API 510: Pressure Vessel Inspection Code

Location

Dubai, UAE

Date

From Date: 27-Oct-2025
To Date: 31-Oct-2025

Duration

5 days

Language

English

Discipline

Welding, Metallurgy, Corrosion & Inspection

Introduction

Complexity of chemical and petroleum processing is more these days than it was 50 years ago. Continuous variation in product input and demands for high quality and productivity make operational and maintenance staff to stand on edges all the time.

With more pressure to increase productivity, plants staff are likely to exceed design parameters occasionally or unknowingly. In older plants deterioration sets in which is not visible to human eye; and with inbuilt flaws and defects from design stage, failure is likely to occur unexpectedly in some parts of plant and machinery. Codes and Standards were developed only from failures and lack of understanding of material capability and they are written for our benefit that we don’t make the same mistakes. Fabrication and assembly short comings also occur due to operation urgencies. Therefore, plant reliability and asset management are a joint responsibility of all concerned. This course gives an overview of testing and knowing strength and weakness of all plant components and act accordingly.

Objective

To create an awareness of:

The importance of codes and standards for plant safety and reliability
The body of knowledge to all operational and maintenance personal who are more concerned with productivity than safety and reliability.
Material selection skills to all who are responsible for all repair and alteration and contractor dependent works

Audience

This course is useful for fresh & experienced engineers or engineers desiring to shift to process equipment and pressure vessel engineering disciplines. It will be suitable also for individuals who work in process operation, process control, maintenance and repair, inspection and other activities related to pressure vessels.

Content

COURSE OUTLINE

Day 1

Pressure vessel design ASME VIII DN.1

Introduction
Importance of codes and standards
The 5 importance section of studies in ASME and 5 important section in API standards
Definition:
Design concepts and engineering
selection of material
allowance of stress,

internal pressures,

thickness of shell.
Unstayed flat heads

external pressure

thickness of shells and tubes,
cylinder under external pressure.

Day 2

Pressure vessel Design-contd.

Pressure testing

Design temperature
Loading
Corrosion
Maximum allowable working pressure

Hydrostatic test and procedure

Pneumatic test and procedure
Exercises

Day 3

welding ASME VIII 1 Sec.3

Introduction
Definitions

Types and joint categories
Allowable stress and efficiencies
Joint efficiencies

Procedure qualifications
Performance qualifications
WPS
PQR
Minimum requirement for weld at openings
Reinforcement for opening in shells and heads
Limits of reinforcement
Requirement for strength of reinforcement
Reinforcement of multiple openings
How properties of Cs and SS affected by welding
PWHT

DAY 4

ASME V art 2 NDE and testing

Testing of weld

Mechanical and other testing (RT and UT)
Charpy impact test requirements
Material identification
Inspection of materials
NDE methods RT, UT.

Day 5

Related API standards

API 510 chapter II Corrosion rate and inspection intervals

Corrosion and its causes
Corrosive elements in products and operation
Eight types of corrosion
Environment and factors

long and short term corrosion rate
Remaining life calculation corrosion and minimum thickness evaluation
MAWP determination
Quiz

API 572 sec.6-9 Inspection of pressure vessels

scope

Reason for inspection
Causes of deterioration
Methods of inspection
Inspection records and reports
Maintenance inspections
QUIZ

API 576 Inspection of pressure relieving devices

Scope
Safety and relief valves
Balanced and pilot operated
Pressure and or vacuum vent valves
Rupture discs

API 579 Fitness for service

introduction

NOTE:

Pre & Post Tests will be conducted

Case Studies, Group Exercises, Group Discussions, Last Day Review & Assessments will be carried out.

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Certificate

Define Management Consultancy & Training Certificate of course completion will be issued to all attendees.

Methodology

A highly interactive combination of lecture and discussion sessions will be managed to maximize the amount and quality of information, knowledge and experience transfer. The sessions will start by raising the most relevant questions, and motivate everybody finding the right answers. The attendants will also be encouraged to raise more of their own questions and to share developing the right answers using their own analysis and experience.

All attendees receive a course manual as a reference.

This interactive training workshop includes the following training methodologies

30% Lectures

30% Workshops and work presentation

20% Group Work& Practical Exercises

20% Videos& General Discussions

Course Details