Risk Based Inspection

Pressure vessel inspection uses non-destructive testing to make sure a new pressure vessel complies with standards before being placed into use. It also evaluates currently installed pressure vessels after it undergoes alterations or repairs.

Before the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) created standards for pressure vessel inspection, when units were incorrectly manufactured or maintained, sometimes catastrophic failures have occurred. ASME guidelines help industries and government agencies make sure they install, use, and maintain pressure vessels correctly, while API-510 is guidelines are used to inspect and maintain them in such a way that type of catastrophe does not occur.

• Towers
• Drums
• Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers
• Air-Cooled Exchangers
• Bullet Tanks
• Sphere Tanks
• Horton Sphere (Spheroid) Tanks
• Flare Stack
• Filters
• Knock-Out Pots

The API 570 Piping Inspection dives into several pieces and substances within piping systems:

• Process fluids
• Hydrocarbons
• Chemical products
• Natural gas
• High-pressure gasses
• Other flammable or toxic fluids or gasses

While this code was initially created to incorporate just petroleum and chemical industries, it now includes any industry that uses a piping system to transport/transfer any potentially hazardous liquid or gaseous substance. 

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API - 653 ABOVE GROUND STORAGE TANK INSPECTION.

API 653 Tank InspectionsWhy Inspect Your Tanks?

•Prevent leaks into your secondary containment or to groundwater (if you do not have a secondary containment system)

•Establish a baseline of tank condition and corrosion rates

•Identify problems to perform repairs before you have a significant leak or release -Maintain your capital asset

•Minimize chance of catastrophic tank failure