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2.3 Pre-Inspection Activities A review of the known history of the pressure vessel should be performed. This s hould include a review of information such as: $ Operating conditions $ Normal contents of the vessel $ Date of last inspection $ ASME Code Symbol stamping or mark of code of construction. $ The type of connections used during fabrication of the vessel to determine the proper joint efficiency to be used during stress analysis of the pressure vesse l. $ Serial number and materials of construction $ Records of wall thickness surveys, especially on vessels where corrosion is a consideration The following activities should be performed if required to support the inspecti on: $ Remove inspection plugs and covers $ Clean vessel sufficiently to allow for visual inspection of internal and exter nal surfaces ASME Code Symbol 6

The Heater tubes may be made of wrought highstrength materials, including Alloy 800 and Alloy 800H, or of cast materials, including HK40, The basic criteria for any hydrotest (piping, equipment or pipeline) is that the hydro test pressure shall not exceed 0.9 times of yield strength of the materials which is being hydro tested. The maximum hydro test pressure is arrived based on factor of safety multiplied by the times of design pressure. For ex. All onplot piping, the factor of safety is 0.6 and hydro test pressure is 1.5 times of design pressure. Hence, 0.6 x 1.5 = 0.9, same way for pipeline, the factor of safety is 0.72 and hydrotest pressure is 1.25 times of design pressure, which comes 0.9. (the times of design pressure may vary depends on factor of safety) It means that at any point of time the hydrotest pressure shall not exceed 90% of yield strength of the material and also it is decided based on design factor or factor of saftey. If it exceeds this limit, the material shall undergo permanent/ plastic deformation and this shall not be rectified. Hence as long as the hydro test pressure is within this limit, the system will work (immaterial of number of times).

Acceptable limits for corrosion are as follows; steel; <0.15 mm per year, maximum pit rate is 0.2mm per year Copper; <0.005mm/yr per year, maximum pit rate is 0.02mm per year Stainless steel; 0.005 mm per year, with no pitting The size of vessel is Dia-1100, Length-2400 mm. MOC- SA516 GR. 70 Stainless steels are a class of Fe-base alloys that are noted for their high co rrosion and oxidation resistance. They usually contain from 12 to 27% Cr and 1 to 2% Mn by weight, with the addition of Ni in some grades. A small amount of carbon is also present, either deliberately added or as an unavoidable impuri ty. As shown in Table 18.2, stainless steels can be classified into three major categories based on the structure: ferritic, martensitic, and austenitic (1). Carbon steel, Cr-Mo steels, and austenitic stainless steels are common tube metallurgies

Crack Tip Opening Displacement test or CTOD is one of a family of fracture mecha nics tests that measures the resistance of a material to growing a crack. Simila r tests (i.e., da/DN, K1C, KEE, and J1C) can determine fracture resistance of a material, but CTODis particularly suited to pipeline and drilling equipment. The CTOD test is used to determine the fracture mechanics properties of ductile mat erials and can be thought of as the simulated opening of a pre-existing fatigue crack prior to fracture. The data that result from this opening can be used for critical defect assessment, in which the critical defect size can be determined. The CTOD Test Process Please note that the following is a simplified version of the CTOD test process and does not cover all aspects of the test, such as personalized testing specifi cations. A CTOD test can be broken into 4 main steps: 1. 2. 3. Machining of the test specimen (Sample Machining); Fatiguing of the specimen within specified limits (Pre-Cracking); Breaking of the specimen under controlled conditions (Fracture);

4. Post analysis of the specimen and resultant data to obtain the CTOD valu e (Data Analysis). rgds m.m.reddy