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Metallurgy, Corrosion & Prevention of Failures: Material Selection and Properties

Introduction

The first step in safety and reliability of refinery equipment is identifying, understanding, preventing the relevant fail¬ure mechanisms. Corrosion is the primary cause of fail¬ure of components in the process industries. The success or failure of the equipment to corrosive environment to a great extent depends on the right metallurgy. Thus proper understanding of the metallurgy and corrosion phenom¬enon helps engineers to mitigate corrosion and to monitor it on a periodic basis, based on which, corrective actions can be taken. Premature failure of critical components like pipelines, tanks, pressure vessels, boilers and related equipment, heat exchangers and welded joints often re¬sults in operating down time, loss of production, environ¬mental pollution and in some cases, loss of human life. Millions of dollars are spent every year by these industries to combat corrosion. The course crosses the boundaries from the fundamental information to top notch in the re¬cent technological achievement in this field.

Course Objective:

By the end of this course delegates will learn about:

• • Understand the fundamental theories of aqueous cor­rosion and dry corrosion
  • Understand basic metallurgy and choice of material selection suitable for the specific application
  • Enable the attendees to grasp the advanced infor­mation in preventive as well as predictive maintenance of equipment
  • Present different forms of corrosion from various mechanisms and related environmental factors
  • Corrosion control techniques
  • Illustrate study cases pertaining to corrosion failures, mainly pipelines, storage tanks, pressure vessels, boil­ers and heat exchangers
  • Present the advanced corrosion monitoring tech­nologies
  • Present typical corrosion failures and to illustrate the inter-relationship between fabrication techniques, service conditions and their effect on the corrosion re­sistance of engineering metals and alloys

who should attend:

Corrosion Control Engineers & Personnel, Process Engineers, Metallurgists, Inspection Personnel, Mechanical Engineers, Material Selection Personnel, Plant Contractors, Operations Engineers, Team Leaders & Supervisors, Maintenance Engineers, Maintenance Supervisors,  Senior Plant Supervisors, Mechanical Engineers, Corrosion Control & Monitoring Systems Personnel, Equipment Engineers, Maintenance Engineers and Planners, Team Leaders, Managers & Coordinators, Construction Coordinators,Technologists,  Safety Officers, Maintenance Team Leaders & Engineers, Design Engineers, Service Company Representatives, Oil and Gas Production Facilities Personnel, Chemists, Chemical Engineers, Inspectors and Inspection Engineers & Supervisors, Technicians and Supervisors, Environmental Specialists, New Petroleum Engineers, Asset Management Personnel, Construction Engineers, Refinery Chemists, Chemical Engineers, Personnel who are / will be responsible for detecting, inspecting, monitoring, controlling corrosion in oil and gas piping, pipelines used in production operations and Personnel responsible for metallurgy, corrosion or the prevention of failures in plant and equipment