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April 2020
The Six Core Elements of Asset Management
Adam Lea-Bischinger | CEng CMgr MEng CMRP Eur. Ing of the Institute of Asset Management (IAM)
Adam has 15 years working in Maintenance, reliability, Asset Management and Inspection
Major oil and gas projects – also power, mining and infrastructure
He holds a Masters Degree in Engineering, Materials and Corrosion Post graduate training in Inspection, IoT and NDT.
The work of IAM and the Development and Roll-out of ISO 55000 which defines Terminology, Requirements and Guidance for Implementing, Maintaining and Improving an Effective Asset Management System including examples of UK Companies operating the ISO 55000 System Adam Lea-Bischinger Fokus Reliability Bio: 15 years working in Maintenance, reliability, Asset Management and Inspection Major oil and gas projects – also power, mining and infrastructure Worked for EPIC, Operators and supply companies Working in Middle East, North America, Europe and Australia Masters Degree in Engineering, Materials and Corrosion Post graduate training in Inspection, IoT and NDT CMRP – Certified Maintenance and Reliability Professional Certified Reliability Leader (Association of Asset Management Professionals) Certificate & Diploma in Asset Management – Institute of Asset Management Chartered Manager (Chartered Management Institute) Chartered Engineer CEng – Member of the Energy Institute European Engineer EurEng
Corrosion Under Insulation Online Monitoring With EMGR
Dr Prafull Sharma |
Inventor, Chief Technology Officer|
CorrosionRADAR
Dr Prafull Sharma is the inventor of Electro-Magnetic Guided Radar (EMGR) and Co-founder & Chief Technology officer of CorrosionRADAR Ltd. CorrosionRADAR developed a predictive CUI monitoring system which is gaining global attention.
Prior to his current role, Prafull worked for General Electric R&D where he developed several sensing and NDT technologies. Prafull did his PhD from Cranfield University UK. He has over 15 years experience in industrial technology development specially for non-destructive testing and automation in Oil & Gas industry. He is also credited with over 15 international patents.
Hidden corrosion such as Corrosion under insulation (CUI) continues to be a big challenge for the asset integrity management of industrial facilities. There is a growing trend to remotely monitor corrosion in accessible locations using the wireless connectivity and battery powered devices.
A new innovative sensor system for monitoring CUI has been developed by CorrosionRADAR. The sensing principle uses Electromagnetic Guided Radar (EMGR), which uses a permanently embedded sensor into the insulation.
Using Epoxy Adhesives in place of Hot Metal Welding
Henry Smith |
Engineering Services Supervisor |
Belzona Polymerics Ltd. |
Henry Smith joined Belzona Polymerics back in September 2013 as a technical service engineer, after completing a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering. In this role Henry was responsible for providing technical support for up to 100 distributors across the globe. Since then, he has worked his way up to Engineering Supervisor, and is currently leading a young team of engineers in providing engineered repairs throughout the Oil & Gas industry, among others. He is currently part of the IMechE as an associate member, and is actively dedicating time as a sponsor to the Arkwright Scholarship Trust Scheme, which is a course designed to pair up-and-coming young engineers with businesses in order to give them experience of real engineering professions.
This presentation looks at the options available to the offshore fabric maintenance engineer when it is not possible or preferable to weld and discusses viable solutions using bonding or cold-welding technologies.
With the continuous corrosive attack of the environment, maintaining asset integrity offshore is a key challenge for operators looking to upgrade equipment or extend operation beyond the original design life. A crucial part of this process is ensuring the asset complies with all safety regulations. When carrying out such work, alternatives to hot work offer significant advantages to the operator, for example, from a cost and scheduling perspective.
The presentation aims to provide relevant information and data for reference by detailing case histories, from the initial design stage to installation and on-going inspection. Examples include:
- Application of a pre-cast epoxy system to the corroded externals of a pipe, where access was severely restricted.
- Restoring a steel deck area back to it’s original profile through cold bonding, and what qualification testing was completed.
