Case Study

Proactive Fitness-For-Service for Hydrogen Damage

Fitness For Service

Proactive Fitness-For-Service for Hydrogen Damage

Problem

Prior to executing an inspection of a separator vessel for potential low-temperature hydrogen damage (i.e., wet H2S damage), an owner-operator desires to establish go/no-go criterion to expedite run, repair, replace decisions during an outage.

Solution

Implement a proactive Fitness-For-Service assessment to tabulate go/no-go criterion for cracking and local thin areas (to be utilized as crack grind out tolerances and blister tolerances) at critical locations of the vessel.

Value

  • Minimize inspection time and cost because damage location, size, and maximum depth can be used to quickly screen acceptability.
  • Prevent extension of turnaround timing due to more timely inspections, delayed decisions, and/or unnecessary repairs.
  • Conserve inspection, engineering, and maintenance resources.
  • Minimize emergency response costs associated with damage identification.
  • Retain results for future reference.

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