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Commentary on the High-Temperature Behavior of Welds

Welds are often the weak links in pressure equipment and other structures, especially when operated at elevated operating temperatures. This article highlights the importance of understanding the high-temperature behavior of welds, specifically in relation to creep response, and discusses how creep testing helps to predict remaining life.

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Manage the Damage

In this World Fertilizer article, Paul Kowalski explains that damage mechanism reviews (DMRs) are one of the first steps in developing many key process safety management (PSM), mechanical integrity (MI), and equipment reliability programmes in fertilizer processing units. Completing a DMR can help ensure long-term reliability of fixed equipment and piping, allow for quicker run, repair, and replace decisions to be made, and is a critical component for proper material selection.

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Tank RBI, Not Just an Inspection Deferral Tool

Learn how applying quantitative RBI principles to storage tanks will result in optimized inspection intervals and reduced risk of loss of containment. This article discusses the difference between qualitative and quantitative tank RBI and how tank RBI is a central part of a facility’s overall tank integrity management program (IMP).

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Fitness-for-Service for Aboveground Storage Tanks

This article explores applying the API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 (API 579) FFS standard to aboveground storage tanks and shares several case studies to illustrate how FFS techniques can help you make informed run-repair-replace decisions for a facility’s storage tanks.

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Turnarounds: Executing a Problem-Solving Team

A successful turnaround has five main stages: setting goals, project scoping, detailed planning, execution, and post-turnaround planning. This article focuses on the advantages of a problem-solving team to resolve equipment inspection discovery and efficiently minimize lost opportunity costs.

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