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Course Outline
Overview of Risk-Based Inspection Principles for Fixed Equipment
Introduction to the Latest Edition of API RP 580
Introduction to the Latest Edition of API RP 581
Determining Probability of Failure (POF)
Determining Consequences of Failure (COF)
Calculating Risk (Financial and Safety Area)
Identifying, Understanding, and Managing Risk Drivers
Risk-Based Inspection Planning
Reassessment, Updating, and Best Practices
Worked example exercises to demonstrate the step-by-step calculation of risk, as outlined in the latest edition of API RP 581
Additional items could be: Presentation of risk determination and inspection planning for pressure relief devices (PRDs), aboveground storage tanks (ASTs), and heat exchanger bundles (HEXs)
Course Outcomes
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
Summarize the contents of API RP 580 and 581,explain the differences in the documents, and tell how each applies to an RBI assessment
Explain the API 581 methodology of calculating the POF, COF, and Risk Detail the mechanics of planning inspection intervals based on risk
Discuss the role of damage mechanisms in RBI analyses and how active damage mechanisms affect the total risk of the equipment
Decide when the actions of RBI updating and reassessing are warranted
Describe some RBI implementation best practices
Complete and explain the worked-out example
problem given during the course
Compare and contrast the RBI methodology for pressure relief devices, aboveground storage tanks, and heat exchanger bundles with that of pressure vessels and piping
Who Should Attend
This course is intended for:
Plant inspectors and engineers who work in a mechanical integrity, reliability, or maintenance role
Inspection, engineering, reliability, and mechanical integrity managers
Central engineering staff who support plant personnel
Mechanical integrity, reliability, or inspection professionals in the oil and gas, petrochemical, chemical, pulp and paper, and other processing industries who use, maintain, or inspect pressurized equipment
