FACILITY INTEGRITY ASSESSMENT CASE

VESSEL OVERBURDEN
UNDER RIVER PRODUCTION FIELDS

JR Engineering

Ramrez, J., M.Sc., P.E.

OBJETIVE

For the overpressures incident, analyze the impact over the vessel
s structural integrity and give options remedial.

What would be the approach, ASME or

API?

ASME

API

SCOPES

SCOPE!

ASME B&PV S VII!

API-510!

General

Design and construction of new

equipment

Inspection, repair, derating,

modification, alteration of inservice equipment.

Inspections

Focused in the quality control

during construction process

Focused in the condition

monitoring during in-service life.

Ok, is API

API-510 ROLES

API-510 ROLES

API-510 ROLES

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API-510 ROLES

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API-510 ROLES

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API-510 ROLES

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Who am I?

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Now, How do it?

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Knowledge the case...

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ASSESSMENT APPROACH

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Ts = 70 ksi!
54 ksi!
stress for OP!

77% Ts!

100

psi!

Ys = 38 ksi!
50 psi!
MAWS = 20 ksi!

R/t for X-01 !

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Tensile Stress!
70 ksi!

Overpressure Stress!
54 ksi!
yield Stress!
38 ksi!

Fracture!

Lost !
Toughness!
75%!

Res

ilenc

e!

Remanent !
Toughness!
25%!

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FAILURE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAMS

APPROACH*

*Rolfe,

S. and Barsom, J. (1999). Fracture and fatigue control in structures, Applications of Fracture Mechanics, ASTM.!
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ENGINEERING CRITERIAL FOR

THE ASSESSMENT

The toughness governs the planar defects, and the cracks are planar defects
The yield strength governs the volumetric defects, and based in the available evidence, the volumetrics defects not exist in
the vessel
For overpressure, the hoop stress is critical, for thus the longitudinal welds are critical
The lost of toughness, not is easy to determinate, without a destructives testing (tensile test and charpy V-notch test), but the
ASME specification for AS516-70s plates, is nearly 15 ft-lb for CVN test
The empirical correlations between CVN test and Kc (toughness) are available*
The total toughness is used for calculated the FAD for the pre-incident materials properties
Conservatively, we could to do a lineal proportion between the overpressure induced stress and the tensile strength.
If the area under of stress-strain curve until the tensile stress is the total material toughness, until the level stress induced for
the overpressure is proportional.
The 25% of toughness is used for calculated the preliminar FAD post-incident material properties

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RESULTS

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Pre-incident leak zone!

Failure zone!

Post-incident leak zone!

Post-incident rupture zone!

Pre-incident rupture zone!

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And now?

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ENGINEERING ACTS FOR THE

ASSESSMENT

Inspect with RX the longitudinal welds of vessels
Apply hardness test (HT) in interest areas
Visual inspection (VT) in the mechanical unions between internals and shell
Apply penetrant testing (PT) in the longitudinal and girth welds
Determinate the flaws dimensin with ultrasonic testing (UT - phase array)
Re-assessment of the new evidence
If all is ok, test pressure
Fit for service
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Questions?

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Thanks!

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