Industry Insights Articles Archives - Page 6 of 11 - The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.

Leveraging Process Simulation for Informed Decision-Making

Jul 25, 2023

Process simulation models changes to a process, operations, or pressure relieving systems. Proactively simulating proposed changes at your facility will save money, improve safety process, and increase equipment reliability. In this article, you’ll read how investing in the long-term maintenance of your simulations will lead to better insights into the downstream effects of any changes and help you troubleshoot any process upsets.

Managing Tube Rupture Failure Risks in Pressure Relief Systems

Jul 25, 2023

API 521 outlines the requirements for analyzing the credibility of a tube rupture and how to design overpressure protection in heat exchangers. Determining the credibility of a tube rupture can save a facility money on costly mitigation measures. In this article, you’ll learn about E2G’s proprietary tube rupture credibility assessment (TRCA) methodology and the four components needed to address API 521 requirements.

Large-Scale SFS Projects

Jun 27, 2023

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) requires owner-users to maintain essential documentation authenticating adequate design and maintenance of pressure vessels and storage tanks. Unfortunately, it is not uncommon to find equipment operating in industry with minimal or no documentation. In this article, Bob Davis and Stephanie Dux discuss how large-scale SFS projects are an efficient and effective way to evaluate equipment on a defined schedule. SFS projects provide guidance on roles and responsibilities, methodologies, assumptions, and documentation of results.

Basics of Rerating Equipment

Jun 27, 2023

Today, most in-service equipment remains in use for many years, or decades, beyond its intended design life. Throughout that extended service life, the process conditions can change, affecting equipment reliability. In this article, Matt Schaser discusses the importance of conducting rerates on equipment to meet jurisdictional requirements and use a variety of case studies to highlight some options available when performing a rerate assessment.

Leveraging Advanced Analysis for Coke Drum Reliability

May 30, 2023

Coke drums in delayed coker units present many reliability problems because they are subjected to unique types of damage mechanisms due to their operation. Thermal fatigue cracking is common in regions of high thermal stress due to frequent and severe thermal cycling. Bulging is also common because of this severe thermal cycling that creates hot and cold spots due to channeling effects in the coke formation that results in thermal ratcheting or progressive cyclic plastic strain accumulation.

Fundamentals of Design by Analysis

May 30, 2023

Combining design by analysis (DBA) methods with modern computational approaches provides critical engineering tools for evaluating the structural integrity of in-service equipment and new equipment designs. To know which DBA technique to employ, it is essential to understand all possible failure modes based on equipment operation and loading scenarios. In this article, Phillip offers a high-level overview of modern DBA techniques and procedures for providing protection against plastic collapse, local failure, buckling, and cyclic failure.

Understanding Fire Damage Assessments

Apr 25, 2023

When an industrial fire happens, it is important to understand what happened, why it happened, and how the equipment or plant may have been damaged from the heat. Engaging an experienced subject matter expert to assist with the damage assessment will help your plant determine the root cause of the fire and identify future prevention strategies. In this article, Paul provides an overview of the API 579 Part 11 fire damage assessment methodology and explains how proactively establishing a fire damage assessment methodology can save valuable time and resources.

The Advantages of Performing Failure Analyses- The Light at the End of the Tube

Apr 25, 2023

A successful metallurgical failure analysis provides factual insight into the key mechanism(s) at play, as the metallurgy holds truths to be discovered. This article uses a variety of case studies to explain how the value of a failure analysis is uncovered from the analysis into the causes of the observed failure, future mitigation strategies, and interpretation of the physical findings into qualitative and/or quantitative results. Lucas explains how combining damage mechanism familiarity with engineering expertise will extract the full value from a failure analysis.

The Art of Database Maintenance: Optimizing IDMS QA/QC

Mar 24, 2023

We’ve all heard the term “garbage in, garbage out.” When managing an inspection data management system (IDMS), it’s important to implement a quality assurance (QA) and quality control (QC) process to keep the data clean and optimized. In this article, you’ll read how E²G has leveraged its expertise with developing QA/QC processes and automated QA tools to help our clients raise the bar on IDMS data quality.

Uninspectable Risk

Mar 24, 2023

The purpose of RBI is to inspect all equipment and components as efficiently and targeted as possible; however, how do you perform RBI on an asset that will always call for inspection? In this article, you’ll read about an incredibly important and complex, although misunderstood, aspect of RBI — uninspectable risk. Lawrence Cleland provides a deep dive into uninspectable risk and discusses how to develop a well-considered asset management strategy to help you save money and reduce the number of unnecessary inspections.

INDUSTRY INSIGHTS ARCHIVE

Filter:

Equity

Contact Equity

Home

CONTACT US

Equity Engineering

UPCOMING EVENTS

0 events, 26

0 events, 26

1 event, 27

1 event, 27

SagePlus/PlantManager with FFS Applications

SagePlus/PlantManager with FFS Applications

1 event, 28

1 event, 28

SagePlus/PlantManager with FFS Applications

1 event, 29

1 event, 29

SagePlus/PlantManager with FFS Applications

1 event, 30

1 event, 30

SagePlus/PlantManager with FFS Applications

1 event, 31

1 event, 31

SagePlus/PlantManager with FFS Applications

0 events, 1

0 events, 1

0 events, 2

0 events, 2

0 events, 3

0 events, 3

0 events, 4

0 events, 4

0 events, 5

0 events, 5

0 events, 6

0 events, 6

0 events, 7

0 events, 7

0 events, 8

0 events, 8

0 events, 9

0 events, 9

0 events, 10

0 events, 10

0 events, 11

0 events, 11

0 events, 12

0 events, 12

0 events, 13

0 events, 13

0 events, 14

0 events, 14

0 events, 15

0 events, 15

0 events, 16

0 events, 16

0 events, 17

0 events, 17

0 events, 18

0 events, 18

0 events, 19

0 events, 19

1 event, 20

1 event, 20

0 events, 21

0 events, 21

0 events, 22

0 events, 22

0 events, 23

0 events, 23

0 events, 24

0 events, 24

0 events, 25

0 events, 25

0 events, 26

0 events, 26

0 events, 27

0 events, 27