"CORROSION" is one of the failure modes of structures, piping, bridges and equipment

This week Knowledge sharing tips for professionals/engineers involved with the design and/or maintenance of structures, piping and equipment for oil& gas, petrochemical and hydrocarbon processing industries.
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One of the failure modes of structures, piping and equipment
is “CORROSION” which must be considered during the early
design stage of any project and why it is necessary to constantly monitor the integrity of structures, bridges, machinery, and equipment to prevent premature failure.
To cope with the potential problems of corrosion, it is necessary to understand:
1. Mechanisms of corrosion
2. Forms of metallic corrosion
3. Corrosive attack on non-metallic materials
4. Corrosion-resistance properties of various materials
5. Proper fabrication and installation techniques
6. Methods to prevent or control corrosion
7. Corrosion testing techniques
8. Corrosion monitoring techniques
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“Corrosion” -A costly and dangerous phenomenon.

 I wish to release a series of knowledge sharing tips on “Corrosion” which is a costly and dangerous phenomenon. Billions of dollars are spent annually for the replacement of corroded structures, machinery, and their components. Taking all these factors into account, it becomes obvious why those engineering students/professionals/engineers involved with the design and/or maintenance of structures, piping and equipment for oil& gas, petrochemical and hydrocarbon processing industries should have a basic understanding of the corrosion process.

Corrosion. Three primary reasons for concern are:
1.  Safety: Premature failure of bridges or structures and machinery due to corrosion can result in human injury, loss of life, and collateral damage.
2.  Economics: Economic losses can be divided into direct and indirect losses. Direct losses are those losses associated with the direct replacement of corroded equipment, components, and structures. Also included are those costs, both of labor and material, to maintain equipment and structures to prevent corrosion. Indirect Losses: causes of indirect losses can be listed, it would be extremely difficult to place an actual cost on these losses. However, it would be safe to assume that these costs would be some multiple of the direct losses. Typical of these indirect losses are the following:
> Shutdown: unplanned shutdowns because of the failure of equipment resulting from corrosion lead to loss of production and consequently loss of profit. Although the actual cost of maintenance work may be minimal, the value of the lost production can be considerable.
>Contamination: During the corrosion of a metal, the fluid being transported, stored, processed, or packaged in a metallic component can pick up metallic salts. This metallic pick-up can be detrimental to the product quality and shelf life, color change etc.
 > Loss of Product: many times, corrosion is so severe that leakage will develop that permits loss of product. If this leakage occurs in a pipeline, it may go undetected for an extended period, during which time there is a continuous loss of product. If the leaking material itself is a corrosive material, it will attack its surroundings and environment thus causing additional loss.
3.Conservation Losses: apply primarily to the loss of raw material metallic resources through wastage resulting from corrosion. Also included in this wastage is the additional loss of energy and water reserves resulting from the manufacturing and fabrication of the metallic components. Additional human energy and resources are also consumed in the replacement and redesign of corroded equipment and components.
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Any of the following benefits:

• A systematic approach to asset-based decisions, so that asset requirements, acquisition, installation, commissioning, steady state operation & caring maintenance and disposal match the objectives of the business.
• Appropriate logistic support over the asset life cycle, creating improvements in asset performance.
• Effective internal processes for managing assets.
• Benefits in meeting business and regulatory targets, including:
– operational targets,
– financial targets,
– environmental regulations,
– health and safety regulations
– insurance requirements
– risk management.
• A systematic framework for the training and development of staff, Engineers, managers in understanding and managing the asset portfolio.
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Know the Aim of Asset Management in more abstract terms.

The aim of asset management is to enable the organization to have the assets that are appropriate to its business needs, and to provide supporting services so that these can operate effectively and safely and enable the organization realize the value from its assets as it pursues its organizational objectives.

Asset management supports the realization of value while balancing financial, environmental and social costs, risk, level and quality of service, and asset performance.
Our endeavor is helping the organizations in asset management effectively to realize value from their assets.
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