| No. |
Course Title |
Instructor |
Synopsis |
| 1 |
Application of Risk Based Inspection (RBI) to Reduce Maintenance Cost, Improve Reliability and Reduce Risk
(5 day course) |
L. Louis Loushin, P.E. |
The "HOW-TO" manual to optimize plant inspection to achieve better reliability and reduced risk without sacrificing cost. Specific exercises will give participants the opportunity to examine important aspects for implementation of a RBI system that is tailored to the individual needs of their process plant facility. |
| 2 |
Application of Codes and Standards in Pressure Vessels and Piping for Nuclear Power Plants
(3 day course) |
George Antaki, P.E. |
This course covers the application of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Section III code for the design of nuclear plant components: vessels, tanks, piping systems, pumps and valves. It addresses the roles and responsibilities of the Owner, the designer, the regulator, and the authorized nuclear inspector. The course reviews the design methods, equations, and criteria, with example applications. The course also provides the regulatory requirements which apply to these components and a historical perspective on the evolution of the design and regulatory rules. |
| 3 |
ASME B31.3 Piping Flexibility Analysis
(4 day course) |
Don Frikken, P.E. |
Engineers and others who perform or manage piping flexibility analyses of power piping, and chemical, petroleum, plastic manufacturing and other process piping, will find the course a time-saving means to broaden their understanding of the piping flexibility analysis process. The course will review the basic requirements of the ASME B31 Code for Pressure Piping with emphasis on B31.3, Process Piping. General topics in the course include design for sustained loads including support and restraint design, flexibility analysis, equipment loads, flanges, and expansion joints. Applications of these concepts, including simple hand analysis methods and computer-based analysis methods, will be demonstrated. Participants will be modeling example problems using the CAESAR II piping flexibility analysis computer program. |
| 4 |
ASME B31.3, Process Piping; Design, Construction, and Mechanical Integrity
(5 day course) |
Charles Becht IV, PhD, P.E.
Don Frikken, P.E., |
This course covers the basic requirements of the ASME B31 Code for Pressure Piping with emphasis on B31.3 and comparisons with B31.1 - Power Piping. General topics in the course include Code organization and intent, pressure design, design for sustained loads including support design, flexibility analysis, equipment loads, flanges, expansion joints, supports and restraints, materials, fabrication, examination, testing, and, for existing piping systems, mechanical integrity. Inspection and maintenance (mechanical integrity) of existing piping systems will be covered, as provided in API 570, Piping Inspection Code. |
| 5 |
ASME B31.4 Liquid Pipelines and ASME B31.8 Gas Pipelines
(5 day course) |
George Antaki, P.E. |
This course covers the requirements and practices of the oil and gas pipeline codes ASME B31.4 and ASME B31.8. The technical bases of the pipeline code requirements and their practical application to design, construction, operation, inspection and mechanical integrity. |
| 6 |
ASME Section VIII, Pressure Vessels; Design Fabrication, Inspection, Flaw Detection and Repair
(5 day course)
|
Kamran Mokhtarian, P.E. |
This course covers all significant requirements of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1. Participants will learn how to apply the design and fabrication rules to this Code, as well as the basis for some of the rules. The course will include an introduction to post construction activities relating to pressure vessels and become familiar with the rules of the National Inspection Board Code. The course will benefit those involved in the design, fabrication, inspection and purchase of pressure vessels, and the flaw evaluation or repair/alteration of pressure vessels. |
| 7 |
API 579 / ASME FFS-1 Fitness-for-Service
(4 day course) |
George Antaki, P.E. |
This course covers the methods for the evaluation of the integrity and remaining life of damaged and corroded tanks, vessels, piping and pipelines, using API 579 / ASME FFS-1 Fitness-for-Service. |
| 8 |
Elements of Applied Process Engineering
(5 day course) |
Gennaro J. Maffia, PhD |
This course introduces the basic concepts that are needed to understand the performance and design of unit operations in Chemical Process Plants. The key principles of process engineering and how they are applies to the design, evaluation and operation of chemical plants will be covered. |
| 9 |
Engineering Problem Solving for the Process Industry (Process Plant Troubleshooting)
(4 - 5 day course) |
Joseph Bonem |
A unique and highly rated course designed to provide industrial engineers and managers with both knowledge and experience in using a scientific problem solving approach. The course presents an approach that emphasizes the classical problem solving approach (defining the sequence of events) with the addition of the steps of formulating a theoretically correct working hypothesis, providing a means to test the hypothesis, and providing a foolproof means to eliminate the problem. |
