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Objectives

• After attending participants will :
• Have sound working knowledge of Inspection methods as well as corrosion issues.
• Be able to identify the various types of corrosion.
• Be able to identify the causes and driving factors of the corrosion.
• Be able to determine the most practical method of mitigating the corrosion in the refining industry.
• Be able to develop work procedures for inspection and corrosion control.
• Be able to identify and recommend alternative in structural design to minimize corrosion.
• Have a good working knowledge of cathodic protection.
• Have a good appreciation of material selection as a method of corrosion control in the refining industry.
• Have a good working knowledge of protective coatings for corrosion control.
• Be able to monitor the effectiveness of the corrosion control process.

The Delegates

• Chief, Project, Consulting, Plant, Service, Maintenance Engineers.
• Metal inspection.
• Asset, pipeline integrity managers.
• Risk managers.
• Pipeline designers.
• Technical directors in the process industry –oil, gas, petrochemical, refinery, construction of pipelines storage tanks, pumps, pressure vessels, coatings companies supplying corrosion-resistant alloys / materials .

Contents

• Inspection Foundation
• Fabrication:
• General
• Shop Inspection
• Weld Inspection
• Testing Tank Shell
• Testing Tank Roof
• Method of Inspection
• Radiographic Method
• Magnetic Particle Method
• Ultrasonic Method
• Liquid Penetrate Method
• Introduction and overview of corrosion technology
• Corrosion theory.
• Corrosion identification & methods of control.
• Material selection and design
• Protective coating, paint, metallic.
• Tapes and cementicous.
• Cathodic protection, theory and practice.
• Corrosion – Theory, Identification & Method of Control
• What is corrosion?
• What is the cost of industry?
• How dose it take place?
• What drives the corrosion process?
• What are the distinct types of corrosion?
• What methods can we use to control it?
• The session includes a number of practice demonstrations of the corrosion process and some actual case studies.
• Material Selection and Corrosion Design :
• Examples of corrosion resistant materials are detailed.
• Weathering steels, stainless steel, naval brass and other alloys are discussed.
• The design of structure for corrosion mitigation is examined.
• The session includes some case studies and practical experiments.
• Protective Coatings
• The following points are discussed and examined in detail
• The types of protective coatings including:
• Metallic coatings such as galvanizing and metal spray.
• Liquid applied coatings such as, Epoxies, Alkyds, Acrylics, Polyurethanes and Ethyl silicates.
• Tape wraps, type of wrap including petrolatum and synthetic.
• Cementations coatings of various types.
• The make up and function of the various components of protective coatings, the binders and pigmentation are examined.
• The practicalities and limitations of each identified coating type are detailed.
• How and where they work, and more importantly where they don’t work.
• A number of actual case studies are included.
• The field testing of the effectiveness of protective coating is examined.
• The use and calibration of test equipment including paint film thickness and paint film integrity testers is examined.

 

The Discount

10% in case of Three P. (or more)