API 579/ASME Fitness-for-Service (FFS)

Title: API 579/ASME FFS: Fitness-for-Service (FFS) of the Equipment Pressure Vessels, Piping & Storage Tanks (Level 1& Level 2 FFS Assessments)

This course is designed to provide participants with a complete and an in-depth overview of the area of FFS of process plant equipment, pressure vessels, piping, and storage tanks in accordance with API 579/ASME FFS. Participants will learn how to evaluate the extent of damage and carry out level 1 & 2 FFS assessments at damage locations in plant equipment in order to estimate the remaining life and extend the life of equipment and facilities or make decisions to repair or replace.

This course will review the API 579/ASME FFS standard and how it can be applied. General topics in the course include general engineering assessment, damage mechanisms, and specific assessment procedures the fitness-for-service of equipment and materials of construction used in refining, petrochemical, and chemical industries. This overview of API 579/ASME FFS includes brittle fracture applications for low temperature refinery and petrochemical services, assessment of corrosion damage, pitting damage, assessment of blisters with HIC/SOHIC, weld misalignment, crack, creep, mechanical dents & gouge damage, fire damage, and laminations and the Run Repair Replace decision-making process.

The API 579/ASME FFS standard is a design code, and is not inspection code, which used in service. However, the Inspector may perform the level-1 assessment and in this case, the Engineer should review the analysis.

Training Methodology

This interactive training course includes the following training methodologies as a percentage of the total tuition hours:-
75% Lectures
20% Case Studies & Practical Exercises
5% Software & Excel Sheets
In an unlikely event, the course instructor may modify the above training methodology before or during the course for technical reasons.