API 945 : 2003 : R2008
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AVOIDING ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING IN AMINE UNITS
Hardcopy , PDF
10-08-2020
English
01-01-2008
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1 SCOPE
2 REFERENCES
2.1 Referenced Publications
2.2 Referenced Codes and Standards
2.3 Other Codes and Standards
2.4 Selected Bibliography
3 DEFINITIONS
4 BACKGROUND
4.1 Amine Units
4.2 Problems in Amine Units
5 GUIDELINES FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND FABRICATION
OF NEW EQUIPMENT
5.1 Construction Materials
5.2 Fabrication
6 INSPECTION AND REPAIR OF EXISTING EQUIPMENT
6.1 General
6.2 Inspection Materials
6.3 Equipment and Piping that Should be Inspected
6.4 Examination Procedures and Methods
6.5 Repair of Damaged Equipment
6.6 Postweld Heat Treatment of Undamaged or Repaired
Equipment
APPENDIX A CRACKING MECHANISMS
APPENDIX B CONSIDERATIONS FOR CORROSION CONTROL
APPENDIX C REQUEST FOR NEW INFORMATION CONCERNING PROBLEMS
WITH ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING IN AMINE UNITS
Covers environmental cracking problems of carbon steel equipment in amine units. Gives guidelines for construction materials, fabrication, inspection and repair to give safe reliable operation. Coverage includes: problems in amine units; weld hardness control; socket-welded connections; reinspection of repaired equipment; equipment and piping requiring examination; wet fluorescent magnetic particle testing; repair of damaged equipment; post-weld heat treatment of undamaged or repaired equipment; dye penetrant testing. Also gives detailed appendices and diagrams.
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Standard
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| Pages |
36
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| ProductNote |
Reconfirmed 2008
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| PublisherName |
American Petroleum Institute
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| Status |
Superseded
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| Supersedes |
| ASME PV CODE 8 DIV 2 : 2017 | BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS DIVISION 2- ALTERNATIVE RULES |
| ASME PV CODE 9 : 2017 | BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - WELDING, BRAZING, AND FUSING QUALIFICATIONS - QUALIFICATION STANDARD FOR WELDING, BRAZING, AND FUSING PROCEDURES; WELDERS; BRAZERS; AND WELDING, BRAZING, AND FUSING OPERATORS |
| NACE TM 02 84 : 2016 | EVALUATION OF PIPELINE AND PRESSURE VESSEL STEELS FOR RESISTANCE TO HYDROGEN-INDUCED CRACKING |
| ASME PV CODE 8 DIV 1 : 2017 | BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS DIVISION 1 |
| NACE TM 01 77 : 2016 | LABORATORY TESTING OF METALS FOR RESISTANCE TO SULFIDE STRESS CRACKING AND STRESS CORROSION CRACKING IN H[2]S ENVIRONMENTS |
| ASME B31.3:2016 | PROCESS PIPING |
| ASME PV CODE 8 DIV 3 : 2017 | BPVC Section VIII-BOILER AND PRESSURE VESSEL CODE - RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF PRESSURE VESSELS - ALTERNATIVE RULES FOR CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH PRESSURE VESSELS |
| API 510 : 2014 | PRESSURE VESSEL INSPECTION CODE: IN-SERVICE INSPECTION, RATING, REPAIR, AND ALTERATION |
| ASTM E 10 : 2017-05 | TEST METHOD FOR BRINELL HARDNESS OF METALLIC MATERIALS |
| API 580 : 2016 | RISK-BASED INSPECTION |
| NACE RP 04 72 : 2005 | METHODS AND CONTROLS TO PREVENT IN-SERVICE ENVIRONMENTAL CRACKING OF CARBON STEEL WELDMENTS IN CORROSIVE PETROLEUM REFINING ENVIRONMENTS |
| API 2217A : 2009 | SAFE WORK IN INERT CONFINED SPACES IN THE PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRIES |
| API 582 : 2016 | WELDING GUIDELINES FOR THE CHEMICAL, OIL, AND GAS INDUSTRIES |
| API 574 : 2016 | INSPECTION PRACTICES FOR PIPING SYSTEM COMPONENTS |
| API 570 : 2016 | PIPING INSPECTION CODE: IN-SERVICE INSPECTION, RATING, REPAIR, AND ALTERATION OF PIPING SYSTEMS |
| API 572 : 2016 | INSPECTION PRACTICES FOR PRESSURE VESSELS |
| API 579-1 : 2016 | FITNESS-FOR-SERVICE |
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