API 580 CERT API 580 RISK-BASED

INSPECTION
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POF and COF sections

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SECTIONS 9,10

•  Sec 9 :DMs/FMs Core of the RBI analysis

• Sec 10 :POF

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Deterioration (damage)
Mechanisms and Failure Modes

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DON’T CONFUSE DMs AND
FAILURE MODES

The failure mode is the

The DM is is the type of deterioration
manner of failure (hole,
that leads to the failure (corrosion,
split etc)
thinning, fatigue etc)

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DMs
Identifying (DMs) is a major part of the RBI activity

Simplified list in 580

Definition:
A DM can lead to loss
581
of containment Full list of DMs are in
API 581

Wide-ranging and specialised

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PROBABILITY OF FAILURE

POF
POF is one of the axes on the
RBI matrix
POF

All the relevant (multiple) DMs

have to be taken into account COF

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POF IS BEST EXPRESSED AS
A FREQUENCY
0.00002
failures per year
Frequency =No of events (quantitative)
occurring within a specific time frame 0.003 failures per
e.g. operating period

4
3
POF units can be expressed qualitatively (e.g. 1 POF 2
to 4),as long as the categories are sufficiently
spread (order of magnitude between them) 1

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FACTORS AFFECTING POF

DMs on the equipment

POF
Effectiveness of the
inspection programme
used to find the DMs

Not so obvious

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INFLUENCE OF DMs

Remember :the DM must be related to a failure

mode that it will cause (hole, split etc)

Those causing wall-

Others (SCC etc)
thinning (corrosion,
causing cracks
pitting etc)

Note the typical linked examples given in

Sec 10
(engineering common-sense)

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FAILURE MODE
FAILURE MODE MAINLY AFFECTS THE CONSEQUENCES
(so we will consider it again later in Sec 11:COF)

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FACTORS AFFECTING POF

Effectiveness of the inspection programme used to find DMs

CAN BE LIMITED BY:

•  Incomplete coverage (e.g. NDT)

•  Technique limitations (0.5mm crack limit?)

•  Some DMs occur too quick for detection

(fatigue ,SCC cracking etc)

IT IS IMPORTANT TO USE =
THE CORRECT NDT
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