- How composite wraps/patches can return the strength of pipe systems without the need for hot work, and the mathematics behind it.
By presenting appropriate test data demonstrating performance criteria it will explore the capabilities of modern composites. The presentation also details other aspects to consider such as ongoing inspection and fire safety.
An Overview of the Corrosion of Metals in Seawater
Carol Powell |
Consultant to the Nickel Institute |
Carol Powell has been an independent consultant for 30 years and has specialised in stainless steels, copper and nickel alloys. Over this time, she has been involved in development projects for the Nickel Institute involving the water, nuclear and marine industries. She also ran the Copper-Nickel Task Group for the Copper Development Association for over 10 years.
Earlier in her career, she worked 8 years, first in the corrosion laboratories and then as a marketing engineer for a high nickel alloy manufacturer and then 5 years for a firm of engineering consultants to the Royal Navy. Carol has a BSc in Metallurgy and Science of Materials, and is a Fellow of the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. She has written over 40 papers and publications and been a member of the MCF since its inception.
There are many different alloys available to engineering for structures, systems and components for use in seawater. These include steels, stainless steel and alloys of copper, nickel, aluminium and titanium. All can be capable of good performance if their corrosion behaviour is understood and they are selected and designed to their strengths and not their weaknesses. Many systems are mixed metal and knowledge of the galvanic compatibility of alloys in contact with each other is also crucial.
Different alloy groups have different methods of corroding depending on the sea conditions. Flow, temperature, stagnation, pollution, and applied stresses can all produce a different response. Some alloys can show uniform thinning while others may show localised corrosion which can include corrosion at crevices, pitting, stress corrosion and corrosion of preferential phases.
This presentation provides a brief overview of the world of metals and their response to one of the most aggressive environments there is, giving examples of the types of corrosion which can occur and how to avoid them.
July 2020
Improving the Corrosion Resistance of Duplex Steel Welds
Dr Roger Francis | Director | RF Materials
Dr Roger Francis is one of the UK’s leading experts in corrosion-resistant alloys – both stainless steels and copper-based. Director at RF Materials, Dr Francis won’t mind us telling you that he has amassed four decades (and counting) of experience in areas that include marine, oil and gas, chemical and process, power, desalination, and mining. He has authored six books, and edited several more, as well as publishing over 80 technical papers. His consultancy work includes failure analysis, materials advice, and training in various aspects of corrosion. A founder member of the Marine Corrosion Forum and a Fellow of the Institute of Corrosion, Roger never fails to deliver an informative and enjoyable paper
Modern duplex stainless steels have been in common use since the early 1980s, and how to weld these alloys satisfactorily is well understood. Despite this, corrosion failures of welds still occur. This talk will discuss the important parameters to produce satisfactory welds in duplex stainless steels. There are further things that can be done to improve the corrosion performance of duplex welds, and these are discussed along with test data. It is important that testing over and above that in ASME IX is carried out on duplex weld Procedure Qualification Records (PQRs) and some suitable tests are proposed. The corrosion resistance of welds and parent metal to different sorts of corrosion will be discussed.
Hot Corrosion Mechanisms for Gas Turbines
Dr Adnan Syed | Research Fellow | Cranfield University
With a PhD in Energy Materials, Dr Adnan Syed is currently a Research Fellow at Cranfield University. There, he is involved in the field of high-temperature material degradation and investigating the effects of environment on the static and stress corrosion life of alloys used for gas turbine blades. This includes the use of thermodynamic software for better understanding of the corrosion mechanisms and advanced microscopy techniques for the alloy’s microstructure details. His PhD title was ‘Fireside corrosion study of superheater materials in advanced power plants’. Dr Syed’s extensive career experience, includes working for organisations to provide chemical solutions to R&D and technical teams via Failure Mode Effects & Analysis (FMEA) toward the development of products and processes.
Hot corrosion mechanisms were first proposed more than half a century ago, but we are still learning about them and they continue to be a focus for manufacturers of aero and industrial gas turbines.
