COURSE OVERVIEW

This hands-on, highly-interactive course includes various practical sessions and exercises. Theory learnt in the class will be applied using our state-of-the-art simulators. 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Designing for Corrosion Control in Refinery. It covers the corrosion in refinery operations, corrosion mechanisms in refinery environments and refinery process conditions affecting corrosion; the materials of construction for corrosion resistance, codes, standards and guidelines; the high-temperature sulfidation, fuel ash and oil ash corrosion; the oxidation and carburization, creep and metal dusting; the hydrogen attack and embrittlement, protective coatings and surface treatments; and the wet H₂S and sour water corrosion. 

 

Further, the course will also discuss the CO₂ corrosion (sweet corrosion); the under-deposit corrosion and microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC), chloride stress corrosion cracking (CSCC) and erosion–corrosion; the cathodic protection in refineries, corrosion allowance in design thickness, minimizing stagnant zones and dead legs; the flow regime control to reduce erosion and avoiding dissimilar metal contacts; the piping system design for corrosion control, pressure vessels and heat exchanger design; and the material selection and life-cycle costing. 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the coatings, linings and claddings in design; the design for inspection and maintenance; the corrosion monitoring techniques, inspection and NDT for corrosion detection; the risk-based inspection (RBI) for corrosion management and failure analysis; the root cause investigation, integration design, operations and maintenance, chemical treatment programs and continuous improvement cycle; and the training and competency requirements.