1-Appearance or Morphology of Damage Caustic stress

corrosion crack – Spider web

2- Flange repair according PCC-2 not marking and listed in
ASME??
3- internal inspection in tower according to API 572 Annex B
• The area of the feed inlet and five to ten trays above and below the
feed inlet.
• The reflux inlet, the adjacent shell/head, and the first 5 to 10 tary
below the reflux inlet.
• The shell across from and adjacent to the reboiler include bottom
nozzle and head to shell seam.
• Liquid zone.
4- propagation of crack from this source into shell is possible by stop
drilling.
5- refractory lining result in separation and bulging is detected—the
refractory may remove to permit inspection of the metal beneath, UT
thickness scanning.
6- to prevent burn through by heat input.
7- pneumatic test should not be used because of the increase risk of
stored energy.
8- applicators qualified for overhead position may be used in any
direction.
9- applicators qualified for vertical may be used in horizontal and flat.
10-Nickel to nickel base metal by brunch stainless steel.
11- deaerator damage in Fatigue corrosion.
12- X-ray and wet chemical analysis and spectra emission--- most
accurate analyses.
13- HTHA more suspectable in C-.5MO.
14-ACFM in surface brake crack.
When condition monitoring locations (CMLs) eliminated—
cleaning surface and noncorrosive
Code for safety in confined space is API 2217A
Replica for brittle fracture (metallurgical change)
• NDE annual vision test (12 month)
• HCL effect in units??
• Most critical factor for SOHIC is PWHT
• Hot tapping min thickness is 3/16 in
• PWHT for flange machine is ---
1- PWHT before facing machine.
2- Required thickness need PWHT in
construction code.
3- Dimension stability issue.

• GMAW most defect is (LOF) lack of

fusion.
• Relief valve 350 PSI variation is +and-
3%
• Nickle based > 30%
• Carbon content more than 0.35% not
welded