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Equipment Number: 1234
Equipment Name: Test Separator
Equipment Type: Vessel
Date: August 11, 2014
The long-term (LT) corrosion rate shall be calculated from the following formula:
tinitial - tactual
Corrosion rate (LT) =
time between tinitial and tactual (years)
The short-term (ST) corrosion rate shall be calculated from the following formula:
tprevious - tactual
Corrosion rate (ST) =
time between tprevious and tactual (years)
The remaining life of the vessel (in years) shall be calculated from the following formula:
tactual - trequired
Remaining life =
corrosion rate (ST)
The period between internal or on-stream inspections and thickness measurement inspections shall not exceed one-half the remaining life of the
vessel or 10 years, whichever is less (API 510, 10th edition, 6.5.1.1).
Each aboveground vessel shall be given a visual external inspection at an interval that does not exceed the the lesser of five years or the required
internal/on-stream inspection (API 510, 10th edition, 6.4.1).
hickness measurement inspections shall not exceed one-half the remaining life of the
pection at an interval that does not exceed the the lesser of five years or the required