Corrosion affects different types of metals that are used in various industrial plants, generating failures, defects and causing leaks. Few methods currently exist to detect these types of failures before they cause damage.
This article presents a proposal to be considered, to move from a routine of periodic regulatory inspections and a traditional operational control focused on the assurance of the required steam production, based on the Condition Assessment methodology.
As ships and platform structures age, they deteriorate through corrosion and fatigue. External deck corrosion has become a major concern for owners and operators. Marine vessel deck plates and upper shore structures are constantly exposed to a highly corrosive environment (saline medium), not to mention various forms of mechanical actions.
Hydrogen represents the most innovative energy proposal of alternative fuels, with respect to fossils and emitters of polluting gases, greenhouse gases and with great potential as an energy vector. However, it is a difficult fuel to obtain, and its processing from an economic point of view is not economically profitable, entails exorbitant costs because it is not found in isolation in nature.
Austenitic steels are non-magnetic stainless steels, containing high levels of chromium and nickel and low levels of carbon. Known for their high resistance to corrosion, they are the most used in different applications, in the oil industry and especially in the refining area.
Author: Ing. Mario J, Toyo, 17 October 2022.
Visual inspection is the most important, extensive, frequent and applicable non-destructive testing method for any material in the oil & gas industry; which uses the human eye and visible light as instruments to see, examine and diagnose the external condition of an object or specimen. It is the first inspection method and allows solving many problems in a variety of industrial fields.
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