Conference Papers
Unlike previous API documents, API’s new RP 586 Section 2 provides guidance for the use of optimized inspection techniques for high temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA). Most of these are volumetric Ultrasonic Testing (UT) methods and were not previously included in API RP 941. Useful discussions of inspection limitations are included in this paper. With these new methods, Fitness-for-Service (FFS) assessments can now be conducted with much higher confidence. Several commercial models and an overarching FFS module that is being developed for Carbon Steel and Carbon ½ Moly are presented, as well as some of the new guidance in the forthcoming revision of API 941.
As the biofuels industry continues to expand in support of global decarbonization mandates and objectives, facility owners and developers are being challenged to balance production efficiency, operational reliability, and personnel safety.
As high hazard facilities, biofuels sites should focus on developing a fire protections strategy informed by performance-based analysis so strategies implemented meet the unique challenges found at each facility.
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