API 579/ASME FFS FOR THE WEB

A COMPLETE FFS SOLUTION

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

Introduction FFS Overview Brittle Fracture

Parts 4 and 5 Part 6 Part 7

Thinning Pitting Hydrogen Damage

Part 8 Part 9 Part 10

FFS ASSESSMENTS Shell Distortion Crack-like Flaws Creep

AN INTUITIVE USER
INTERFACE
Part 11 Part 12 Part 13
FAST COMPUTATIONS Fire Damage Dents and Gouges Laminations
ON ANY DEVICE

Part 14
Fatigue Damage

E2G | The Equity Engineering Group, Inc

WHO WE ARE
E²G|The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. is internationally
recognized in the refining and petrochemical industries as a
leader in aging infrastructure services and support.
• E2G engineers pioneered the advancement of Fit-
ness-for-Service (FFS) technologies and were the lead
investigators of the international standard API 579-1/
ASME FFS-1 (API-579).
• The document has rapidly become the FFS standard
of choice for other industries including pulp & paper,
fossil utility, food processing, and non-commercial
nuclear.
WHY THE WEB?
• No installation - No maintenance - Ever
• Runs in any compatible web browser
• Access on phones, tablets, and desktop browsers
• Calculations handled on powerful cloud servers
• Does not consume local CPU resources
• Instant access to updates and improvements
• User friendly and easy to use, despite complex calcu-
lations going on under the hood

API 579 / ASME FFS – FOR THE WEB

The new web-based delivery of API-579 offers a complete set
of WebTools for conducting a fitness-for-service assessment.
Each Part of API-579 is included as a separate WebTool. The
WebTools incorporate the most recent updates to API-579
and offer numerous features:
• Intuitive user interface;
• Clear organization of results;
• Modern graphics;
• Automatically generated reports for easy sharing;
• Ability to save and load assessments;
• Easy access to help, and much more.

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API 579/ASME FFS - FOR THE WEB

GENERAL CAPABILITIES
• Provide Feedback: At all steps, users may send feed-
back, ask questions, provide general comments and rec-
ommend enhancements.
• Intuitive/Concise User-Interface: Leveraging years of
ongoing customer feedback, the user interface is orga-
nized in an intuitive concise manner that aligns with the
user’s expectations. Each tool maintains a consistent
step-based workflow design. The most important and
meaningful results are presented first, with additional
results available at the click of a button.
• Pre-Populated Examples: Each WebTool includes a cata-
logue of pre-populated examples to demonstrate typical
use cases and highlight specific capabilities.
• Save/Load Cases: Each assessment can be saved to the
user’s local hard drive, and files from previous assess-
ments can be loaded to automatically populate all fields.
• PDF Reports: A printable or downloadable PDF report is
generated with each assessment that contains all inputs
necessary to reproduce the calculation, and all primary
and intermediate results.
• US/SI Units: Each WebTool is compatible with both im-
perial (US Customary) unit and metric (SI) systems.
• Extensive Material Database: Each WebTool has access
to E2G’s extensive material property database with cov-
erage of the most popular construction codes, i.e. ASME
Section I, VIII-1, VIII-2, B31.1, B31.3, B31.4, and B31.8.
• Excel Compatible: Tabular input data may be entered di-
rectly or copy-and-pasted from Excel.
• Data Validation: Logic checks are built into the input
fields so that users are alerted of out-of-bounds condi-
tions that may lead to misleading results or errors.
• Information Buttons: Info buttons direct users to addi-
tional information for input fields that warrant a more
thorough explanation.
• Instructional Videos: While the interface is designed for
simplicity, videos are included throughout EEC to pro-
vide additional guidance.
• Verification: Extensive software verification and quality
management per ISO 9001.

SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES

Part Damage Mechanism Level Professional Expert

Part 1 Introduction N/A ☑ ☑
Part 2 FFS Overview N/A ☑ ☑
1, 2 ☑ ☑
Part 3 Brittle Fracture
3 ☑

Parts 4 & 5 General and Local Thinning 1,2 ☑ ☑

Part 6 Pitting 1,2 ☑ ☑
Part 7 Hydrogen Damage 1,2 ☑ ☑
Part 8 Shell Distortion 1,2 ☑ ☑
Part 9 Crack-Like Flaws 1,2 ☑ ☑
Part 10 Creep 1,2 ☑ ☑
Part 11 Fire Damage 1,2 ☑ ☑
Part 12 Dents and Gouges 1,2 ☑ ☑
Part 13 Laminations 1,2 ☑ ☑
1,2 ☑ ☑
Part 14 Fatigue Damage
3 ☑

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API 579/ASME FFS - FOR THE WEB (PARTS 3-6)

PART 3 – BRITTLE FRACTURE

Level 1
Allowable Internal Pressure – Temperature (MAT) Envelope
• Screening of equipment for susceptibility to
brittle fracture Pressure-Temperature Curve
User Operating Curve
• Point wise screening check of MAT at MAWP 150
Level 2

Pressure (psi)
• Includes Methods A and B 100
• Method A – Determines safe operating MAT
envelope 50
• Method B – Hydrostatic pressure check
Level 3 0
-150 -100 -50 0 50 100
• Detailed assessment using fracture mechanics, Temperature (F)
based on Part 9
• Evaluation of controlling factors: stress, flaw size,
and toughness
What Else?
• User defined operating envelope may be input for comparison

PARTS 4 AND 5 – GENERAL AND LOCAL THINNING

Levels 1 and 2 Contour Plot of Thickness Measurements
• Thickness readings input options: 6

Circumferential Direction (in)

