API 579 – Fitness for Service Training

  • January 15, 2022 - January 17, 2022
  • 09:00 AM to 03:00 PM GST (Dubai Time)
  • Total Seats: 5 Reserved Seats: 4
  • Online (Microsoft Teams)
  • +971 562069465
  • info@velosiaims.com
  • Velosi is conducting training for API 579 – Fitness for Service Course.

    API 579 – Fitness-for-Service (FFS) evaluations are quantitative engineering assessments undertaken to demonstrate the structural integrity of in-service pressurized equipment that may have a fault or damage. This standard’s guidelines can be used to make “Run-Repair-Replace” decisions, and if confirmed fit for service, the equipment’s predicted remaining safe life can be calculated.

    This course explains and applies the API fitness-for-service standard to help learners understand and implement it in their daily work. The course materials demonstrate how stress analysis, materials engineering, and nondestructive inspection work together to assess fitness-for-service. The processes apply to pressure vessels, pipelines, and tanks that are in use.

    This training session is meant to provide rational, step-by-step techniques for assessing the equipment’s current structural integrity, determining its fitness for continued service, and selecting and performing the appropriate corrective action.

  • By the end of this course, participants will learn to:

    • To understand the proper inspection methods and how to evaluate inspection results.
    • To gain a better understanding of how pressure vessels and piping degrade and deteriorate in service.
    • Learn a step-by-step process for evaluating errors and flaws that arise during the service.
    • When component repair is considered necessary based on appropriate inspection, defect evaluation and take action.
    • To assess the asset’s remaining life
    • Performing repairs without harming the equipment
  • Training will be conducted via Microsoft Team Meeting, online. Meeting invites will be shared on the day before the first day of training.

  • 3 Consecutive Days at 09:00 AM to 03:00 PM GST (Dubai Time)

    • Presentation Slides
    • Training Recordings
    • Study References
  • Upon successful completion of training, participants will receive a “API 579 –Fitness for Service Course Completion” certificate.

  • This course is appropriate for a wide range of professional but not limited to:

    • Engineers involved in the integrity assessment of Columns, Vessels, Tanks, and Piping, as well as process engineers, plant operational engineers and managers, and chemical/ mechanical engineers.
    • Also suggested for design engineers, inspection personnel, and maintenance engineers working in the refining, petrochemical, and chemical industries on plant equipment repair, maintenance, and troubleshooting.
  • Participants can avail discount of either an early bird or group discount whichever is higher with additional discount when signing up for 2 or more courses.

    Group Discount (same company only)

    • 15% Discount for groups of 5 or more.
    • 10% Discount for groups of 3-4.

    Bundle Discount

    • Sign up for 2 courses and get an extra 10% off
    • Sign up for 3 courses and get an extra 15% off
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(including coffee breaks and a buffet lunch daily)

Course Outline

The below topics will be mainly covered to this 3-day course training:

    • API 579 Standard (Fitness for Service)
    • Scope and limitations of API 579
    • Fitness-for-service engineering assessment procedure
    • Remaining Life Assessment
    • Concept of remaining strength factor
    • Remediation methods, In-Service Monitoring
    • Assessment Techniques and Acceptance Criteria
    • Fire damage assessment, Dents, gouges, and dent-gouge combinations are evaluated.
    • Level 1 evaluation, Level 2 evaluation, and Level 3 evaluation
    • Damage mechanisms must be identified and characterized
    • FFS (Level 1) assessment procedures and how to apply them to plant equipment and pipes
    • A brittle fracture assessment of existing equipment
    • Assessment of overall metal loss, localized metal loss, pitting corrosion, and hydrogen blisters and damage - The HIC and SOHIC acronyms

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January 15, 2022 January 17, 2022 Completed Training
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