sans Piping tnspecton Select Language | ¥ Home General Articles Pre-Shipment Inspection “Third Party Inspection Goods inspection Vendor Inspection Inspection and Tost Plan ‘Shop inspection Factory Acceptance Test ity inspection Industral Quality Contot Indusbaliepection Avproved Vendor List Ph 3 Inspection Indusata Inspaktion Fix Equipment Areles Prossure Vessel Steam Boiler Storage Tank Piping Systom Process Heater Rotary Equlpment articles Centitigal Pump Cenuitugal Compressor Reciprocating Comprossor Steam Turbine Home About Services Contact What's New Privacy Policy Piping Inspection ‘The Piping Inspection article provides you with information about the inspection ‘of piping and piping testing in a construction site, as well as in operational plants. THis article provides yau lots of invaluable information about folowing items Inspection and Testing During the Construction Phase Inspection and Testing During the Operation Phase Piping System Codes and Regulations Maintenance and Repairs Piping Inspection article, alongside the other Global Terservices | linked articles are useful for Construction Te Powe Pesnpnew | Conkactors Qually Control Personnel, Second tpecor vedorapecton | and Third Party Inspectors, Purchasers, Sellers, re conmeawy wsseaer | Pant Inspectors, HSE Engineers, Integrity lumii | Engineers, Operation and Maintenance: Engineers, and any Other Interested Individuals What Is the definition of a pipe? Based on AP! Code, the definition of pipe is a pressure-tight cylinder used to convey a fluid or to transmit a fluid pressure, If you look to the refinery or chemical plant, you can see the jungle of pipes which are connecting the vessels together. Statistic shows that 40 % of total ‘mechanical failures in the units are because of the process piping. ‘Tis article provides you information about site inspection of process piping as well as important points on in-service inspection in process plants. What is the Process Piping Inspection Requirement at a Construction Site? ‘The construction code for process piping Is ASME B31.3 Code and it covers the minimum requirements for design, materials, fabrication, inspection, testing and commissioning With the above explanation, your inspection and test plan (ITP) for process piping needs to meet the requirements of ASME 831.3 Code. ASME. B31.3 refers you to the other ASME code sections for some actives. For example for welding refer fo the ASME Code Section IX, pipe fiting design ww nspecton-fr-industry.comip ping rspecton ml Follow Us Follow Us on TPLBlog Search This Website We will be updating and growing tis ste with more ‘and more of industrial inspection related artctos. Please subscribe to our monthly newsletter so you ont miss a thing Enter Your E-mail ‘Address Enter Your First Name (optional) Then 18sans Fan and Blower Electrical Equipment Articles Flectrle Gonerator Power Transformer Gas Circuit Broaker Switengear Power Cable Editor Services Contact Us Privacy Policy| [Z1subseribe To This Site Gn Ben Piping tnspecton and selection to the ASME B16.5 and for Nondestructive testing to ASME Code Section V, The process piping design and construction is not under the ASME Code ‘scheme of stamped iter. It means there is not certification for construction contractors by ASME, and it is the responsibilty of owner to select 2 qualfied and experienced contractor {or its process piping construction project. This is the reason that in the ASME 831.3 code you cannot see the wording of “Authorized Inspector,” and instead the words “owner inspector” have been used. ‘The ower inspector can be the owner's own qualified inspector or the inspector of a third party inspection company under contract with the owner Throughout the ASME Construction codes, when you see the words “authorized inspector,” you notice there is an ASME Stamp scheme there. Contrary to the ASME B31.3, the ASME B31.1 code for power piping (boiler external piping) have the ASME stamp scheme. The construction contractor must be certified by the ASME organization and must hold the “PP” stamp. So the wording for inspector in the ASME 831.1 is “authorized inspector," which means that this person has specific qualifications and a commission ‘card from NBIC. For more details, review the Pressure Vessel Certification article. The Certification process for the power piping contractor is similar to the pressure vessel addressed in the ‘The detail of inspection requirement in the construction field process piping inspection and test plan, Inspection and Test Plan for Process Piping What is In-Service Inspection Requirement for Process Piping? ‘The In-Service Inspection code for your process piping is API STD 570. ‘The tile of the cade is Piping Inspection Code: In-service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration of Piping Systems. ‘The other API recommendation practices and codes are also necessary to be Used in conjunction with this Code. \We Provide TPLInspacton Services in Most hdustrial Areas Around the Globe. Cok Here for More bformation ‘Some of these Recommend Practices are ‘+ APL RP 574 Inspection Practices for Piping System Components, ‘+ APL RP 577 Welding Inspection and Metallurgy, ‘APL RP 571 Damage