API RP 583, Corrosion Under Insulation and Fireproofing, covers the design, maintenance, inspection and mitigation practices for pressure equipment, piping, and storage tanks due to external Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) and Corrosion Under Fireproofing (CUF). The recommended practices in this standard are intended to provide the user with information that will improve plant reliability by describing all the variables that give rise to CUI including: temperature, coating type and age, insulation types, climate effects, insulation maintenance practices, etc. and provide a method of risk ranking equipment for CUI potential based on the primary factors that affect the potential for CUI.
It will cover External Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking (ECSCC) of stainless steels under insulation, as well as general and localized metal loss of carbon and low alloy steels. It will also cover all the more modern methods of nondestructive examination (NDE) for inspection for CUI without having to remove the insulation.
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December 27, 2018 By John Reynolds at Intertek
A quick summary of some of the important topics that were discussed at the Fall Meeting, including the upcoming API Inspection and Mechanical Integrity Summit, subcommittee activities, and progress with the API Individual Certification Program. |
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June 2, 2014 By John Reynolds at Intertek
Three new API standards have been published, and one has been revised and updated to a new edition. The standards are described in this post. |
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March/April 2014 Inspectioneering Journal
By Jeremiah Wooten at Inspectioneering, LLC.
Inspectioneering is pleased to announce that our friend, colleague, author and industry leader, Clay White, has recently taken over as chair of API’s Subcommittee on Inspection (SCI). |
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September/October 2011 Inspectioneering Journal
By John Reynolds at Intertek
Three new recommended practices (RP) are under way within the API Inspection Subcommittee (SCI) which will add to the list of SCI standards available to owner-users to improve their mechanical integrity (MI) and inspection programs. |
Although CUI is widely recognized as a primary driver for damage in the petrochemical industry, the solutions often lack the sophistication devoted to other damage mechanisms.
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Checklist
This checklist serves as a companion piece to the Inspectioneering webinar, CUI: A Proactive Approach, and contains some elements to consider when looking for data gaps in your CUI program. |
