(128a) Exploring the Use of Fitness for Service (API 579) in Ethylene Production Facilities
AIChE Spring Meeting and Global Congress on Process Safety
2018
2018 Spring Meeting and 14th Global Congress on Process Safety
The 30th Ethylene Producers' Conference
Ethylene Plant Maintenance & Reliability
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 - 2:05pm to 2:30pm
The API 579 / ASME FFS-1 Fitness For Service standard is a remarkably useful tool for assessing damage that is routinely encountered during plant operations, but we find that many Ethylene plants have only limited experience with the document. This paper will provide a general outline of the FFS document as a whole, with special attention paid to the damage most-commonly encountered in the production of Ethylene. Specifically, generalized case studies will be presented covering the following topics:
1. Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) and other wall loss damage
2. Furnace Tube Creep
3. Brittle Fracture (including Auto-Refrigeration risks)
4. High-Energy Piping (Superheated Steam and others)
5. Reactor Runaway Over-heating (Shell Distortions and material degradation)
6. Assessment of Crack-Like defects
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