Nitriding

4.4.8 S-Compass: Software for the Modeling and Prediction of
Sulfidation, Sulfidic Corrosion, and H2-H2S Corrosion

4.5 Environment – Assisted Cracking

4.5.1 Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking (CI–SCC)

4.5.2 Corrosion Fatigue

4.5.3 Caustic Stress Corrosion Cracking (Caustic Embrittlement)

4.5.4 Ammonia Stress Corrosion Cracking

4.5.5 Liquid Metal Embrittlement (LME)

4.5.6 Hydrogen Embrittlement (HE)

5 Fossil Utility Industry Damage Mechanisms

5.1 General

5.1.1 Uniform or Localized Loss in Thickness

                     5.1.1.1 Erosion (Coal)
                     5.1.1.2 Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC)
                     5.1.1.3 Ammonia Grooving
                     5.1.1.4 Down-Time Corrosion
                     5.1.1.5 Hydrogen Damage

5.2 Boiler Tube Damage Matrix

5.2.1 Common Heater Tube Damage Mechanisms in Fired Boilers and Steam Generating Equipment

5.3 Process Unit PFD’s

5.3.1 Boiler Steam Condensate

6. End-of-Course Examination

Who Should Attend

Design Engineers, Inspection Engineers, Maintenance Engineers, Plant Inspectors, Mechanical Engineers, and Process Engineers in the Fossil Electric Power Industry.

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In-House Training Corrosion Courses/On-Site Training Corrosion Courses

If you are concerned with corrosion in your business, in-house training or on-site training is a great solution to train a group of employees from design, production, operation, quality assurance, inspection and maintenance, and technical sales and support on corrosion control and corrosion prevention technology. The contents of all our corrosion courses can be customized to fit your organization's needs.

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All our publicly scheduled corrosion short courses are conducted once a year. However, you do not need to wait for one year if you have missed any of the publicly scheduled corrosion courses as we have this unique corrosion course-on-demand scheme: we will conduct the course just for you on an one-on-one basis at a time and in a location convenient to you. This option costs significantly less than a full-scale in-house training program.

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