Piping Vibration: Avoiding Fatigue Failure, Calgary (1 Day)

When

Thursday May 7, 2015 from 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM MDT
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Where

Beta Machinery Analysis, Classroom
118, 4242 7th Street SE
Calgary, AB T2G 2Y8

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Contact

Hilmar Bleckmann
Beta Machinery Analysis
403-245-5666
registrations@betamachinery.com

www.BetaMachinery.com

CANCELLED: Piping Vibration: Avoiding Fatigue Failure

Overview

Vibration in process piping systems is a significant integrity issue. Recent piping failures have resulted in serious safety incidents, fires, spills, and legal implications for operators. Studies have shown that over 20% of hydrocarbon releases on assets can be attributed to vibration induced fatigue failures.

Correct management of this issue at both design and operational stages can result in a substantial improvement to the integrity of process plants. New guidelines and standards are now being used to mitigate and manage this risk.

This one day course covers these new guidelines, as well as practical approaches used by global operators.

Material is presented using interactive demonstrations, field case studies and industry best practices.

Objectives

Participants will gain an understanding of:

Sources and causes of vibration induced piping failures
New guidelines and standards to mitigate and manage this risk
Scope of work and approaches to employ in the design phase, including specialty studies
Ways to assess vibration and stress on small bore connections and main piping systems
Key issues, challenges, and lessons learned when managing vibration involving compressors, pumps, and piping systems

Course Outline

Piping vibration – and the impact on integrity
Vibration overview including principles of vibration
Excitation forces affecting piping systems (FIV, AIV, FIT, pulsations, transients, etc.)
Small bore connections (SBC) including best practices for design and bracing
Energy Institute Guideline: Avoidance of Vibration Induced Fatigue Failure (AVIFF)
Detailed design requirements and approaches during FEED
Implementation of a piping fatigue management strategy
Data acquisition tools including vibration measurement
Relevant acceptance criteria and fatigue assessment (fatigue curves)
Advanced analysis topics

A series of case studies and examples are used to illustrate these design and field issues. A hands-on demonstration is used to illustrate some of the vibration concepts.

Who Should Attend

This course is aimed at engineers and technical managers responsible for piping, integrity, and reliability activities with operating companies and EPCs.

Registration

$ 550.00 after April 27^th, 2015
$ 450.00 early registration if paid by Monday, April 27^th, 2015
$ 400.00 each when registering 3 or more from the same company

Included: Continental breakfast, lunch, snack, course materials, knowledge, fun.
Certificates of completion available (7.5 hours formal instruction eligible for CEU or PDH).
Not included: Accommodation and transportation.

Accommodation

Some nearby hotels: Hotel Blackfoot, Sandman Hotel & Suites Calgary South, Days Inn Calgary South, Best Western Plus Calgary Centre Inn, Holiday Inn Calgary Macleod Trail South.

Instructor

Paul Crowther, Principal Engineer

Paul is a Technical Authority in BETA’s Piping Vibration and Integrity Group, which involves design, inspection, and consulting services related to static and transient piping vibration for onshore and offshore facilities. This includes requirements defined by the Energy Institute guideline (Avoidance of Vibration Induced Fatigue Failure), as well as many different advanced analysis services.

Paul is a Principal Engineer, with over 14 years of experience in advanced engineering analysis in Europe and the
Middle East, where he has supervised large scale piping vibration projects. He is actively involved in industry committees, research, supervision, and specialized engineering projects.