An Interactive 5-Day Training Course
API 570: Piping Inspection Code (API Exam Preparation)
Intensive Exam Preparation course according to the latest body of knowledge API ICP
Course Overview
This training course will be extremely useful for everybody who wish to pass the API 570 Exam. The API initiated the Piping Inspector Certification Programme to provide a continued high level of safety with Inspectors specialized in process piping. The API 570: Piping Inspection Code training course promotes self-regulation, establishing a uniform standard to assist national, regional, and local governments in setting Process Piping regulations. Passing this exam is a challenging process. Henceforth, the delegates will have to learn, understand and memorize a significant amount of information related to piping in-service inspection, welding procedure qualification, welder performance qualification, related refinery damage mechanisms (i.e., CUI, Galvanic corrosion, atmospheric corrosion...), pressure relief devices (PRV, PSV and rupture disks types and inspection), welding and metallurgy, material verification programs, process piping (new construction), Flanges dimensioning, standard non-destructive examinations (i.e., RT, UTT, MT…) and maintenance techniques according to the post construction standard ASME PCC-2.
Moreover, to pass the API open book exam, the delegates must know how to find the exact formula, equation, and tables using the proper codes, standards, & recommended practices and to implement or utilise these data to answer the exam's calculations and problems. Merely the delegates pass the API exams once they understand the codes, standards, & recommended practices and learn how to use them professionally during the limited open-book exam time.
This GLOMACS API 570: Piping Inspection Code training course will highlight:
- The main paragraphs that are important for the exam.
- corrosion rate LT&ST Calculations
- Remaining life and MAWP calculations
- Common damage mechanisms in API 571
- Examples for WPS, PQR and WPQ
- Flanges rating and dimensions
Training Objectives
This training course will prepare an Inspector to complete the API 570 Authorized Piping Inspector Certification Examination by thoroughly reviewing the API 570 Standard, API 571, API 574, API 577, API 576, API 578 the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code Sections V and IX, and the ASME Code for Pressure Piping ASME B16.5, ASME B31.3 and ASME PCC-2. Mock examination questions meeting the appropriate specific examination criteria will be utilized to simulate actual API test conditions, providing a practical study base.
At the end of this training course, you will learn to:
- how to use the tables in the process piping codes ASME B31.3
- Understand the procedure for measuring the corrosion rate LT&ST for the piping systems and circuits
- Calculate the remaining life and MAWP
- Acquire knowledge about common damage mechanisms in piping inside the refinery
- Obtain data about welding processes, qualifications and metallurgy
- Use the proper NDE technique during in-service inspection
- Know how to read the relative inspection plans
Who should Attend?
Engineers and inspectors who are dealing with piping inspection and asset integrity will get benefit of this training course
This GLOMACS API 570: Piping Inspection Code training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:
- Piping Inspectors
- NDE Examiners
- Piping Inspection Engineers
- Plant Inspectors
- Piping Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Corrosion Engineers
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Training Outline
DAY 1: API RP 577, ASME BPVC Section V and ASME IX
- Getting Started - Exam & Study Tips
- API RP 577, Welding Processes, Inspection, and Metallurgy
- ASME Section V, Non-destructive Examinations, Articles 1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10, and 23 (Section SE-797 only)
- The weld procedure review:
- Weld Procedure Specification (WPS)
- Procedure Qualification Record (PQR)
- Welder Performance Qualification (WPQ)
- Essential and non-essential variables have been properly addressed.
- Number and type of mechanical tests listed on PQR.
DAY 2: ASME B16.5, API 578 & API 576
- Flanges Pressure Temperature Ratings
- Flanges Markings
- Flanges Materials
- Flanges Dimensions
- Flanges Test
- Material Verification Program for New and Existing Assets API 578
- Case studies on failed Materials due to lack of MVP.
- API 576 - Sections 5
- API 576 - Sections 6.1-6.3
- API 576 - Section 8
- API 576 - Sections 10.1-10.3
DAY 3: ASME B31.3
- Scope and code limitations
- Casting Quality factor, Ec from ASME B31.3, 302.3.3(b) and Table A-1A
- Weld Joint Quality factors from ASME B31.3, 302.3.4 and Table A-1B;
- Increased Joint Quality Factors by performing supplemental NDE
- The minimum required thickness or pressure design thickness of a straight pipe section for internal pressure only
- The minimum required thickness of a permanent blank for a given design pressure
- The "MAWP" of corroded pipe, compensating for expected corrosion loss at the next inspection.
- Thermal expansion of a material between temperatures.
- The minimum metal temperature of a material, which is exempt from impact testing
- Determination of the minimum required Charpy V-notch impact values of a given material.
- Weld sizes require preheating and/or heat treatment.
- Mandatory preheat and PWHT tables
- NDE and Inspection requirements
- Hydrostatic leak testing Requirements
- Pneumatic leak testing Requirements
- Calculation of a hydrostatic or pneumatic leak test pressure
DAY 4: API 570
- Scope
- Terms, Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations
- Owner/User Inspection Organization
- Inspection, Examination, and Pressure Testing Practices
- Interval/Frequency and Extent of Inspection
- Inspection Data Evaluation, Analysis, and Recording
- Repairs, Alterations, and Rerating of Piping Systems
- Annex A, C & D
- Solved problems (LT&ST Corrosion rate)
- Solved problems (MAWP)
- Solved problems (Remaining life)
DAY 5: API RP 571, API RP 547 & ASME PCC-2
- Amine Stress Corrosion Cracking
- Atmospheric Corrosion
- Boiler Water and Stream Condensate Corrosion
- Caustic Corrosion
- Caustic Stress Corrosion Cracking
- Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking
- Corrosion Under Insulation
- Erosion/Erosion – Corrosion
- Galvanic Corrosion
- Hydrochloric Acid Corrosion
- Mechanical Fatigue (Including Vibration-induced Fatigue)
- Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion
- Soil Corrosion
- Sour Water Corrosion (Acidic)
- Sulfidation
- Inspection Practices for Piping System Components API 574
- API 574 Tables
- ASME PCC-2 - Article 101: Scope, Organization, and Intent
- ASME PCC-2 - Article 201: Butt-Welded Insert Plates in Pressure Components
- ASME PCC-2 - Article 206: Full Encirclement Steel Reinforcing Sleeves for Piping
- ASME PCC-2 - Article 209: Alternatives to Post weld Heat Treatment
- Article 210: In-Service Welding on to Carbon Steel Pressure Components or Pipelines
- Article 211: Weld Buildup, Weld Overlay, and Clad Restoration
- Article 212: Fillet Welded Patches
- Article 304: Flaw Excavation and Weld Repair
- Article 305: Flange Repair and Conversion
- Article 306: Mechanical Clamp Repair
- Article 501: Pressure and Tightness of Piping and Equipment
- Article 502: Non-destructive Examination in Lieu of Pressure Testing for Repairs and Alternations
Certificates
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate will be awarded to the delegates
- Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) : In accordance with the standards of the National Registry of CPE Sponsor, one CPE credit is granted per 50 minutes of attendance
Accreditation
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All Training Seminars delivered by GLOMACS by default are eligible for CPE Credit.
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