Materials of Construction for Process Equipment and Piping Systems Course

Understand materials of construction for process equipment and piping systems. Join this course to learn how to select appropriate materials for projects. BMC Training offers Materials of Construction for Process Equipment and Piping Systems Course in Maintenance Engineering Training Courses.

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Materials of Construction for Process Equipment and Piping Systems Training Course

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Hong Kong , Hong Kong 6 - Apr - 2025 10 - Apr - 2025 9100 GBP
Tokyo , Japan 6 - Apr - 2025 10 - Apr - 2025 11500 GBP
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Tokyo , Japan 11 - May - 2025 15 - May - 2025 11500 GBP
Sydney , Australia 18 - May - 2025 22 - May - 2025 12750 GBP
Interlaken , Switzerland 18 - May - 2025 22 - May - 2025 9950 GBP
Taipei , Taiwan 25 - May - 2025 29 - May - 2025 12750 GBP
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Sydney , Australia 15 - Jun - 2025 19 - Jun - 2025 12750 GBP
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Munich , Germany 6 - Jul - 2025 10 - Jul - 2025 8900 GBP
Berlin , Germany 6 - Jul - 2025 10 - Jul - 2025 8300 GBP
New York , United States 6 - Jul - 2025 10 - Jul - 2025 12750 GBP
Amsterdam , Netherlands 6 - Jul - 2025 10 - Jul - 2025 9100 GBP
Milan , Italy 6 - Jul - 2025 10 - Jul - 2025 7500 GBP
Dubai , UAE 13 - Jul - 2025 17 - Jul - 2025 5722.5 GBP
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Hong Kong , Hong Kong 13 - Jul - 2025 17 - Jul - 2025 9100 GBP
Tokyo , Japan 13 - Jul - 2025 17 - Jul - 2025 11500 GBP
Dubai , UAE 20 - Jul - 2025 24 - Jul - 2025 5722.5 GBP
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Tokyo , Japan 20 - Jul - 2025 24 - Jul - 2025 11500 GBP
Istanbul , Turkey 27 - Jul - 2025 31 - Jul - 2025 5550 GBP
Bali , Indonesia 27 - Jul - 2025 31 - Jul - 2025 8700 GBP
Singapore , Singapore 27 - Jul - 2025 31 - Jul - 2025 8400 GBP
Washington , United States 27 - Jul - 2025 31 - Jul - 2025 13500 GBP
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Paris , France 27 - Jul - 2025 31 - Jul - 2025 7900 GBP
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Tokyo , Japan 27 - Jul - 2025 31 - Jul - 2025 11500 GBP
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Course Syllabus

Introduction

Appropriate material selection is the cornerstone of pressure equipment and piping design, operation and maintenance. The acceptability of materials is controlled by the relevant Codes. The mechanical integrity, safety, and cost-effective operation of plants depend on the in-service performance of the materials of construction throughout the plant life cycle.

This course provides comprehensive and practical understanding of engineering materials and guidance on the methods and best industry practices for the selection of the appropriate materials of construction for specific applications while simultaneously satisfying service requirements, construction Code requirements, and least life cycle costs over the entire plant life. This course will provide a practical overview of ASME BPVC Section II – Materials, as well as some relevant information from the BPVC Section VIII Div.1 and B31.3 Process Piping.

Course highlights are:

  • Types and properties of engineering materials
  • Selection and application of materials
  • Degradation of materials in service
  • Inspection strategies and Non-destructive examination
  • Fitness for Service Assessments

Objectives

The key objectives of this course are as follows:

  • Assist participants to clearly understand appropriate selection of materials of construction for pressure equipment
  • Enable delegates understand how materials affect safe, reliable and cost-effective plant operation.
  • Enhance participants’ awareness of key requirements of relevant design and operation standards and industry practices such as ASME B&PVC and B31.3; ASTM Material Specifications, API 571, 580, 581, 578 and 579, and others.
  • Provide guidelines to participants to identify and locate in-service degradation and appropriate tools for condition assessment and making sound run/repair/replace decisions.
  • Make participants recognize that although all flaws detected by inspection must be evaluated, not all flaws need to be repaired.
  • The proper application of API Std 579-1/ASME FFS-1 for fitness-for-service assessment may obviate the need for some repairs and result in reduced maintenance cost and downtime.

Content

Day 1 - Engineering Materials - Types and Properties

Engineering Materials I – Overview

  • Metals – Ferrous and non-ferrous
  • Carbon steel
    • Alloying elements added to iron base – carbon, manganese, and silicon
    • Effect of alloying elements on end properties and on fabrication processes
    • Impurities and their effect – sulfur, phosphorus
  • Alloy steel
    • Effects of alloying elements
    • Stainless steels
  • Specialty alloys
    • Corrosion resistant alloys
    • High temperature alloys
    • Erosion resistant alloys

Engineering Materials II

  • Refractory materials – Types and applications – Examples: Titanium and zirconium
  • Clad Materials – Types; production methods; and typical applications
  • Composite materials – Classes, types and applications
  • Non-Metallic materials – Plastics, ceramics
  • Surface engineered coatings/overlays – Types, specifications and applications
    • Organic coatings
    • Metallic coatings
    • Corrosion resistant cladding
    • Corrosion resistant / hard-surface welding
    • Thermal spray coatings
    • Plasma transferred arc (PTA) welded overlays

