2nd WORKSHOP: ADVANCED ENGINEERING METHODS FOR EVALUATION OF CRITICAL EQUIPMENT AND PIPING SYSTEMS

Thursday, November 26th, 2015, Hotel Vía Castellana (Madrid)

Overview

The seminar shall be focused on the problematic, methodologies, novelties, and benefits associated to the evaluation and upgrade of critical equipment and piping systems in refineries, petrochemical and power plants by applying integrated engineering methodologies and the intensive use of advance analysis and simulation tools.

We will share with the attendants our experience over 12 years of experience and more than 1,000 projects carried out.

Content

By dissecting real study cases, it shall be shown both the casuistry and scope of application of the methodology described, as well as the benefits derived from it, technical and economical, on:

(1)  Design Stage: in order to attain more reliable, optimized designs. Also for those designs for which regular design codes are not of application.

(2) Operation Stage: for evaluating performance improvements, foreseeing in-service failures, and improving the efficiency and availability of equipment/process. .

(3) Re-rating: Validation of the design and evaluation of the impact on the remaining life of equipment/piping due to the redefinition of operating conditions or new process requirements

(4) Evaluation of in-service failure causes or definition of preventive/corrective measures. Fitness for Service-Integrity

Agenda

10:00 Check-In. Introduction
10:10 Part I. PIPING

Study Case: Determination of Stress Intensity Factor and Flexibility Factor on modified piping components, and subsequent integration on Piping Flexibility Analysis

Study Case: Piping Creep Analysis –> methodology based on FFS API-579 (Fitness For Service

11:00 COFFEE BREAK
11:20 Part II. PÌPING & EQUIPMENT

Study Case: Analysis of dissimilar welding on great thickness pieces. Method for prediction of appearance of cracks..

Study Case: Evaluation of metallic joints (bellows) on piping systems. Characterization of the set by means of FEA. Prediction of failure for fatigue and/or plastic collapse

13:10 Part III. INTRO TO MANGEMENT OF ASSETS INTEGRITY
13:30 Colloquium
14:15 Lunch & Closure

If you are interested in attending, write an email to workshop@cadesoluciones.com

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C/Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, 53 (Entreplanta)

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Madrid – España

Albacete

Parque Científico y Tecnológico

Paseo de la Innovación 3, 02006 Albacete – España

Tel. +34 967 19 01 72

Madrid

C/Raimundo Fernández Villaverde, 53 (Entreplanta)

28020

Madrid – España

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