• Random Point Thickness Readings (PTR) 5 0.9
• Critical Thickness Profile (CTP) 4 0.8
• Grid of thickness readings 3
0.7
• No limit to number of thickness readings 2
What Else? 0.6
1
• Applicable to Type A components per API 579-1/ 0.5
0
ASME FFS-1 0 2 4
Longitudinal Direction (in)
6 8
• Acceptability criterion based on MAWP and
thickness criteria
• Remaining life from user-specified corrosion rate
• Output includes visuals of thickness readings

PART 6 – PITTING
Level 1 Custom Pitting Chart (15% Pit Density)
4.0
• Screening comparison with standard pitting charts
• Generate custom pit charts 3.5

Level 2 3.0

• Widespread pitting and localized pitting 2.5

• Based on detailed pit-couple interactions
Width (in)

2.0
What Else?
1.5
• No limits on number of pit-couple interactions
• Applicable to Type A components per API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 1.0

• Acceptability criterion based on both MAWP and thickness 0.5

0.0
0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0
Length (in)

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API 579/ASME FFS - FOR THE WEB (PARTS 7-9)

PART 7 – HYDROGEN DAMAGE

Level 1
• Screening criteria for hydrogen damage
Level 2
• HIC Strength Assessment evaluating using RSF
approach
• HIC Crack-like Flaw Assessment based on Part 9,
Level 2
• Hydrogen Blister Assessment evaluated as local
metal loss (Part 5)
• Hydrogen Blister Assessment includes check for
periphery cracks
What Else?
• Accounts for both hydrogen blisters and HIC

PART 8 – SHELL DISTORTION

Level 1
• Based on construction code fabrication tolerances
Level 2
• Includes fatigue assessment
• ASME smooth bar or welded joint fatigue curve
What Else?
• Includes misalignment and/or out-of-roundness
• Centerline offset and/or angular misalignment
• Longitudinal and circumferential weld seams
• Global and arbitrary-shape out-of-roundness

PART 9 – CRACK-LIKE FLAWS

Level 1
Failure Assessment Diagram (FAD) Sensitivity Assessment
• Determines limiting flaw length using Level 2 with
Level 1 restrictions 1.0 Acceptable Zone

• Semi-elliptical surface breaking and through-wall Surface Location (0°)

Through Wall Location (90°)
0.8
cracks
Toughness Ratio, Kr

Level 2 0.6

• Evaluates critical crack-front points using the FAD 0.4

• Semi-elliptical surface breaking, through-wall, and
embedded cracks 0.2

• Cracks parallel or normal to longitudinal or

0
circumferential welds 0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2
Load Ratio, L r
What Else?
• Output includes critical flaw screening curve
• Weld residual stress based on welding parameters
• Material Toughness using Master Curve or ASME Section XI model

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API 579/ASME FFS - FOR THE WEB (PARTS 10-12)

PART 10 – CREEP
Level 1
• Screening criteria for creep damage
• Specified target component life and operating
temperature
• Provides conservative estimate of creep-governed
allowable stress
• Specify multiple historical operating conditions for
comparison
• Duration, pressure, temperature, corrosion
rate
Level 2
• Calculates cumulative creep damage based on
historical operating conditions
• Estimate of remaining life based on projected future conditions
• Choose between MPC Omega or Larson Miller creep damage procedure

PART 11 – FIRE DAMAGE

Level 1
Zone I
• Heat Exposure Zones established to determine Zone II
components that require a Level 2 assessment Zone IV
Zone IV
Level 2
Zone V
• Estimate fire damaged tensile and allowable stress
Zone VI
• Predict MAWP, MDMT, and retirement thickness
• Accounts for flame impingement and radiant heat
of a fire
What Else? Fire Source ELEVATION VIEW

• Fire damage properties based on hardness test

values

PART 12 – DENTS AND GOUGES

Level 1
Dent-Gouge Combination Interaction Diagram
• Limits maximum dent depth to % of outer
diameter 0.30
Dent Depth to Diameter Ratio (in/in)

Assessment Point
Boundary of Acceptability
• Part 5 methodology assuming gouge is local metal 0.25
loss 0.20
• Combined dent/gouge
0.15
• Screening criteria based on dent depth to OD
and gouge depth to wall thickness 0.10

Level 2 0.05

• Includes a fatigue assessment for effects of cyclic 0

0 0.005 0.010 0.015 0.020 0.025 0.030
pressure Gouge Depth to Thickness Ratio (in/in)
• Combined dent/gouge
• RSF approach
• Determines MAWP based on dent and gouge depths
What Else?
• Includes dents, gouges, and combined dents-gouges

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API 579/ASME FFS - FOR THE WEB (PARTS 13-14)

PART 13 – LAMINATIONS
Levels 1 and 2
• Screening criteria for lamination damage
• Assess laminations parallel to plate surface
Controlling factors include:
• Lamination size
• Orientation relative to the surface
• Spacing of lamination to weld-joints,
structural discontinuities, and other
laminations

PART 14 – FATIGUE DAMAGE

Level 1
• Screening criteria for fatigue damage
• Customization for in-service components
Level 2
• Smooth bar and welded joint fatigue methods
• Cycle counting and plasticity correction included
Level 3
• Strain-life fatigue damage model
• Multiaxial critical plane cycle count and search for
plane of maximum damage
What Else?
• Palmgren-Miner damage accumulation
• No limit to the size of the input loading history
• Primary results are a prediction of cumulative fatigue damage and number of permissible repetitions of the
user-specified loading history until failure
• Additional results include cycle data, applicable fatigue curve, and loading history plots

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