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Api 510 Preparatory: Points To Recall - Day 5

1. The document provides points to recall from an API 510 preparatory course on day 5. It outlines guidelines for establishing corrosion rates for new or changed service, calculating maximum allowable working pressure, averaging thickness measurements, ignoring widely scattered pits, recalculating thickness in areas remote from welds, defining the crown portion of dished heads, and calculating crown thickness for ellipsoidal or torispherical heads. 2. Key points include establishing a corrosion rate after 1,000 hours of on-stream operation if the rate is unknown, defining how to calculate MAWP based on actual thickness and corrosion allowance, and providing length limits for averaging critical thickness measurements. 3. Formulas are given for recalculating thickness in areas

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Api 510 Preparatory: Points To Recall - Day 5

1. The document provides points to recall from an API 510 preparatory course on day 5. It outlines guidelines for establishing corrosion rates for new or changed service, calculating maximum allowable working pressure, averaging thickness measurements, ignoring widely scattered pits, recalculating thickness in areas remote from welds, defining the crown portion of dished heads, and calculating crown thickness for ellipsoidal or torispherical heads. 2. Key points include establishing a corrosion rate after 1,000 hours of on-stream operation if the rate is unknown, defining how to calculate MAWP based on actual thickness and corrosion allowance, and providing length limits for averaging critical thickness measurements. 3. Formulas are given for recalculating thickness in areas

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4 15 September 2004

Dammam, Saudi Arabia

API 510 PREPARATORY


Points to Recall Day 5

1. For new service, or for changed service, if corrosion rate is not


known, on-stream determination after 1,000 hours shall be made
to establish or confirm corrosion rate.
2. MAWP =

/(R+0.6t)
Where t
Cn
SET

= t actual 2 x Cn
= metal loss up to next inspection

3. For corrosion area of considerable size; thickness averaging along


most critical element shall not exceed following length (l):
a.
b.

Vessel I.D. < 60. ..l = D/2 or 20 use smaller value


Vessel I.D. > 60... l = D/3 or 40 use smaller value

4. The widely scattered pits, can be ignored if:


a.
b.
c.

No pit depth in greater than half wall thickness excluding


C.A.
Total pit are does not exceed 7 square inches within 8 inch
diameter circle
Total sum along any line in circle does not exceed 2 inches

5. For surface remote from weld, (weld E < 1), shell thickness can be
recalculated with E = 1. Shell area is considered remote from
weld if it lies on either side weld beyond 1 or 2 times thickness
(whichever is greater).
6. For dished Heads, the Crown portion lies within circle concentric to
dish but crown dia. = 0.8 x shell dia.
7. For Ellipsoidal or Torispherical heads, crown portion thickness can be
recalculated considering crown as part of sphere of radius equal to
D, (for standard Torispherical) or K1 D (for Ellipsoidal).
8. For ellipsoidal head K1 depends on D/2h ratio (h=head depth) For
2:1 Ellipsoidal Head, K1 = 0.9

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