Quick Guide to API 510 Certified Pressure Vessel Inspector Syllabus: Example Questions and Worked Answers

334 Pages·2010·8.81 MB·English

by  Clifford Matthews

A Quick Guide to API 510
Certified Pressure Vessel
Inspector Syllabus
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A Quick Guide to
API 510 Certified Pressure Vessel
Inspector Syllabus
Example Questions and Worked Answers
Clifford Matthews
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Contents
TheQuickGuideSeries x
HowtoUseThisBook xii
Chapter1:InterpretingASMEandAPICodes
1.1 Codesandtherealworld 1
1.2 ASMEconstructioncodes 1
1.3 APIinspectioncodes 2
1.4 Coderevisions 5
1.5 Codeillustrations 5
1.6 Newconstructionversusrepairactivity 6
1.7 Conclusion:interpretingAPIandASMEcodes 7
Chapter2:AnIntroductiontoAPI510(Sections1–4)
2.1 Introduction 10
2.2 Section1:scope 10
2.3 Section3:definitions 13
2.4 Section4:owner/user/inspectororganization 16
2.5 API510sections1–4familiarizationquestions 20
Chapter3:API510InspectionPractices(Section5)
3.1 IntroductiontoAPI510section5:inspection
practices 23
3.2 Inspectiontypesandplanning 23
3.3 Conditionmonitoringlocations(CMLs) 27
3.4 Section5.8:pressuretesting 27
3.5 API510section5familiarizationquestions 30
Chapter4:API510FrequencyandDataEvaluation
(Sections6and7)
4.1 Introduction 33
4.2 Thecontentsofsection6 34
4.3 API510section6familiarizationquestions 40
4.4 Section7:inspectiondataevaluation,analysis
andrecording 42
4.5 API510section7familiarizationquestions 56
QuickGuidetoAPI510
Chapter5:API510Repair,Alteration,Re-rating
(Section8)
5.1 Definitions 61
5.2 Re-rating 62
5.3 Repairs 68
5.4 API510section8familiarizationquestions 72
Chapter6:API572InspectionofPressureVessels
6.1 API572introduction 75
6.2 API572section4:typesofpressurevessels 77
6.3 API572section4.3:materialsofconstruction 78
6.4 API572sections5,6and7 80
6.5 API572section8:corrosionmechanisms 80
6.6 API572section9:frequencyandtimeof
inspection 82
6.7 API572section10:inspectionmethodsand
limitations 82
6.8 API572section10familiarizationquestions 84
Chapter7:API571DamageMechanisms
7.1 API571introduction 89
7.2 ThefirstgroupofDMs 93
7.3 API571familiarizationquestions(set1) 94
7.4 ThesecondgroupofDMs 97
7.5 API571familiarizationquestions(set2) 98
7.6 ThethirdgroupofDMs 99
Chapter8:API576InspectionofPressure-Relieving
Devices
8.1 IntroductiontoAPI576 105
8.2 API576sections3and4:types(definitions)of
pressure-relievingdevices 106
8.3 Typesofpressure-relievingdevice 108
8.4 API576section5:causesofimproper
performance 115
8.5 API576section6:inspectionandtesting 119
8.6 API576familiarizationquestions 120
Chapter9:ASMEVIIIPressureDesign
9.1 TheroleofASMEVIIIintheAPI510syllabus 124
9.2 HowmuchofASMEVIIIisintheAPI510
syllabus? 125
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9.3 ASMEVIIIclausenumbering 128
9.4 Shellcalculations:internalpressure 130
9.5 Headcalculations:internalpressure 134
9.6 Set1:shells/headsunderinternalpressure
familiarizationquestions 141
9.7 ASMEVIII:MAWPandpressuretesting 143
9.8 Set2:MAWPandpressuretesting
familiarizationquestions 152
9.9 Externalpressureshellcalculations 155
9.10 Set3:vesselsunderexternalpressure
familiarizationquestions 160
9.11 Nozzledesign 161
Chapter10:ASMEVIIIWeldingandNDE
10.1 Introduction 171
10.2 SectionsUW-1toUW-5:aboutjointdesign 171
10.3 UW-12:jointefficiencies 175
10.4 UW-11:RTandUTexaminations 177
10.5 UW-9:designofweldedjoints 179
10.6 ASMEVIIIsectionUW-11familiarization
questions(set1) 180
10.7 WeldingrequirementsofASMEVIIIsection
UW-16 181
10.8 ASMEVIIIsectionUW-16familiarization
questions(set2) 183
10.9 RTrequirementsofASMEVIIIsectionsUW-51
andUW-52 185
10.10ASMEVIIIsectionUW-51/52familiarization
questions(set3) 192
Chapter11:ASMEVIIIandAPI510HeatTreatment
11.1 ASMErequirementsforPWHT 195
11.2 WhatisinUCS-56? 195
11.3 API510PWHToverrides 197
11.4 ASMEVIIIsectionsUCS-56andUW-40:PWHT
familiarizationquestions 201
Chapter12:ImpactTesting
12.1 Avoidingbrittlefracture 203
12.2 ImpactexemptionUCS-66 204
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QuickGuidetoAPI510
12.3 ASMEVIIIsectionUCS-66:impacttest
exemptionfamiliarizationquestions 211
Chapter13:IntroductiontoWelding/API577
13.1 Moduleintroduction 212
13.2 Weldingprocesses 212
13.3 Weldingconsumables 215
13.4 Weldingprocessfamiliarizationquestions 220
13.5 Weldingconsumablesfamiliarizationquestions 222
Chapter14:WeldingQualificationsandASMEIX
14.1 Moduleintroduction 225
14.2 Formulatingthequalificationrequirements 225
14.3 Weldingdocumentationreviews:theexam
questions 231
14.4 ASMEIXarticleI 233
14.5 SectionQW-140typesandpurposesoftests
andexaminations 235
14.6 ASMEIXarticleII 236
14.7 ASMEIXarticlesIandIIfamiliarization
questions 237
14.8 ASMEIXarticleIII 239
14.9 ASMEIXarticleIV 240
14.10ASMEIXarticlesIIIandIVfamiliarization
questions 243
14.11TheASMEIXreviewmethodology 245
14.12ASMEIXWPS/PQRreview:workedexample 247
Chapter15:TheNDERequirementsof
API510andAPI577
15.1 NDErequirementsofAPI510andAPI577 257
15.2 API510NDErequirements 257
Chapter16:NDERequirementsofASMEV
16.1 Introduction 262
16.2 ASMEVarticle1:generalrequirements 262
16.3 ASMEVarticle2:radiographicexamination 263
16.4 ASMEVarticle6:penetranttesting(PT) 269
16.5 ASMEVarticles1,2and6:familiarization
questions 273
16.6 ASMEVarticle7:magnetictesting(MT) 274
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16.7 ASMEVarticle23:ultrasonicthickness
checking 277
16.8 ASMEVarticles7and23familiarization
questions 280
Chapter17:ThirtyOpen-BookSampleQuestions
Chapter18:Answers
18.1 Familiarizationanswers 292
18.2 Open-booksamplequestionsanswers 297
Chapter19:TheFinalWordonExamQuestions
19.1 Allexamsanywhere:somestatisticalnutsand
boltsfornon-mathematicians 301
19.2 Examquestionsandthethreeprinciplesof
whatever(theuniversalconundrumof
randomnessversusbalance) 303
19.3 Examselectivity 305
Appendix
PublicationseffectivitysheetforAPI510Exam
Administration:2June2010 309
Index 312
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