AP 579-1/ASME FFS-1 Fitness-For-Service Applications and Examples with Becht FFS Software |
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Description:
This course provides theory and practical application of API-579/ASME FFS-1 methods for assessing the acceptability of equipment with various kinds of flaws. The Fitness-for-Service training provides direction for performing FFS assessments using procedures specifically prepared for pressurized equipment. For the topics covered in the training, example problems will be solved using hand calculations supplemented with BechtFFS software. |
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Nadarajah (“Ranjan”) Chithranjan, PhD, PE. Dr. Ranjan’s career has spanned over 18 years of worldwide involvement in petrochemical industries for ExxonMobil Research and Engineering. Prior to joining Becht Engineering, he worked as a fixed equipment specialist at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering and he has worked in more than a dozen countries worldwide to solve complex mechanical plant problems as well as a mechanical support for large scale projects. He has extensive knowledge in pressure vessels, piping, and storage tanks, design and maintenance codes. At ExxonMobil, he was the lead fitness for service specialist and he is very well versed with the fitness for service codes as well as linear and non-linear finite element methods to solve complicated plant problems. Ranjan was also the Mechanical Delayed Coker and Storage Tank subject matter expert at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering.
He was a former member of API-650 Welded Steel Tank for Oil Storage and presently he is a member of the ASME Working Group on Section VIII, Division II, Design by Analysis and Working Group on Section VIII, Division II, High-temperature design. He has more than twenty-five publications and two patents. Dr. Nadarajah received his Ph.D. and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom. |
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Schedule | Date | Time | PDH | Platform/Venue | Cost | Register |
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Spring | May 23 – 27, 2022 | 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM Central Time (UTC -6) |
32 hrs. | GoToTraining (Virtual) | US$3,000 | |
Fall | October 10 – 13, 2022 | 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM Central Time (UTC -6) |
32 hrs. | GoToTraining (Virtual) Hyatt Regency Hotel Houston Intercontinental Airport, Houston, TX (In-person) |
US$3,000 |
For information regarding the training course, contact the Training Coordinator at Training@becht.com.