Fitness-for-Service

By David A. Osage, President and Principal Engineer at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.

12 Key Ingredients of a Successful FFS Team

March/April 2014 Inspectioneering Journal

Since important decisions will be based on the results of the fitness-for-service (FFS) determination, you need to be sure that you have a strong FFS team. But what are the key ingredients of a good FFS team? This article provides some guidelines to...
FFS Forum: The New API 579 Part 15, Piping Vibration – Interview with Lyle Breaux, Team Lead

July/August 2023 Inspectioneering Journal

The API 579 Committee has been steadily working for 10 years on a procedure to evaluate vibration in piping systems. That long work is about to pay off.
Damage Control: Wet H2S Damage Assessment

November/December 2021 Inspectioneering Journal

This issue of Damage Control offers a perspective on how to assess the different forms of wet H2S damage using modern FFS and computational analysis techniques with the safe operation of damaged pressure vessels, piping, and associated components.
Fitness for Service of Aboveground Storage Tanks – Applicability of API 579

May/June 2022 Inspectioneering Journal

The assessment procedures in API 579 may also be applied to pressure-containing equipment constructed to other recognized codes and standards. The author will examine the application of these procedures to aboveground storage tanks.
The Role of Life Cycle Management in Achieving Excellence in Pressure Equipment Integrity and Reliability

January/February 2011 Inspectioneering Journal

In the first article in this series entitled How to Put It All Together - Guide to Organizing a Successful PEI Program, (1) I provided an overview of the necessary Management Systems (MS) for a successful program to achieve excellence in pressure...

Course Description

This 1-hour course offers an introduction to Fitness-for-Service (FFS) assessments. An FFS assessment is a multidisciplinary engineering analysis of equipment to determine whether it is fit for continued service, usually until the next shutdown. This concise course explains the concept of Fitness-for-Service (FFS), discusses FFS and Lifecycle Management (LCM) Principles, briefly reviews the history and development of API 579-1 / ASME FFS-1 (the current Fitness for Service document), highlights opportunities for Fitness-for-Service, and provides an overview of API 579-1.

This course includes:

1.00 CPD/PDH (certificate provided upon completion)
1 hour of on-demand video, including comprehension checks and an exam
Access for 90 days upon beginning the course
Slides are not available for this course

What You’ll Learn

After completing this course, you should be able to:

Define FFS and elucidate the intended outcomes of an FFS assessment.
Explain the LCM process and how FFS assessments, technology, and best practices are integrated within it.
Enumerate the current and previous editions of API 579-1 / ASME FFS-1, along with a significant alteration in each edition.
Recall two opportunities to employ FFS for both reactive and proactive assessments.
Identify five damage mechanisms that can be assessed using FFS technology.
Articulate the primary question that an FFS assessment must address.
List several data prerequisites for conducting an FFS assessment.
Recall at least one of the three FFS acceptance criteria.

Who This Course Is For

Plant engineers in mechanical reliability programs
Plant inspectors
Central engineering staff
Consultants in the refining and petrochemicals industry
May be beneficial for those working in the fossil fuel, utility, pulp and paper, nuclear
energy, and other processing industries that use and maintain pressurized equipment

Course Outline

Course Overview
What is Fitness-for-Service?
Fitness-for-Service and Lifecycle Management
History of Fitness-for-Service
Opportunities for Fitness-for-Service
API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 Overview
8-Step FFS Assessment Procedure: Step 1
8-Step FFS Assessment Procedure: Steps 2-4
8-Step FFS Assessment Procedure: Steps 5-8
Conclusion

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About the Presenters

David A. Osage, President and Principal Engineer at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc.

Dave Osage has over 45 years of experience in the refining and petrochemical industry both as an owner-user and consultant. He is responsible for engineering consulting services for pressure containing systems including pressure vessels, piping, and tankage. His responsibilities include stress and thermal analysis of pressure vessels, piping, and tankage; development and... Read more »

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