Análise numérica da integridade estrutural de vasos de pressão com corrosão usando a Norma API 579.

• Ano de defesa: 2012
• Autor(a) principal: Almeida, Jayann Ismar Lira
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Federal da Paraí­ba; BR; Engenharia Mecânica; Programa de Pós-Graduação em Engenharia Mecânica; UFPB
• Palavras-chave em Português: Integridade estrutural; Vasos de pressão; Norma API 579; Structural Integrity; Pressure Vessels; ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA MECANICA
• Link de acesso: https://repositorio.ufpb.br/jspui/handle/tede/5343

Fitness-for-service (FFS) assessment is a quantitative engineering evaluation of operational components. In the context of pressure vessels and piping systems FFS assessment is performed periodically to ensure the operational safety and structural integrity. The evaluation of structural integrity of equipment is crucial to avoid failure and thereby obtain the best possible performance of mechanical components under corrosion, in turn, is one of the greatest dangers to pressure vessels. The evaluation of structural integrity of a component service that contains general damage or failure is given in Level 4 described in API 579. Nondestructive testing by ultrasound was used to obtain measurements of the loss of thickness wall of the pressure vessel for the model developed to numerical analysis using finite element. The objective is to analyze and evaluate the values of Maximum Allowable Working Pressure (MAWP) provided by the Fitness for Service assessment with the values found in numerical analysis. Results of PMTA are compared when it takes into account several variables that API 579 considers, the Future Corrosion Allowance (FCA) due to evolution of corrosion, the thickness uniform loss (LOSS) of the internally corroded areas and the changes of temperature affecting the structural integrity of the equipment.