• API Publication 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: Maintenance Inspection,
Rating, Repair, and Alteration • API Recommended Practice 571, Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry • API Recommended Practice 574, Inspection Practices for Piping System Components • API Recommended Practice 576, Inspection of Pressure-relieving Devices • API Recommended Practice 577, Welding Inspection and Metallurgy • API Recommended Practice 578, Material Verification Program for New and Existing Piping Systems • API Standard 579-1/ASME FFS-1, Fitness-for-service • API Recommended Practice 580, Risk-based Inspection • API Recommended Practice 581, Risk-based Inspection Technology • API Standard 598, Valve Inspection and Testing • API Recommended Practice 651, Cathodic Protection of Aboveground Petroleum Storage Tanks Applus+ Colombia NORCONTROL
3 Terms, Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations 3.1.1 alloy material 3.1.22 examiner 3.1.21 examinations 3.1.2 alteration 3.1.3 applicable code 3.1.20 examination point 3.1.19 design temperature of 3.1 Terms and 3.1.4 ASME B31.3 a piping system component Definitions 3.1.5 authorization 3.1.18 design pressure 3.1.6 authorized inspection agency 3.1.17 defect 3.1.16 deadlegs 3.1.7 authorized piping inspector 3.1.15 damage mechanism 3.1.8 auxiliary piping 3.1.9 condition monitoring locations 3.1.14 critical check valves 3.1.13 corrosion specialist 3.1.10 construction code 3.1.12 corrosion rate 3.1.11 corrosion barrier Applus+ Colombia NORCONTROL
4 Owner/User Inspection Organization
4.2 Authorized Piping Inspector
4.1 General 4.3 Responsibilities Qualification and Certification
5 Inspection, Examination, and Pressure Testing Practices
5.1 Inspection Plan 5.2 RBI 5.3 Preparation for
inspection 5.2.1 Probability Assessment 5.3.1 General 5.1.1 Development 5.1.2 Minimum of an Inspection Contents of an 5.2.2 Consequence Assessment Plan Inspection Plan 5.3.2 Inspection 5.2.3 documentation Equipment Preparation 5.1.3 Additional 5.2.4 Frecuency of RBI Assessment 5.3.3 Communication Contents of an Inspection Plan 5.3.4 Piping Entry
Continua… 5.3.5 Records Review
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5 Inspection, Examination, and Pressure Testing Practices
5.6.1 General 5.4 Inspection for types 5.5 General Types of and locations of damage Inspection and surveillance 5.6 CMLs 5.6.2 CML modes of deterioration Monitoring and failure 5.5.1 Internal 5.5.5 External Inspection Visual Inspection of Buried Equipment 5.6.3 CML 5.4.1 Equipment Selection 5.5.2 On-stream Damage Types Inspection 5.5.6 CUI Inspection
5.5.3 Thickness 5.5.7 Vibrating Piping and Line
5.4.2 Areas of Deterioration Measurement Inspection Movement Surveillance for Piping Systems 5.5.4 External Visual 5.5.8 Supplemental Inspection Inspection
5.5.9 Injection Point Inspection Continua…
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5.7 Condition 5.8 Pressure 5.9 Material 5.10 Inspection 5.11 In-service 5.12 Inspection 5.13 Inspection Monitoring Testing of Piping Verification and of Valves Inspection of of Flanged Organization Methods Systems’General Traceability Welds Joints Audits
5.7.1 UT and RT 5.8.3 Test Temperature
5.8.1 Test Fluid and Brittle Fracture 5.7.2 Other NDE Techniques Considerations for Piping Systems 5.8.2 Pneumatic 5.8.4 Precautions Pressure Tests and Procedures 5.7.3 Surface Preparation for NDE 5.8.5 Pressure Testing 5.7.4 UT Shear Wave Alternatives Examiners Applus+ Colombia NORCONTROL
6 Interval/Frequency and Extent of
Inspection
6.1 General 6.2 Inspection 6.3 Piping 6.4 Extent of 6.5 Extent of 6.6 Extent of Small- 6.7 Inspection and During Inspection Visual External Thickness bore, Auxiliary Maintenance of Installation and Planning and CUI Piping, and Pressure-relieving Measurement Service Changes Inspections Threaded-connections Devices (PRDs) Inspection 6.2.1 Piping 6.2.2 Piping 6.3.1 General Inspections Installation Service Change 6.3.2 RBI for 6.6.1 SBP Inspection 6.7.2 Quality Assurance 6.3.4.1 General Inspection Planning Process for PRDs 6.3.3 Inspection 6.6.2 Auxiliary 6.3.4.2 Class 1 Intervals Piping Inspection 6.7.1 General 6.3.4.3 Class 2 6.3.4 Piping Service 6.6.3 Threaded- 6.7.3 PRD Testing and 6.3.4.4 Class 3 Classes connections Inspection Inspection Intervals 6.3.4.5 Class 4 Applus+ Colombia NORCONTROL
7.1.1 Remaining Life Calculations
7.1 Corrosion Rate 7.1.2 Newly Installed Piping Systems or Changes in Service Determination 7.2 MAWP Determination 7.1.3 Existing Piping Systems
7.3 Required Thickness Determination
7.6.1 Permanent and 7.4 Assessment of Inspection Findings Progressive Records 7 Inspection 7.6.2 Types of Piping Records 7.5 Piping Stress Analysis Data Evaluation, 7.6.3 Operating and 7.6 Reporting and Records for Piping Analysis, and System Inspection Maintenance Records
Recording 7.7 Inspection Recommendations for 7.6.4 Computer Records
Repair or Replacement 7.6.5 Piping Circuit 7.8 Inspection Records for Records External Inspections 7.6.6 Inspection Isometric 7.9 Piping Failure and Leak Reports Drawings (ISOs) 7.10 Inspection Deferral or Interval Revision Applus+ Colombia NORCONTROL
8 Repairs, Alterations, and Rerating of Piping Systems
8.1 Repairs and 8.2 Welding and 8.3 Re-rating
Alterations Hot Tapping 8.1.1 General 8.2.1 General 8.2.4 Design 8.1.2 Authorization 8.2.2 Procedures, 8.2.5 Materials Qualifications, and Records 8.1.3 Approval 8.2.3 Preheating and PWHT 8.2.6 NDE 8.1.4 Welding Repairs 8.2.7 Pressure Testing (Including On-stream) 8.1.4.1 Temporary Repairs
