ASME B31.3 Process Piping Design with Intro to API 579 Fitness-For-Service and Flange Leakage.

Name: ASME B31.3 Process Piping Design with Intro to API 579 Fitness-For-Service and Flange Leakage.
Price: 2290.75 CAD
Availability: InStock

Course Code: MEC103

This course is divided into 5 sessions. Each session will be 6 hours in duration.

The sessions will be held in 2027 on Feb 22,23,24,25,26.&Will be held again on Sep13-14-15-16-17

If you are unable to attend any of the sessions a recording will be made available.

Course Description

This intensive five-day course is designed to give the participants a thorough understanding of Process Piping Code, ASME B 31.3. and covers all aspects from piping design to testing, certification and an overview of how to do an assessment for Fitness-For Service once the piping system is placed into service. It offers detailed insight of code requirements for piping components, branch connections, selection of flanges, fittings, flexibility considerations, material requirements, fabrication, welding, NDT examination and pressure testing.

The course also provides an insight to the industry accepted good practice to prevent flange leakage problem and after service API 579 Fitness-For-Service to make a Run-Repair-Replace decision. Lessons are enhanced by actual in-class problem solving, directly applying the rules and equations of the B31.3 Code/API 579 for various design and operating conditions.

Objective

· Provide a basic interpretation and understanding of the design code in simplified form.

· Provide an awareness of the code and regulations that governs the design and operation of a plant.

· Provide basic knowledge of design to young Engineers and plant Maintenance, Operation and Construction Engineers for easy decision making.

· Provide enough knowledge for fluid service requirement and limitations on materials.

· Provides concepts and methods for assuring the mechanical integrity of existing piping systems.

· Introduction to Flange Design, Leakage problems and Bolt Torquing and Tightening procedure.

· Presents an overview of how the methodology of API 579/ASME FFS-1 can be applied for assessing the present structural integrity of the piping system once placed into service and deciding its fitness for continued service as well as the projected remaining life.

Make run, re-rate, repair, replace decision.

Target Audience

Mechanical Engineers from Engineering and Operating companies (Engineering/Technical Services/Inspection/Maintenance/Construction) who are involved in the design, construction, operation and maintenance of a process plant. Professionals who need to add to their current experience and knowledge the basics of the acceptable design standard/best practice used for pressure equipment and piping. New graduates who want to learn about ‘how a process plant piping is designed, what may go wrong once installed and what acceptable safe practice is required to maintain the plant to meet the regulatory requirement’ will immensely benefit from this course by setting their basics right at the onset of their career.

Level of Course

for Intermediate Level

Learning Objectives

After you attend this course/workshop, you will be able to:

· Understand the importance of following an acceptable industry best practice.

· Gain insight of design basis and concept used by the Standard.

· Learn to deal with an acceptable repair method in a plant level.

Awareness to FFS and Flange Design

Material(s) Required

Laptops, Calculator, paper and pen.

Mr. Ganga D. Deka

Mr. Ganga D. Deka, P.Eng is a registered Professional Engineer with APEGA Alberta (Canada) and currently works as a consultant. He brings with him over 30 years of experience in oil and gas industry with diversified experience in both Engineering Design and Operation & Maintenance (O&M). He brings with him the best experience from both the sides – from the drawing office to hands-on.

Ganga had assumed responsible positions in multi-million-dollar projects both in green field and brown field engineering projects. He had led team of engineers both in field level operating plants, turn-arounds, and engineering design that makes him clearly understand the need of engineers and technologists who work in a process/chemical plant. His career includes working with ZADCO (under ADNOC in Abu Dhabi), QATARGAS (in Qatar), Worley and Fluor in Canada.

Ganga’s long years of experience in the oil industry gives him a thorough insight to the basics of pressure testing requirement in process industry. With his versatile knowledge and experience he currently delivers seminars on various mechanical engineering subjects related to a process plant to both young and experienced mechanical and non-mechanical engineers. He had delivered training courses in North America, Malaysia and India.

Course Outline

Day-1

· Objectives and intent of ASME B 31.3 Code

· Understanding material properties

· Code accepted Materials- Listed and Unlisted Materials

· Impact testing requirements

· Understand stresses in piping - Primary, Secondary Stresses, Failure Theories.

· Allowable Stresses and the basis for calculations

· Interpreting Stress Table A-1

· Design Conditions and Criteria

· Understand Operating, MAWP, Design Pressure & Design Temperature

· Concept of Weld Strength reduction factor

· Weld Quality Factor and Joint Efficiency

Day-2

· Definitions of Category D, M, Normal, High Pressure (K), High Purity and Elevated Temperature services

· Limitations imposed on materials and joints by different category fluid services

· Pressure design of pipe, wall thickness calculation for internal and external pressure

· Design of branch connections – reinforcements

· Design of pipe fittings such as elbows, tees and blanks

· Selection of Flanges and fittings

· Overview of flanges as per ASME B 16.5 & ASME B16.47

· Understanding sustained and occasional loads

· Design for sustained and occasional loads

· Understand code allowable limits

· Case studies with examples

Day-3

· Design criteria for thermal stress

· What is displacement stress range and allowable stress range?

· Understanding hot and cold allowable stress

· Piping Flexibility- methods to incorporate flexibility, U - loops, Expansion Joints

· When is computer analysis required?

· Piping Span Calculations

· Selection of Supports and Hangers

· Case studies in flexibility calculations

Day-4

· Code requirement of welding and examination, acceptance criteria

· Code requirement for preheating and PWHT

· Hydrostatic/Pneumatic testing of piping system

· Service leak test

· NDT in lieu of leak test

· Flange Design and Leakage

· Bolt Torque calculation and Tightening Procedure

· Case studies

Day-5

· Introduction and overview of API 579/ASME FFS-1

· Calculation of Remaining life and MAWP of pressure vessels/piping systems

· Making run-rerate-repair-replace decisions

· Real-world examples and case studies

Questions and Answers and Feedback from Participants on Achievement of Learning

Outcomes Concluding Remarks and Final Adjournment

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