What exactly safe operating limits reporting be based upon as per API 754? Design limit excursion itself, right?
And how that should be reviewed? Every time the limit exceeds, without any delays?
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- 22 Sep 2026, 13:44
- Forum: Operation Engineers
- Topic: Safe Operating Limits - API 754
- Replies: 0
- Views: 47
- 17 Sep 2026, 18:54
- Forum: Maintenance Engineers
- Topic: Check valves inspection
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2233
Re: Check valves inspection
API 570 outlines three primary inspection and testing methodologies to verify the mechanical and operational condition of CCVs:
External Visual Inspections:
Conducted as part of routine external piping circuit inspections. Evaluates the valve body, external hardware, and general condition without ...
External Visual Inspections:
Conducted as part of routine external piping circuit inspections. Evaluates the valve body, external hardware, and general condition without ...
- 17 Sep 2026, 18:53
- Forum: Operation Engineers
- Topic: Abnormal Conditions Management
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3032
Re: Abnormal Conditions Management
Yes. An inability to maintain corrosion-inhibitor dosing at the rate specified in the Safe Operating Limits (SOL) register should generally be treated as a deviation from an established operating limit/control, but the controls should depend on whether the dosing rate is a true safety-critical limit ...
- 17 Sep 2026, 18:52
- Forum: Process & Control Engineers
- Topic: Digital Twin Software
- Replies: 2
- Views: 3039
Re: Digital Twin Software
Yes, but it is a combination like you can check the offerings from AVEVA & Bentley.
- 24 Aug 2026, 18:21
- Forum: Operation Engineers
- Topic: Fractionation efficiency and operating pressure
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2443
Re: Fractionation efficiency and operating pressure
Lower pressure leads to lower boiling temperature.
For example, a component that boils at 180°C at one pressure might boil considerably lower at reduced pressure.
That can be very beneficial when:
Components are thermally sensitive
Polymerization/decomposition is possible
Heavy hydrocarbons are ...
For example, a component that boils at 180°C at one pressure might boil considerably lower at reduced pressure.
That can be very beneficial when:
Components are thermally sensitive
Polymerization/decomposition is possible
Heavy hydrocarbons are ...
- 24 Aug 2026, 18:17
- Forum: Process & Control Engineers
- Topic: Old bubble cap trays & modern sieve trays
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2184
Re: Old bubble cap trays & modern sieve trays
Bubble-cap trays are often better when operating flexibility and low-load performance are more important than pressure drop, capacity, cost and mechanical simplicity.
A bubble-cap tray maintains liquid on the tray and forces vapor through the risers/caps. Unlike a sieve tray, there are no simple ...
A bubble-cap tray maintains liquid on the tray and forces vapor through the risers/caps. Unlike a sieve tray, there are no simple ...
- 24 Aug 2026, 18:14
- Forum: Process & Control Engineers
- Topic: Gas molecular weight & compressor surge
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2540
Re: Gas molecular weight & compressor surge
If you are dealing with a continuous feed where the composition (and thus the MW) is fluctuating, operators and control systems must closely monitor several variables:
Anti-Surge Control System Tuning: Older or simpler anti-surge controllers rely on a fixed surge line programmed for a specific gas ...
Anti-Surge Control System Tuning: Older or simpler anti-surge controllers rely on a fixed surge line programmed for a specific gas ...
- 15 Aug 2026, 07:33
- Forum: Operation Engineers
- Topic: Line spading controls
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4348
Re: Line spading controls
Spade control should not depend on the PSSR team discovering, line by line, that a spade has been left in the wrong position. That is a weak control philosophy.
The better approach is to treat temporary spading/blinding as a controlled configuration of the process plant, with independent controls at ...
The better approach is to treat temporary spading/blinding as a controlled configuration of the process plant, with independent controls at ...
- 05 Aug 2026, 11:28
- Forum: Maintenance Engineers
- Topic: Belzona repair on piping pinhole
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2548
Belzona repair on piping pinhole
Maintenance engineers:
What sort of Belzona repair can be applied on piping pinhole having cooling water service?
What are the major considerations?
Applied in all cases? What are the limitations?
What sort of Belzona repair can be applied on piping pinhole having cooling water service?
What are the major considerations?
Applied in all cases? What are the limitations?
- 05 Aug 2026, 11:26
- Forum: Process & Control Engineers
- Topic: Reactor runaway temperature excursion
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3145
Re: Reactor runaway temperature excursion
A reactor runaway is first controlled by the Basic Process Control System through cooling and feed control. If temperature continues to rise, alarms prompt operator intervention. Should the operator fail or the reaction accelerate beyond control, the Safety Instrumented System initiates an automatic ...