Dear All,

Please find the clean copy of the potential topics to be covered for training program sent earlier as scanned;

1) Engineering & Design Workflow Concepts

· E&D Project phases (Conceptual Design/ Feasibility, Basic Engineering/FEED, Detailed Design, Construction/
Construction Eng Support, As-Built, pre-commissioning/commissioning, start-up, provisional & final hand-over, guarantee
phase operations)
· Originator disciplines
· Calculations/ Simulations/ Drafting-3DModeling (PDMS/ Miscrostation/ Cadworks etc)/ Quantifying/ Specs-Write-
Ups

2) Document Review Cycle Concepts

· Technical review (DIC/ IDC/ IFR/ IFC/ As-Built)
· Quality Checks
· Design Vetting/ Vendor Design Incorporation

3) Piping Codes (ASME B31.8/ B31.4/ B31.3/ API Std 5L) and Design
· B31.8 Internal Pressure Design Concept (parameters, DF, Location Classes etc.)
· B31.8 External Loading Design Concept
o Elasticity (Stress-Strain curves)
o Plasticity Phenomena (Tresca/ Von-Mises)
o Thermal Expansion considerations
o Torque/moments due to Rotating Machinery
o Nozzle loads on rotating machinery (API 617 Cent. Comp./ API 610 Cent. Pumps etc.)
· Intro to Stress Analysis Concepts (loads, combined loads, flexibility requirements, expansion loops, type of supports/
DOF (Degrees of freedom)
4) Piping Fittings & Flanges / Accessories General Intro
· Blue Book – Trauvay & Cauvin Catalogue
· ASME B16.5 / ASME B16.47 (Series A & Series B concepts)
o Pressure & Temperature ASME Curves
o Toughness/ Impact Testing Concepts in design
· ASMe B16.9 and MSS SP-75 standards for BW fittings

5) Materials Knowledge (Overview & Intro to ASTM standards)

· CS/ LTCS/ Stainless grades/ High Alloy materials
· Effect of temperature on strength and maximum allowable operating pressure

6) Mechanical Equipment Design/ Engineering Concepts

· Joint review of a sample valve datasheet
o Size/process connection data/ type
o Components specification (internals/ drive mechanism)
o Materials selection considerations
o Standards (APi 6D, BS1873, ASME B16.10)
· Joint review of a sample pump datasheet

7) Intro to Isolation Concepts (Positive Isolation/ DBB/ LO&TO concepts)

· Safety Isolation of HP vessels for maintenance etc. (spades, spacers, blinds)
· Effect of temperature on strength and maximum allowable operating pressure
· Mechanical Interlocking/ Soft-interlocking
· DBB arrangements à Isolating, Depressurizing, Venting, Purging, Draining
· Lock-Out/ Tag-Out Procedures in a plant
· Isolation Valves Concepts
o Self-relieving Type (Single Piston Effect) seats
o Double piston effect so-called DBB valves (Cavity overpressure relief via PSV)

8) Piping Concepts Reflected on P&IDs

· Piping Classes Specs
· Branch Schedules
· Notation of piping classes

9) Pressure Protection Systems

· PSVs (API 520)
o Thermal Relief Type
o Fire Case Sizing
o Types (Pilot operated/ Spring Loaded)
· Surge Relief Valves & Systems
o Relieving to Relief Tanks
o Water hammer & hydraulic analysis concepts

10) Other Topics (if deemed necessary)

· Reading Sessions
· Q&A Sessions