Introduction

This comprehensive course on API 510 Pressure Vessel Inspection Standards equips participants with deep insights into the API 510 code along with related standards API 571, API 572, API 576, API 577, ASME Section V, and ASME Section IX. Trainees will also learn effective strategies for preparing for the API certification exam.

Course Objectives

• Understand service limitations, joint efficiency types, and the use of radiography.
• Analyze calculations related to vessels under internal pressure such as shells and heads.
• Define maximum allowable working pressures, hydrostatic and hydro-pneumatic testing methods.
• Implement post-weld heat treatments.
• Examine the principles of Charpy impact testing.
• Conduct evaluations based on material nameplates, data reports, and corrosion analysis.

Target Audience

• Pressure Vessel Inspectors & Engineers
• Plant Inspectors
• Professionals in Engineering
• QA/QC Inspectors in oil, gas, petrochemical, and refining industries
• Maintenance and Testing Engineers
• Fabrication Specialists

Course Outline

Day 1

• Overview of API 510 Code and Body of Knowledge
• Analysis of UW-3 Welded Joint Category and Service Limitations
• Discussion on Joint Efficiency with UW-12
• Review of UW-51 Radiographic Examination Of Welded Joints
• Spot Check Examination Techniques for Welds with UW-52
• Shell Thickness Determinations Under Internal Pressure using UG-27
• Examining Pressure Effects on Formed Heads with UG-32
• Practical problems and calculations

Day 2

• Calculating Maximum Allowable Working Pressure with UG-98
• Understanding Hydrostatic Head Pressure
• Techniques for Hydrostatic and Pneumatic Testing with Test Gauges
• Requirements for Post-Weld Heat Treatment
• Attachment Welds at Openings: Minimum Requirements UW-16
• Overview of Brittle Fracture and Charpy Impact Testing
• Practical problems and calculations

Day 3

• Exemptions in Impact Testing
• Charpy Impact Tests and Specimen Details with UG-84
• Material Identification and Overview with UG-77
• Requirements for Marking and Nameplates with UG-116
• Corrosion Analysis and Minimum Thickness Evaluations
• Inspection, Installation, and Service Change Strategies
• Overview of API 510 Inspection, Surveillance, Repairs, Alterations, and Damage Mechanisms per API 571
• Practical problems and calculations

Day 4

• Welding Procedure Qualifications according to ASME IX (WPS, WPQ, PQR)
• Detailed study of Welding Processes and Essential Variables
• Classification and Qualification of Welders and Welding Materials (P-Numbers, S-Numbers, F-Numbers, A-Numbers)
• Alternate Classifications for Welding (Alternate F-Numbers and P-Numbers)
• Welding Inspection and Metallurgy as per API 577
• Techniques for Hot Tapping and In-Service Welding
• Practical problems and calculations

Day 5

• API 576 Overview of Pressure Relieving Devices
• Causes and Diagnostics for Performance Issues in Pressure Relieving Devices
• Protocols for Inspection and Testing of Pressure Relieving Devices
• Deep Dive into API 572 Pressure Vessel Inspection Standards
• Nondestructive Testing Methods per ASME Section V
• Radiographic, Liquid Penetrant, Magnetic Particle, and Visual Testing Methods
• Concluding Practice Exam