A quick guide to API 570 certified pipework inspector syllabus : example questions and worked answers

230 Pages·2009·6.632 MB·English

by  Matthews, Clifford

A Quick Guide to API 570
Certified Pipework Inspector
Syllabus
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A Quick Guide to
API 570 Certified Pipework
Inspector Syllabus
Example Questions and Worked Answers
Clifford Matthews
Series editor: Clifford Matthews
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Contents
TheQuickGuideSeries ix
HowtoUseThisBook x
SECTIONI:THEMAINPRINCIPLES
Chapter1:InterpretingASMEandAPICodes
1.1 Codesandtherealworld 3
1.2 ASMEconstructioncodes 3
1.3 APIinspectioncodes 4
1.4 Coderevisions 7
1.5 Codeillustrations 7
1.6 Newconstructionversusrepairactivity 8
1.7 Conclusion:interpretingAPIandASMEcodes 9
Chapter2:AnIntroductiontoAPI570
2.1 Introduction 10
2.2 Definitions 13
2.3 Owners/userinspectionorganization 17
Chapter3:MoreAdvancedAPI570
3.1 API570section5 19
3.2 API570section6.2:pipingclasses 21
3.3 Section7:corrosionratedetermination 21
3.4 API570section8:repairsandalterations 23
3.5 Section9:Inspectionofburiedpiping 24
3.6 AppendixA:Inspectioncertification 24
3.7 API570familiarizationquestions 25
Chapter4:API574
4.1 Introduction 29
4.2 API574section4:pipingcomponents 30
4.3 API574familiarizationquestions 30
4.4 Corrosionmonitoringandinspection 31
4.5 API574(sections6and10)
familiarizationquestions 32
Chapter5:API578
5.1 Introduction 35
5.2 Theverification/PMItechniques 36
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QuickGuidetoAPI570
5.3 API578familiarizationquestions 36
Chapter6:API571
6.1 API571:introduction 39
6.2 ThefirstgroupofDMs 42
6.3 API571familiarizationquestions(set1) 44
6.4 ThesecondgroupofDMs 46
6.5 API571familiarizationquestions(set2) 48
6.6 ThethirdgroupofDMs 50
6.7 API571familiarizationquestions(set3) 55
SECTIONII:WELDING
Chapter7:IntroductiontoWelding/API577
7.1 Introduction 61
7.2 Weldingprocesses 61
7.3 Weldingconsumables 65
7.4 Weldingprocessfamiliarizationquestions 68
7.5 Weldingconsumablesfamiliarizationquestions 71
Chapter8:GeneralWeldingRulesofASMEB31.3
andAPI570
8.1 Introduction 73
8.2 WeldingrequirementsofAPI570 73
8.3 Familiarizationquestions:API570general
weldingrules 79
8.4 WeldingrequirementsofASMEB31.3
chapterV 82
8.5 Familiarizationquestions:ASMEB31.3general
weldingrules 84
Chapter9:WeldingQualificationsandASMEIX
9.1 Introduction 86
9.2 Formulatingthequalificationrequirements 87
9.3 Weldingdocumentationreviews:theexam
questions 93
9.4 ASMEIXarticleI 95
9.5 ASMEIXarticleII 98
9.6 Familiarizationquestions:ASMEIXarticlesI
andII 99
9.7 ASMEIXarticleIII 101
9.8 ASMEIXarticleIV 102
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Contents
9.9 Familiarizationquestions:ASMEIXarticlesIII
andIV 104
9.10 TheASMEIXreviewmethodology 107
9.11 ASMEIXWPS/PQRreview:workedexample 109
SECTIONIII:NDEANDOTHERTESTING
Chapter10:GeneralNDERequirements:API570,API577
andASMEB31.3
10.1 IntroductiontoAPI577 121
10.2 Magneticparticleexamination(MT) 122
10.3 Liquidpenetrantexamination(PT) 124
10.4 Radiographicinspection(RT) 125
10.5 Ultrasonictesting(UT) 129
10.6 Hardnesstesting 131
10.7 Pressureandleaktesting(LT) 131
10.8 Familiarizationquestions:NDErequirements
ofAPI577 132
