API 579-1/ASME FFS-1- FFS Assessments for Field Level Engineers

This intensive five-day course is designed to give the participants a thorough basic understanding of pressure vessel and pressure piping design codes, the damage mechanisms that play significant role once a newly constructed equipment is placed into service and how to use acceptable industry standard simple techniques by field engineers for assessment for fitness-For-service before a run, repair, replace decision is taken or call for an expensive expert advice. The participants would be explained in detail the mechanics of adopting and applying the code rules for day-to-day use in their professional work. Lessons are enhanced by actual in-class problem solving, directly applying the rules and equations used in the Fitness-For-Service methodologies.

The five days course will cover the FFS assessments on following areas: General Metal Loss, Local Metal Loss, Pitting Corrosion, Brittle Fracture, Crack-Like Flaw, Components Operating at Creep Range, Fatigue Damage and assessment of Hydrogen Blisters and Hydrogen Damage Associated with HIC and SOHIC.

A lot of emphasis is given on understanding the technical background theories and principles that play role behind these assessments in simple terms.

· Provide a basic understanding of the ASME pressure vessel and pressure piping design codes in simplified form.

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

· Provide basic knowledge of damage mechanisms that effects the newly constructed equipment’s once placed into service.

· Provide the concept of FFS and scientific methods for assessing the damage and make a run, re-rate, repair or replace decision.

· Make an assessment of remaining life.

Mechanical (Engineering/Technical Services/Maintenance/Operation), QA/QC Engineers from Engineering and Operating companies who are involved in the operation and maintenance of a process plant. Professionals who need to add to their current experience and knowledge the basics of the acceptable damage assessment standard/best practice used for pressure equipment and piping. New graduates who want to learn about ‘what goes wrong in a process plant and what is an acceptable industry standard for damage assessment’ will immensely benefit from this course by setting their basics right at the onset of their career.

for Intermediate Level

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

· Gain insight of design basis, damage mechanisms and concept of Fitness-For-Service.

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

Laptops, Calculator, paper and pen.