| 10 |
Failure Prevention, Repair & Life Extension of Piping, Vessels and Tanks |
George Antaki, P.E. |
This course provides the technical and ASME Code basis to understand the causes of failure, optimize inspections, calculate margins and remaining life of degraded components (tanks, vessels, boilers, piping systems and pipelines), and select and implement the optimum repair techniques. |
| 11 |
Fundamentals of Process Engineering
(5 day course) |
Gennaro J. Maffia, PhD |
This course covers the broad field of process engineering from the development of a process flow schematic to the evaluation of operating and proposed technology. The course will be presented in interactive format with many industrial examples. Nineteen case studies from process engineering will be used to illustrate the concepts discussed during the lecture portion. Participants will have the opportunity to solve sample problems with the help of the professor. |
| 12 |
Introduction to Welded Steel Tanks; Design, Fabrication, Installation and Inspection-API 620, API 650, and API-653
(2 day course) |
Arcot Radhakrishnan
Jack Mooney |
An essential course for engineers and inspection and maintenance personnel involved in the design, purchasing, fabrication, repair, alteration, reconstruction, or maintenance of new atmospheric and low-pressure steel tanks to meet API Code requirements. |
| 13 |
Operation, Maintenance and Repair of Plant Piping Systems |
George Antaki, P.E. |
This course covers the fundamentals of design, layout, fabrication, examination and testing as it relates to preventative repairs and modifications of piping. |
| 14 |
Piping Vibration Analysis & Practical Engineering Solutions in Process Plants
(3 - 4 day course) |
Dr. Charles Becht IV, PhD, P.E. |
This course provides a background on fundamental causes of piping vibration and how to identify sources of vibration, rules of thumb and simplified methods for evaluating vibration severity, and methods of treatment. A wide variety of causes of vibration are covered in order to enable the participant to properly evaluate the variety of piping vibration problems that can occur in piping systems. The causes of vibration, where possible, are discussed with respect to very basic energy and momentum principles that enable the participant to understand what is happening within and to the piping system. |
| 15 |
Process Hazard Analysis Methods and Leadership
(4 - 5 day course)
Advanced Course
|
William F. Kenney
John Hauser |
This course is designed to provide participants with the knowledge and group leadership skills to systematically lead an effective, multidisciplinary Process Hazards Analysis (PHA) study intended to identify and analyze the significance of potential process hazards and make recommendations for eliminating hazards, for reducing the consequences of potential accidents and for improving general facility safety. Essential training for management, engineering (design, process, chemical, facilities, instrumentation and control), operations and safety of process operations, safety/environment personnel, plant operators, area managers and maintenance personnel. |
| 16 |
Refining 101 - The Primer on Refinery and Petrochemical Industry Equipment
(2 day course) |
Ted Princiotto |
A fundamental course to provide participants with an overview of the types of equipment used in the refining and petrochemical industry. While any one piece of equipment is worthy of a five day course, this course is intended to present the fundamental concepts of operation and design and the role that codes and standards play in equipment selection and design. For recent graduate engineers, CADD operators, project engineers and procurement specialists. |
| 17 |
Refinery and Petrochemical Industry Material Selection and Corrosion
(3 - 4 day course) |
Tony Scribner, P.E. |
An essential course for engineers, designers, inspection and maintenance personnel to understand basic corrosion and metallurgical concepts, deterioration mechanisms, recognition and evaluation techniques to avoid failures and costly downtime. |
| 18 |
Seismic Design and Retrofit of Equipment and Piping
(4 day course) |
George Antaki, P.E. |
This course covers the requirements for the seismic design or retrofit of critical plant and facility systems and equipment in accordance with the national standards and regulations from FEMA and the latest ASME and UBC codes. |
| 19 |
Thermal-Hydraulic Transients in Piping Systems
(2 day course) |
Frederick J. Moody, PhD |
A practical course to understand and predict transients and hammers in piping systems, including 2-phase flow and trapped gas effects. |
| 20 |
Welding Engineering, Fabrication and Inspection to Meet AWS, ASME and API Codes
(3 - 4 day course) |
Harry W. Ebert, P.E. |
An essential course for engineers, designers, operations and maintenance personnel involved in the design, fabrication, repair, alteration, or maintenance inspection of piping, pressure vessels, steel-shell tanks and structural steel components that require compliance with ASME, API, and AWS Codes. |