The understanding of corrosive salt and target alloys are both crucial topics to enable improved mechanisms. Corrosion mechanisms vary due to the composition of the alloys and deposit salt chemistries.
The concept of acid and basic flux on the alloy surface due to induced deposits on the alloy’s surface is also well defined; however, further investigation is still required.
Along with laboratory corrosion experiments, the use of thermodynamic software is a key tool to help identify the likely phases formed, which in turn enables a better understanding of the mechanisms involved.
The talk will include the possible hot corrosion mechanisms occurring in the gas turbine combustion environment, and support some of the challenges the industry is facing in its understanding and managing of turbine component degradation. The talk will also present the laboratory setup for hot corrosion testing and techniques used for evaluation of material performance.
Improvements of the DNVGL-RP-416 and DNVGL-RP-B401 – Upcoming Revisions
Lars Lichtenstein | Principal Specialist, Steel Structures | DNV GL
Lars Lichtenstein is the lead principal specialist within Renewables Certification for corrosion protection issues at DNV GL – the responsible expert for the DNVGL-RP-0416 corrosion protection for wind turbines. Extremely influential in setting and interpreting DNVGL codes and rules in this sector, you’ll discover that Lars is also an extremely competent and accomplished
This is a must-attend webinar for those working in the wind turbine industry. You’ll receive the inside track on material selection for bolts and stainless steel, and the boundary conditions that should be considered.
The recommended practices issued by DNV GL on corrosion protection for wind turbines are being reviewed internally. Learn what the items and considerations under review are, and become updated on how the process of review is used to address and improve the overall quality of corrosion protection for offshore wind.
The current key DNV GL documents for corrosion mitigation and CP in this sector are DNVGL-RP-0416 and DNVGL-RP-B401. Formally, DNVGL-RP-0416 is issued from Renewables Certification, part of the energy business, while DNVGL-RP-B401 is owned by the oil and gas business. Therefore, this presentation will mainly deal with the items and considerations being dealt with for the revision of DNVGL-RP-0416, but relevant topics in relation to DNVGL-RP-B401 can also be addressed and discussed.
Since 2016, when DNVGL-RP-0416 was first published, these recommendations were applied to numerous offshore wind projects. We have been part of the certification process for many of these projects and could gain experience and feedback on the content we have issued. Generally, there has been positive feedback, but some guidance lacks sufficient detail. Some of these areas need to be addressed to improve the overall quality of corrosion protection for offshore wind.
Several relevant standards have been revised since 2016 (e.g. ISO 12944 or ISO 2063), new standards like VGB/BAW have been introduced, and new ISO standards are currently being written in several working groups. Improvement of the guidance given is needed and possible. We want to address the most relevant items with new revisions of our RPs.
This seminar will provide more guidance on the useful coating lifetime as introduced in DNV-OS-J101:2011 for the first time, and the relation with fatigue calculation and surface preparation. What level of quality is needed at the end of the lifetime? How much effort shall be put into inspection and repair of 15-year-old+ coating systems? You will gain insight on material selection for bolts and stainless steel, as well as what boundary conditions should be considered. This seminar will also study the issue of coating breakdown factors with regards to CP system calculation and on currency drain of buried structures. The revisions of the documents are not yet finished, and therefore input from this event will be able to influence the development of future recommended practices.
Cathodic Protection of Offshore Renewable Energy Infrastructure
Brian Wyatt | Director | Corrosion Control Ltd.
Members of the Institute of Corrosion will recognise Brian as a past president of ICorr and Director at Corrosion Control Limited. An acknowledged expert in cathodic protection, Brian has been heavily involved in transferring best practice from the oil and gas sector to the offshore wind sector and is active in the preparation of the new EN ISO 24656 standard “Cathodic Protection of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures”.
External surfaces of offshore structures, including offshore wind turbine foundations and tidal/wave energy structures are routinely protected from corrosion by cathodic protection [CP] using aluminium alloy galvanic anodes. Design codes for this are provided by several sources; the most commonly used for offshore wind applications being DNVGL-RP-B401.
