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Corrosion/Erosion-Changes in pipe after catalyst beds

When inspecting your piping in vessels do you emphasize size changes in elbows after catalyst beds? My experience has shown that a momentum change happens to your process flow and a lot of erosion can occur in the post catalyst bed beads. The issue comes from bed beating, normally a silicone or ceramic structure, that […]

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Audits-routine or valuable?

When choosing your audit format, be it checklist or open audit, how do you approach this? Although you may use a checklist to help ensure you are reviewing everything, you must look at the audit with an open mind every time. Even with the most skilled operator, a checklist can get only to the routine […]

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How are you choosing Mechanical Integrity inspection points?

When defining mechanical integrity points are you picking these are the picking spots that correspond to the minimum changes or you picking random points helping you win the lottery of inspection and hit a place that issues can occur. Make sure you discuss this with a mechanical integrity engineer prior to going out and starting […]