API 571

API 571 Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry

CERTIFICATION PREPARATION PROGRAM

API 571

An intensive course for successfully PASS the API 571 Damage Mechanisms certification exam, with study guide, homework & final exam; special emphasis on the use of related codes & calculations.

Course Duration: 6 Days

Course Outline

Day 1

1. Introduction
2. Material of construction

  • Steel
  • Carbon Steel
  • Cast Iron
  • C-Mo Steel
  • Cr-Mo Steels
  • Killed Steel
  • Stainless Steels
  • General Corrosion
Day 2
3. Amine Treating
  • Wet H2S Damage
  • Ammonium Bisulfide
  • Erosion/Erosion Corrosion
  • Amine Cracking
  • Amine Corrosion
  • Titanium Hydriding
  • Cooling Water Corrosion

4. Fatigue, Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) & Hydrogen

  • Thermal Fatigue
  • Mechanical Fatigue
  • Vibration Induced Fatigue
  • Corrosion Fatigue
  • Chloride SCC
  • Caustic SCC
  • Ammonia SCC
  • Liquid Metal Embrittlement
  • Polythionic Acid SCC
  • Amine SCC
  • Carbonate SCC

5. Hydrogen Cracking

  • Hydrogen Embrittlement
  • High Temp H2/H2S Corrosion
  • Wet H2S Cracking (HIC,SOHIC,Sulfide SCC)
  • Hydrogen Stress Cracking – HF
  • HTHA
Day 3

6. High Temperature Corrosion, 400+ ºF

  • Sulfidation
  • Carburization
  • Decarburization
  • Metal Dusting
  • Oxidation
  • Fuel Ash Corrosion
  • Nitriding
  • Graphitization
  • Softening (Spheroidization)
  • Temper Embrittlement
  • Strain Aging
  • 885 ºF Embrittlement
  • Sigma Phase Embrittlement
  • Brittle Fracture
  • Creep/ Stress Rapture
  • Short Term Overheating Stress Rupture

7. General Damage Mechanisms – All Industries

  • Steam Blanketing
  • Dissimilar Metal Weld Cracking
  • Thermal Shock
  • Erosion/ Erosion – Corrosion
  • Cavitation
  • Refractory Degradation
  • Refractory Degradation
  • Reheat Cracking

8. Uniform or Localized Loss of Thickness

  • Galvanic Corrosion
  • Atmospheric Corrosion
  • Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI)
  • Cooling Water Corrosion
  • Microbiologically Induced Corrosion (MIC)
  • Dealloying
  • Graphitic Corrosion
  • Boiler Water Condensate Corrosion
  • CO2 Corrosion
  • Flue Gas Dew Point Corrosion
  • Solid Corrosion
  • Caustic Corrosion
Day 4

9. General Damage Mechanisms – Refinery Industry

  • Amine Corrosion
  • Ammonium Bisulfide Corrosion
  • Ammonium Chloride Corrosion
  • Hydrochloric Acid (HCL) Corrosion
  • High Temp H2/H2S Corrosion
  • Hydrofluoric (HF) Corrosion
  • Naphthenic Acid Corrosion
  • Phenol (Carbonic Acid) Corrosion
  • Phosphoric Acid Corrosion
  • Sour Water Corrosion
  • Sulfuric Acid Corrosion

10. Refining Units and Test Preparation

  • Process Units