These codes have been produced primarily for jacket structures used in deep water for oil and gas developments. They are inadequate for structures required for offshore energy infrastructure such as offshore wind turbine monopile [MP] foundations, tidal turbines, or wave generators – all of which need to be installed in near-shore shallow water environments. For these conditions, there are special considerations over and above those defined in these codes, notably the impacts of higher tidal flow, a greater proportion of the shallow structures being in the tidal zone and of wave action. All result in high levels of oxygenation at the steel/water interface which demand more robust CP designs, both in mechanical and electrochemical terms. The nature of the support structures, and limited scope for lower-cost onshore anode installation, also lead to challenges to uniform anode distribution, particularly on MPs.
Although DNV GL has addressed some of these issues in its DNVGL-RP-0416, written specifically for offshore wind applications, it has not addressed all of the environment issues, and the requirements remain largely biased towards the use of RP-B401 for CP design.
A new International Standard, EN ISO 24656 ‘Cathodic Protection of Offshore Wind Turbine Structures’ is under development to address these issues more fully. It will soon be published for public comment. It will reflect a significant change in the design process for cathodic protection, to reflect the particulars of offshore wind foundations and their environments.
This seminar concentrates on these additional considerations for the design of external CP for near-shore offshore energy infrastructure. It also, briefly, discusses the special and different requirements for internal CP of wind turbine monopiles.
Use of CRAs in Subsea Pipelines and Repair of Clad Pipeline Connections
Andrew Woodward | Market Manager - Subsea Products at Connector Subsea Solutions, and
Chris Matthews (Subsea Projects Engineer) | Connector Subsea Solutions (UK) Ltd
Andrew Woodward is Marketing Manager at Connector Subsea Solutions including MORGRIP. Andrew has a BEng and an MSc in mechanical engineering from Aston University. Andrew has over 10 years of experience in technical sales and estimation in specialist applications and joined the MORGRIP team in 2016.
Joining Andrew ‘on stage’ is Chris Matthews, Project Engineer at Subsea……
Chris Matthews joined the MORGRIP team in 2014 shortly after finishing a BEng in Aerospace Systems Engineering at Coventry University. After a short period working with standard products Chris was engaged in a high-profile project for Mechanical Connectors for Deep Water Repairs which lasted 2 years. After that Chris was a leading figure on the engineering team developing the new MORGRIP CLiP Connectors which are the subject of today’s presentation.
Since 2009 the MORGRIP team has been engaged with major operators to develop a mechanical connector solution specifically designed to meet the unique challenges of Clad and Lined Pipeline systems. A traditional mechanical connector seals on the outer diameter of the pipe and is used as an alternative to welding for straight cut pipe ends. For a clad or lined pipe this type of connector does not adequately protect the pipe end and parent pipe from the corrosive attack of the aggressive sour line media.
The CLiP Connector was developed over 2 phases of a Joint Industry Project part funded by Chevron and Woodside. The aim of the JIP was to take the existing MORGRIP connector technology and integrate a mechanism to protect the exposed end of a clad pipeline from the aggressive line media after installation.
The seal takes advantage of the corrosion resistant and ductile properties of Alloy 625 when subjected to specially controlled heat treatment as well as extensive testing and track record of graphite in order to create a seal module that conforms to NACE MR0175 / ISO15156-3. The seal forms around all pipeline manufacturing tolerances and even localised irregularities such as internal weld seams. The seal can be easily integrated into existing mechanical connector configurations and is able to be adapted for both diver installed and remote repairs.
The technology qualification was completed to DNVGL-RP-A203 through a combination of analysis, 3rd party material testing, component testing and culminating in full scale testing of a production unit. This resulted in the award of a DNVGL Type approval for the product range in accordance with the requirement of DNVGL-ST-F101 for submarine pipelines and DNVGL-RP-F113 recommended practice for pipeline repair.
July 2020 Q&A Downloads
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