API 510, Pressure Vessel Inspection Code: In-Service Inspection, Rating, Repair, and Alteration, is an inspection code developed and published by the American Petroleum Institute (API). The code covers inspection, repair, alteration, and rerating activities for pressure vessels and the pressure relieving devices that protect vessels covered by the code. The most recent edition (11th) was released in October 2022.
First published in 1958 as a recommended practice, API 510 serves as a guide for internal and external inspections, as well as on-stream and thickness measurement inspections of pressure vessels. The code has grown and evolved over the years to account for innovations in technology, changes in inspection practices, and new methodologies. For example, the minimum requirements for implementing risk-based inspection as an alternative to conventional inspection planning criteria was introduced to the code in the 1990s.
API RP 572 supplements API 510 to provide logic and best practices that assist practitioners in the “how to” inspect pressure vessels.
Fundamentals of Pressure Vessel Design & construction
• Bench Mark quiz and discussion of answers
• Detail discussions on piping design, component design, allowable stress values, of ASME VIII Div.1
• Case studies of wall thickness calculations, Nozzle calculation, test pressure, etc.
• Discussion on Material selection, impact test requirement and PWHT
• Requirement of ASME VIII Div.1
• Case studies of Impact testing results, requirement of pre-heating and PWHT.
Understanding of Pressure Vessel Inspection Code (API 510)
• Introduction and detail discussions on API 510
• Scope, definitions and organization of API 510
• Inspection and testing practices of API 510
• Frequency and extent of inspection, data evaluation• Various preventive actions against degradation
• Repairs, alterations & re-rating of piping system
• Inspection of buried Vessels
Discussions on API RP 572 & ASME Sec IX
• Discussions on API RP 572
• Introduction to ASME Sec IX and its various provisions
• Welding procedure qualification & welder qualification,
• Case studies of checking of PQR, WPS
• Practice Examination close book & open book
• Various NDE proposed to detect flaws in metals
• Understanding rules imposed by ASME Sec V for various NDE techniques
• Mock up Exam with Model Answers.