Metallurgy Basics

  • The structure of metals and alloys
  • Imperfections in metals and alloys
  • Chemical composition – Unified numbering system (UNS)
  • Physical properties – melting temperature, the thermal conductivity, electrical conductivity, the coefficient of thermal expansion, and density
  • Mechanical properties – Base metals, filler metal and completed welds
  • Tensile and yield strength, ductility, hardness and toughness
  • Heat treatment and effect on material properties

Material Forming and Fabrication

  • Forming and forging
  • Casting
  • Welding processes – main technologies and consumables currently used in industry
  • Weldability – Carbon equivalent; Shaeffler and WRC diagrams
  • Preheat and Post-Weld heat treatment (PWHT) – Code (B&PV and B31) rules
  • Weld imperfections (discontinuities) commonly encountered with welding processes

Overview of ASME B&PVC Section IX ‘Welding and Brazing Qualifications’

  • This Section contains rules relating to the qualification of welding and brazing procedures as required by other code sections for component manufacture
  • Welding procedure specification (WPS)
  • Procedure qualification record (PQR)
  • Welder performance qualification (WPQ)

Day 2 - Materials Selection and Application

Material Selection Process and Guidelines

  • Life cycle cost considerations
  • Factors in material selection in petroleum refineries- type of refinery; type of crude oil processed; service conditions in specific process unit/application, expected service life
  • Oxidation resistance – scale formation
  • Guidelines on the maximum temperature of use of carbon steel and alloy materials
  • Creep properties – The Larson-Miller parameter (LMP)
  • Fatigue properties – Fatigue design (S-N) curves

Materials Standards and Codes

  • ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel and Piping Construction Codes
    • Allowable stresses
    • Constraints and limitations
    • P-Number identificat
  • ASTM – Some common material specifications for piping, plates, forgings and castings

Materials Standards and Codes (continued)

  • API RP 941 – Steels for hydrogen service at elevated temperatures and pressures in petroleum refineries and petrochemical plants
  • Oxidation resistance – scale formation
  • NACE MR0103 ‘Materials Resistant to Sulfide Stress Cracking in Corrosive Petroleum Refining Environments’
  • PIP (Process Industry Practices) Standards – Example: PIP Piping Material Specification 1CS2S01 Class 150, Carbon Steel, Socket Weld, 0.125 C.A. Process.
  • Fatigue properties – Fatigue design (S-N) curves
  • Overview of ASME B&PVC Section II ‘Materials Specifications’ – This Section compiles material specifications and material properties for materials used in the construction of ASME components. It contains four parts:
    • Part A-Ferrous Material Specifications
    • Part B-Nonferrous Material
    • Part C-Specifications for Welding Rods
    • Part D-Properties-(Customary)

Material Selection for Specific Equipment

  • Refineries and petrochemical plants
  • Power plants
  • Pressure vessels
  • Piping valves and fittings
  • Pumps

Day 3 - Degradation of Materials In-Service

Material Ageing and Degradation – Overview

  • Ageing is not about how old equipment is; it’s about knowledge of its condition, and how that is changing over time
  • Indicators or symptoms of ageing

Failure Modes and Mechanisms in Materials

  • Degradation processes – (e.g. corrosion, erosion)
  • Excessive elastic deformation – (e.g. buckling)
  • Fracture – (e.g. fatigue, brittle fracture)

Overview of API RP 571 Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment

  • This document provides background information on damage that can occur to equipment in the refining and other process industries. It covers over 60 damage mechanisms. It is also an excellent reference for inspection, operations, and maintenance personnel.

Metallurgical Failure Analysis

  • Overview
  • Case study

Positive Material Identification

  • Objectives and methodologies (e.g. X-Ray Fluorescence and Optical Emission Spectroscopy)
    • ASTM- E1916
    • Pipe Fabricator Institute PFI-ES42
    • API 578
    • MSS SP-137-2007
    • Material Test Reports

Day 4 - Inspection Strategies and Non-Destructive Examination Methods

Mechanical (Structural) Integrity – Overview

  • Definition, scope, and key elements – hardware and software issues, human factor, and asset manageme
  • Potential threats to technical integrity in a hazardous environment
  • Regulatory requirements – SH&E, OSHA, SEVESO II
  • Life cycle implications – design/operation/maintenance, management of change

Inspection Strategies and Methods

  • Real function of inspection
  • Planning and strategies

Inspection Strategies and Methods (continued)

  • Overview of API RP 580 and RBD 581 – Risk-Based Inspection
  • Overview of API RP 577 Welding Inspection and Metallurgy

Non-Destructive Examination (NDE) Methods and Their Application

  • Capability of the applicable inspection method vs. discontinuity
  • New developments in NDE methods

Overview of ASME B&PVC Section V ‘Nondestructive Examination’

  • This section contains requirements and methods for non-destructive examination referenced and required by other code sections.

Day 5 - Fitness-For-Service Evaluation

Introduction to Fracture Mechanics

  • Overview
  • Illustrative worked examples

Fitness-for-Service Assessment

  • Overview of API Std. 579-1/ASME FFS-1
  • Worked examples

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