Floating roof seals: functions, types, and materials
Floating roof seals control vapors, reduce emissions and evaporation losses, improve operational safety, and maintain the mechanical stability of the roof.
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Storage tanks: Common faults, causes, and solutions
Storage tanks, exposed to harsh environments and operating cycles, can deteriorate silently and cause critical operational failures.
Barriers and successes in integrating maintenance methodologies
This article analyzes the most common barriers and success factors when integrating methodologies such as TPM, RCM, and asset management, showing how to convert the mix…
Physical asset management in maintenance
Physical asset management drives competitiveness by integrating maintenance, strategy, lifecycle, risks, and performance to maximize business value.
RBI and FFS: The key duo to optimize asset integrity
RBI and FFS are essential methodologies for ensuring asset integrity in industry.
Electrification of compressors and VFDs in midstream
The natural gas industry adopts electric compressors in midstream to reduce emissions, optimize processes, and ensure compliance with regulations, supported by VFDs and advanced infrastructure.
IOW: An Integral Part of Asset Integrity
Defined as critical limits, IOWs regulate parameters such as pressure, temperature, pH, and flow rate, which, if exceeded, can cause degradation, corrosion, or serious failures.
Well integrity for geological storage of CO₂
Geological storage of CO₂ offers great potential in the fight against climate change, provided that the integrity of wells used for injection and confinement is guaranteed.
Industrial maintenance and its impact on asset availability
Industrial maintenance is advancing thanks to the synergy between ISO 55000 and disruptive technologies, driving effective asset management and transforming the industry as we know it.
Pressure vessels: NDT inspection from classical to predictive approach
NDT inspection in pressure vessels evolves toward data-driven predictive models.
Centrifugal compressor in midstream: gas transport efficiency
Centrifugal compressors raise gas pressure by adding kinetic energy (speed) to the gas as it flows through an impeller.
Heat Exchangers: ANDT inspection as pressure vessel
Heat exchangers, classified as pressure vessels, require advanced NDT inspection to ensure safety, mechanical integrity and thermal efficiency in industrial operations.