Turnaround, Maintenance & Reliability | September 11, 2013 Turnaround Safety – A Key to Success... Apples to Oranges? Over the years, one thing that continuously strikes fear into many hearts of Safety professionals and management… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | September 10, 2013 Performing an FEA in Section VIII, Division 1 to Q... While there are currently no explicit rules on how to perform a finite element analysis (FEA) if you are doing… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | September 3, 2013 Use of Fracture Mechanics for Fatigue Design... While fracture mechanics is used in fitness-for-service, FFS, for evaluation of crack like flaws that are detected and for evaluation… Read More
Corrosion, Materials & Integrity | August 28, 2013 Changing Your Crude Slate?... Changing Your Crude Slate? You Need to Consider More Than Just Naphthenic Acid Corrosion and High Temperature Sulfidation. Refiners are… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | August 8, 2013 Submitting an FEA Report to ABSA... The pressure vessel and piping jurisdiction in Alberta, Canada is ABSA – the pressure equipment safety authority. All pressure equipment… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | August 5, 2013 Requirements for an ASME Section VIII, Division 2 ... Since the introduction of ASME Section VIII, Division 2 in 1968, a design basis document called a Users Design Specification… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | August 5, 2013 What is Bellows Pressure Thrust?... Pressure thrust is present in all pressurized piping systems. It is simply the gage pressure times the inside area of… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | July 26, 2013 Requirements for an ASME Section VIII, Division 2 ... Since the introduction of ASME Section VIII, Division 2 in 1968, a design basis document called a Users Design Specification… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | July 26, 2013 The Difference Between ASME B31.3 Appendix X and E... Bellows vendors will often quote two different cycle lives for their bellows. One is in accordance with ASME B31.3, Appendix… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | July 26, 2013 When Should the High Pressure Rules in Chapter IX ... The simple answer to this question is they should be used when the owner selects the use of these rules… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | July 25, 2013 Why is Velocity a Good Indicator of Pipe Stress Du... There are three characteristics of motion which are all related by the natural frequency of vibration for steady state harmonic… Read More
Mechanical Engineering | July 25, 2013 When Should Category M Fluid Service be Selected f... ASME B31.3 provides rules for Category M Fluid Service in Chapter VIII of the Code. These rules are designed to… Read More
Machinery | July 22, 2013 Machinery Hurricane Flood Damage– Innovative Sea... Serious floods rarely occur in the life of a refinery or petrochemical plant. But when such an event does occur… Read More
Machinery | July 22, 2013 Process Compressor Gas Seals... This is the second article in a planned series where questions related to process machinery will be addressed. The intent… Read More
Machinery | July 22, 2013 The Potential Pitfalls of Fabricated Machinery Fou... A new process unit was designed and built by a petrochemical manufacturer. As part of the project, two 50 horespower… Read More
