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Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | October 7, 2015

Repair versus Replace – Not Always an Easy Decis...

Equipment Operators face hundreds of work list items while planning for scheduled maintenance events. For each item the owner must…

Mechanical Engineering | July 14, 2015

Design/Specification of FCC Replacement Parts and ...

Overview Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) units were first developed in the 1930s. Over the years this technology has evolved and it…

Mechanical Engineering | July 13, 2015

Fitness-for-Service of Damaged Buried Pipe –...

This article outlines the procedure to evaluate the fitness-for-service of corroded buried pipe, and explains what CC N-806 covers ……

Mechanical Engineering | July 13, 2015

An Integrated Approach to Limit the Effects of Wat...

This article describes an integrated study of thermal-hydraulic and structural loading of bounding piping systems, to establish an operating envelope,…

Machinery | July 8, 2015

Shaft Fatigue Failures – Part II...

Note: This blog is a continuation from the previous article from Becht Engineering, “Shaft Fatigue Failures – Part I”. It…

Machinery | July 8, 2015

Shaft Fatigue Failures – Part I...

Many years ago when I first started my career in a rotating equipment maintenance organization, I was spending the day…

Crude Refining & Production | July 3, 2015

State Approval of Used or Relocated Pressure Vesse...

Achieving “State Special” designation for a pressure vessel can require a fair amount of effort in documentation development. This process…

Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | June 26, 2015

Refrigerated Storage Tanks – Managing Operationa...

Refrigerated Liquefied Storage Tanks have been used for over 60 years in the industry. A significant number of these tanks…

Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | June 20, 2015

BIDES – A Knowledge Base Facilitating Effect...

There are numerous challenges that Inspectors and Reliability Engineers face when developing Risk Based Asset Integrity Plans, such as: Identifying…

Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | May 23, 2015

Check Valves: Often Forgotten – Till They C...

Integrity management of piping systems involves functional testing, inspection and maintenance of components which are identified as “safety critical”. Typically,…

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Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | May 22, 2015

Considerations in Selection of RBI Tools...

The world of reliability is shifting from a calendar based approach to a smarter, risk-based approach in the hydrocarbon production…

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Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | May 15, 2015

Reliability Gap Assessment – A Critical Step...

Every Refinery whether small or big, isolated or a part of a larger group generally has practices to improve reliability…

Mechanical Engineering | April 28, 2015

Explosive Failure of Vessels...

FAILURE MODE - When an explosion (either a subsonic deflagration, or a supersonic detonation) occurs in a metallic vessel, one…

Machinery | April 21, 2015

Process Centrifugal Compressor Oil Seals...

Ingersoll Rand Cone Oil Seals Compressor process shaft end seals are designed to seal the rotating assembly in the stationary…

Crude Refining & Production | April 7, 2015

Determining “Life” of Bulged Coke Drum...

My previous blog on Equipment Health Monitoring (EHM) explains why EHM can be used to improve fatigue life of a…

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Repair versus Replace – Not Always an Easy Decis...

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Fitness-for-Service of Damaged Buried Pipe –...