November/December 2010 Inspectioneering Journal Article Index

• Advanced Digital Radiography Systems and Image Processing Operations in Radiography Inspection

  November/December 2010 Inspectioneering Journal By Sanjoy Das at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, B.K. Shah at BARC, and D. Mukherjee at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Rapid industrial and technological growth throughout the world makes it necessary to develop new materials along with advanced Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) Methods to ensure their quality without premature failures. The complex modern system, where... Continue reading...

• Avoiding HTHA Failures in Existing Equipment

  November/December 2010 Inspectioneering Journal By John Reynolds at Intertek High Temperature Hydrogen Attack (HTHA) is a long known and still occurring degradation issue for fixed equipment construction materials in the hydrocarbon process industry where hydroprocess plants (hydrogen plus hydrocarbons) are in service.... Continue reading...

• California Emphasis Program - Naphtha Hydrotreater Units - High Temperature Hydrogen Attack

  November/December 2010 Inspectioneering Journal On April 6, 2010, a tragic accident occurred at the Tesoro Refinery in Anacortes, WA, in the Naphtha Hydrotreater process unit (NHT). During routine operations involving an on-line switching of unit heat exchanger feed trains, seven employees were... Continue reading...

• High Temperature Hydrogen Attack (HTHA) Likely Cause of Explosion

  November/December 2010 Inspectioneering Journal Per a report in Downstream Today, by Whitney Pipkin Skagit Valley Herald, Mount Vernon, Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News on August 30, 2010, "Tesoro Anacortes Refinery announced Friday what investigators determined was the likely cause of an... Continue reading...

• High Temperature Hydrogen Attack Recent Progress and Where To Aim Joint Industry Activities

  November/December 2010 Inspectioneering Journal Understanding, predicting, detecting and controlling high-temperature hydrogen attack (HTHA), have been elusive goals of materials engineers and scientists for over 70 years. The destruction of low alloy steel components exposed to hydrogen through... Continue reading...

• Steels for Hydrogen Service at Elevated Temperatures and Pressures in Petroleum Refineries and Petrochemical Plants

  November/December 2010 Inspectioneering Journal The following references are from the American Petroleum Institute. They are widely used in the petroleum refining and petrochemical industries for managing equipment in HTHA service and are available in the public domain. Continue reading...