10.9 IntroductiontoNDErulesofAPI570and
ASMEB31.3 134
10.10API570:NDErules 134
10.11ASMEB31.3:NDErules 136
10.12Familiarizationquestions:API570and
ASMEB31.3NDEquestions(1) 140
10.13ASMEB31.3Section345:pressureandleak
testing 143
10.14Familiarizationquestions:ASMEB31.3NDE
questions(2) 146
Chapter11:TheNDERequirementsofASMEV
11.1 Introduction 149
11.2 ASMEVarticle1:generalrequirements 149
11.3 ASMEVarticle2:radiographicexamination 150
11.4 ASMEVarticle6:penetranttesting 156
11.5 Familiarizationquestions:ASMEVarticles1,
2and6 160
11.6 ASMEVarticle7:magnetictesting 161
11.7 ASMEVarticle9:visualexamination 164
11.8 Familiarizationquestions:ASMEVarticles7
and9 166
11.9 ASMEVarticle10:leaktesting 168
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QuickGuidetoAPI570
11.10ASMEVarticle23:ultrasonicthickness
checking 171
SECTIONIV:PRESSUREDESIGN
Chapter12:B31.3:PressureDesign
12.1 B31.3introduction 177
12.2 B31.3responsibilities 178
12.3 B31.3fluidservicecategories 178
12.4 Pipewallthicknessequations 179
12.5 B31.3allowablematerialstresses 181
12.6 B31.3impacttestrequirements 181
12.7 ASMEB31.3familiarizationquestions 182
Chapter13:ASMEB16.5:FlangeDesign
13.1 IntroductiontoASMEB16.5 186
13.2 Familiarizationquestions:ASMEB16.5:
flangedesign 187
SECTIONV:EXAMPLEQUESTIONS
Chapter14:ExampleOpen-BookQuestions
Chapter15:Answers
15.1 Familiarizationanswers 200
15.2 Exampleopen-bookanswers 205
APPENDIX
PublicationsEffectivitySheetforAPI570
ExamAdministration:4thJune2008 209
Index 213
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How to Use This Book
Thisbookisa‘QuickGuide’totheAPI570CertifiedPiping
Inspectorexaminationsyllabus(formallycalledthe‘bodyof
knowledge’ by API). It is intended to be of use to readers
who:
. intendtostudyandsitfortheformalAPI570Individual
CertificationProgram (ICP)examination or
. have a general interest in the content of API 570 and its
associatedAPI/ASMEcodes,astheyareappliedtothein-
service inspectionof pipework.
Thebookcoversallthecodes listedinthe API570syllabus
(the so-called ‘effectivity list’) but only the content that is
covered in the body of knowledge. Note that in some cases
(e.g.B31.3)thisrepresentsonlyasmallpercentageofthefull
codecontent.Inaddition,thecontentofindividualchapters
of this book is chosen to reflect those topics that crop up
frequently in the API 570 ICP examination. Surprisingly,
somelong-standingpartsoftheAPI570bodyofknowledge
have appeared very infrequently, or not at all in recent
examinations.
While this book is intended to be useful as a summary,
remember that it cannot be a full replacement for a
programme of study of the necessary codes. The book does
notcoveralltheAPI570ICPsyllabus,butyoushouldfindit
useful as a pre-training course study guide or as pre-
examination revision following a training course itself. It is
verydifficult,perhapsalmostimpossible,tolearnenoughto
passthe examusingonlyindividual readingof thisbook.
This quick guide is structured into chapters – each
addressing separate parts of the API 570 ICP syllabus. A
central idea of the chapters is that they contain self-test
questions to help you understand the content of the codes.
Theseareasimportantasthechaptertextitself–itisawell-
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