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Tank inspection

apex_dev — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 10:51:16 +0000

Storage Tank Inspections help gather essential data about safety and reliability of the tanks. It facilitates in increasing the life span of the tanks by identifying potential risks such as damage, corrosion and cracks. The data collected through the inspection is then used to run, repair or replace parts and components to prevent unnecessary breakdowns and/or accidents. Storage Tank Inspections thus support in ensuring protection of the facility staff, assets and the environment.

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apex_dev — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 10:49:02 +0000

At the heart of many large-scale air conditioning systems is a heat exchanger that’s full of hundreds of tubes used to regulate temperature. As you might imagine, inspecting all these tubes for corrosion can be a difficult task.
Heat exchangers are common; they’re used in both heating and cooling in power plants, chemical plants, refineries, sewage treatment plants, and many other places. The tubes inside the heat exchanger are regularly inspected to look for wall loss or other types of corrosion that could cause the exchanger to fail, potentially causing expensive damage.

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apex_dev — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 10:42:06 +0000

Because boilers are subjected to extreme fluctuations in temperature and extreme pressure they have to be incredibly strong.
Industrial boilers are often made by welding together thick steel plates, which can generally withstand the high pressures exerted against them.
But these plates can crack and buckle over time, which is why proper maintenance procedures are so important. If a problem goes undetected for too long, the boiler could suddenly explode with a force equivalent to a bomb going off.
This is why safety is the primary concern for steam boiler inspectors conducting boiler inspections.
Another concern is preserving the longevity of the boiler. Even if a disaster is not imminent, allowing a flaw to persist without maintenance could lead to a shorter lifespan for the asset, which will lead to increased costs for the company.

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apex_dev — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 10:32:45 +0000

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apex_dev — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 10:04:54 +0000

Fitness for Service (FFS) is a best practice and standard used by the oil & gas and chemical process industries for in-service equipment to determine its fitness for continued service. FFS serves as a rational basis for defining flaw acceptance limits and allows engineers to distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable flaws and damage based on industry recognized and generally accepted good engineering practices (RAGAGEP).
The FFS of any particular material is determined by performing a fitness-for-service assessment per standardized methods and criteria. Performing accurate FFS evaluations is an integral aspect of fixed equipment asset integrity management as an alternative to using the original construction design code. The FFS of a piece of equipment may be viewed both in terms of current and future FFS or remaining life.
Most equipment can continue in service despite small flaws, and to repair or replace equipment that can still be used would be an unnecessary and costly expense. In addition, unnecessary weld repairs can do more harm than good and create unnecessary risks to personnel in many cases.

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apex_dev — Sun, 18 Feb 2024 09:53:35 +0000

Risk-based inspection (RBI) is an optimal maintenance business process used to examine equipment such as pressure vessels, quick-opening closure - doors, heat exchangers, and piping in industrial plants. RBI is a decision-making methodology for optimizing inspection plans. The RBI concept lies in that the risk of failure can be assessed in relation to a level that is acceptable, and inspection and repair used to ensure that the level of risk is below that acceptance limit.
RBI is part of risk and reliability management. The basis of most RBI programs is the corrosion circuit, in which each circuit can be compared for relative risk levels to aid in inspection and maintenance planning.

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