Process Equipment & Piping Systems

What are the Goals?

By the end of this Process Equipment & Piping Systems training course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the safe design and operation of pressurized process equipment
• Follow the procedure for inspection and testing of process equipment
• Apply the fundamental concepts and strategies to prevent failures
• Use the best practices of FFS to estimate the remaining life of operating equipment
• Select the methods of repair and alteration of pressurized process equipment

Who is this Training Course for?

This Process Equipment & Piping Systems training course is designed to benefit all levels of Technical Personnel in the oil and gas industry as well as in chemical and process industries but will greatly benefit:

• Process, Mechanical and Chemical Engineers
• Operation and Maintenance Engineers
• Project Engineers
• Supervisors and Managers
• Technical Personnel involved in inspection

Daily Agenda

Day One: Overview of Design Features of Process Equipment and Piping System

• General Concept of Safety in Design: Codes and Standards
• Design Features of Pressure Vessels and Storage Tanks
• Design Features of Piping Systems
• Design Characteristics of Fluid Handling Equipment
• Design Characteristics of Thermal Equipment
• Overpressure Protection of Equipment

Day Two: Overview of Operation Issues of Components of Process Equipment

• Safe Operation of Process Equipment: Integrity Operating Window
• Over-pressuring of Process Equipment
• Uncontrolled Runaway Chemical Reaction
• Overheating of Boiler Tubes
• Abnormal Operation of Fluid Handling Equipment
• Vibration of Piping Systems

Day Three: Failure Modes and Fracture Mechanisms

• Characteristics of Material Used for Construction of Process Equipment
• Material Degradation Processes
• Causes of Failures of Process Equipment and Piping Systems
• Failure Modes
• Fracture Mechanisms
• Lessons Learnt from Major World Equipment Failures

Day Four: Design and Operation of Fluid Handling Equipment

• Condition Monitoring
• Inspection and Testing Techniques: API 572, API 510, API 570
• Risk Based Inspection (RBI): API 580
• Fitness for Service Assessment: API 579/ASME FS1
• Failure Evaluation and Calculation of Component Remaining Life
• Failure Prevention Methods

Day Five: Repairs, Alterations and Rerating of Process Equipment

• Classification of Repairs
• Repair Best Practices for Pressure Vessels and Other Equipment
• Rerating of Pressure Vessels
• Hot Taping and Line Stopping
• Positive Material Identification (PMI)