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Fitness-for-Service and Remaining Life Assessment: API 579-1 / ASME FFS-1, Wall Thinning, Local Metal Loss, HIC/SOHIC Blisters, Creep, and Run-or-Repair Decisions
Picture yourself in the turnaround control trailer of a $250,000\text{-barrel-per-day}$ oil refinery at two o'clock in the morning, three days before the scheduled startup of the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit. An automated phased-array ultrasonic inspection crew scanning the inside of the main fractionator overhead receiver drum—a vessel built thirty years ago under ASME Section VIII Division 1 with a minimum required code design thickness of $t{\min} = 22.0\text{ millimeters}$—walks into the trailer and puts three inspection findings on your desk: 1. Near the bottom water-draw boot…
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