Piping and pipeline assessment guide / A. Keith Escoe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Escoe, A. Keith.

Series:

Stationary equipment assessment series ; v. 1.

Stationary equipment assessment series ; v. 1

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Piping--Maintenance and repair.

Piping.

Pipelines--Maintenance and repair.

Pipelines.

Service life (Engineering).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (573 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Piping and pipelines assessment guide

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Gulf Professional Pub., c2006.

Summary:

Whether it's called "fixed equipment? (at ExxonMobil), "stationary equipment? (at Shell), or "static equipment? (in Europe), this type of equipment is the bread and butter of any process plant. Used in the petrochemical industry, pharmaceutical industry, food processing industry, paper industry, and the manufacturing process industries, stationary equipment must be kept operational and reliable for companies to maintain production and for employees to be safe from accidents. This series, the most comprehensive of its kind, uses real-life examples and time-tested rules of thumb to guide the mec

Contents:

Front cover; Title page; Copyright; Table of contents; Preface; 1 An Introduction to In-plant Piping and Pipeline Fitness-for-Service; Introduction; What Is Piping?; Areas Where Corrosion Attacks Piping; The Maximum Acceptable Operating Pressure (MAOP); Assessment Procedure; Classification of Corroded Regions; External Versus Internal Corrosion; Localized Versus General Corrosion; Interaction of Closely Spaced Areas of Corrosion; Circumferential Extent of Damage; Welds, Elbows, and Branch Connections; Corroded Pit Region Interaction Parameters; Methodology

Determining the Allowable Length of CorrosionCorrosion Allowance; Assessing Type 3 Flaws; Burst Test Validation; Circumferential Corrosion; Criteria for Circumferential Metal Loss; Methodology of Circumferential Metal Loss; Corrosion in Pipe Bends; Branch Connections and Fittings; Determining a Maximum Allowable Operating Pressure; Flaws in Heat Affected Zones of Welds; Example 1-1; Example 1-2; Checking for the Circumferential Direction Criteria; Example 1-3; 2 An Introduction to Engineering Mechanics of Piping; Piping Criteria; Stress Categories

Allowable Stress Range for Secondary StressesStresses Acting on Piping Elements; Stress Calculations; ASME B31.1 Code Stress; ASME B31.3 Code Stress; The Pipeline Codes-ASME B31.4 and B31.8; ASME B31.4-Liquid Transportation Pipelines Code; ASME B31.8-Gas Transmission and Distribution Pipeline Code; Flexibility and Stiffness of Piping; Stiffness and Large Piping; Flexibility Method of Piping Mechanics; Pipe Offsets and Loops; Pipe Restraints and Anchors; Criteria for Flexibility Analysis; Example Using the Empirical Flexibility Criterion

Suggested Criteria for Level of Piping Flexibility AnalysisClosure; 3 Fitness-for-Service Topics of Local Thin Areas, Plain Dents, Dents-Gouges, and Cracks for Piping; Useful RSF Equations Using API 579; Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria; Remaining Life Assessment; Remediation; In-Service Monitoring; Documentation; Damage Mechanisms; Blisters and Laminations; Assessment of Local Thin Areas; General Metal Loss Assessment; Individual Point Readings; Thickness Profiles; Structural Discontinuities; Level 1 Part 4 Acceptance Criteria; Level 2 Assessments

Level 2 Part 4 Acceptance CriteriaLocal Metal Loss Assessment; Determining the LTA Boundary; Level 1 Part 5 Acceptance Criteria; Level 2 Part 5 Acceptance Criteria; Assessing Supplemental Loads; Level 3 Assessments; Elastic-Plastic Analysis of LTAs; Common Mistakes Made in Level 3 Assessments; Performing the Remaining Life Assessment; The MAWP Approach; The Thickness Approach; Material Property Data; Material Property Data Required for Assessment; Crack-like Flaws; Remediation of Crack Defects; Grooves, Plain Dents, and Dents with Gouges; Plain Dents; Dents and Gouge Combination Type Flaws

Example 3-1: API 579 Example 5.11.1 Revisited

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-63129-5

9786610631292

0-08-045711-8

OCLC:

435637919