Mechanism Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry, ‘+ API 578 Material Verification Program for New and Existing Alloy Piping \wnsnspecton-fr-industry.comip ping rspecton ml (Sibeorve Dorit woxry — your e-a ‘address i totaly secure Ipromige fo use ® only to send you Inspection for Industry Newsl 28sans Piping tnspecton Systems ‘ASME construction and referenced code sections also might be used such as ‘ASME 831.3 and ASME Code Section IX. For repair, the requirement of API STD 570, or ASME PCC-2 need to be met. ‘The tile of ASME-PCC-2, which was first published in 2006 is: “Repair of Pressure Eauipment and Piping.” ‘The API 570 Piping Inspectors are qualified persons to do the piping system inspection, What are the Important items in the Piping Inspection? ‘These are only important points or a summary of points for the process piping in-service inspection and should not be assumed as the entire piping inspection procedure, ‘A piping inspection procedure is a comprehensive document, which need to cover inspection methods to be employed, equipment and material to be used, ‘quaification of inspection personnel invoked and the sequence of the inspection activities at the minimum You may use the following content as a summary of points for the in-service inspection of the piping system. Creating a piping inventory list indicating the ine number, pipe specification class, rating, schedule, pipe origin location (from) and pipe destination location (to) ‘© Creating piping isometric sketches to facilitate inspection and the recording of corrosion monitoring locations (CMLs) ‘© Dividing whole unit piping into piping circuits based on process condition ‘and potential degradation mechanism ‘+ Selecting appropriate NDE techniques for each piping circuit based on the circuit damage mechanism ‘= Determination of CMLs points in piping isometric sketches based on the potential for general or localized corrosion and service specific damage mechanisms ‘+ Determination of piping service class based consequence of failure and Instruction stated in API 570 or based on the Risk Based Inspection method. ‘+ Carty out external inspection for corrosion, leaks, previous temporary repairs, clamps, coating breakdown, insulation damage, bration, misalignment, pipe support deterioration specifically in touch points and to alr to sol interface, pipe hanger distortion of breakage and frizz damage ‘+ Edernal thickness measurement on CMLs on each piping circuit ‘© Corrosion rate calculation based on metal oss in a specific time interval ‘+ Retirement thickness calculation based on the minmium required thickness and minimum required structural thickness \wnsnspecton-fr-industry.comip ping rspecton ml 36sans Piping tnspecton Remaining life calculation based on the available thickness for corrosion ‘and the corrasion rate value Determination of piping circuit inspection interval based remaining Ife calculation and piping service class Determination of piping inspection interval for nomthinning damage mechanism Making supplementary inspection with the proper NDE method for piping circuits susceptible to creep cracking Making supplementary inspection with the proper NDE method for piping circuits susceptible to the creep cracking Making supplementary inspection with the proper NDE method for piping circuils susceptible lo environmental cracking from Chloride SCC, Polythionic acid SCC, Caustic SCC, Amine SCC, Carbonale SCC, Hydrogen bistering and hydrogen induced cracking (HIC), ete. Application of other NDE methods if itis necessary: PEC (pulsed eddy current), LRUT (long range UT), LREM (long range electromagnetics), RT for wall thickness loss, and CUI and neuron backscatter and infra-red thermography for detection of wet insulation MT (magnetic particle), WFMT (wet fluorescent magnetic particle), PT (penetrant testing), EC (eddy current), UT shear wave, AUT (automated UD), TOFD (time of fight difraction), RT, ACFM (alternating current field measurement), AET (acoustic emission) for investigating cracking ‘Thermography for detection of fouling and hot spots. Internal inspection in opened flanges for deposition, corrosion, localized corrosion, erosion, et. Internal inspection of clad or lined piping for disbanding, bulging and cracking Internal inspection of refractory lined piping for erosion, deterioration of anchors, undercuiting of refractory and coke build up behind refractory Flange joint inspection for distortion and leakage and flange face Inspection, ring groove and gasket for corrosion, erosion , cracking and mechanical damage Internal inspection of dismantied vake for corrosion, erosion, mechanical ‘damage and cracking ‘Specific attention and internal inspection of critical check valves Inspection of injection points for localized corrosion Inspection of dead legs for corrosion Corrosion under insulation inspection of piping in susceptible temperature (-12" to 175° C) elther by advance NDT or by removal of insulation and making visual inspection Making appropriate reporting and report keeping and implement proper system for auick access to the records \wnsnspecton-fr-industry.comip ping rspecton ml 4sans econmersns on Sead New! 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