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Materials Selection for Hydrocarbon and Chemical Plants
Describes the systematic procedure for using process and mechanical design information to select construction materials suitable for a range of chemical and hydrocarbon processing plants. The volume features tables for locating the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) product form specifications for construction materials that have code-allowable design stresses. It analyzes threshold values for degradation phenomena involving thermal damage.
426 pages, Hardcover
First published August 8, 1996
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May 30, 2020
The book is intended for practicing engineers involved in materials selection as part of their daily activities. As the authors state that materials selection is not for new facilities only, but is a part of plant’s routine maintenance activities.
The authors are well versed about the topic and this is very clear from the extensive examples given and the numerous rules of thumbs that can only be gained through long experience as well as good grasp of the literature.
The book outlines the process of materials selections and proposes some templates to collect pertinent data for the asset under consideration. It recommends a two-step approach of using the minimum design temperature and then the maximum design temperature to modify the selection. It also recommends the grouping of the similar process regions to make the materials selection easier. It does not address the corrosion loops and corrosion system and circuits that are now the norm in any materials selection process. The book supplements its materials selection approach with extensive discuss as out what failure modes and damage mechanisms that are encountered in hydrocarbon and chemical plants. This chapter (Chapter 3) is a well organized chapter and goes into much details that are very important to any practicing corrosion and materials engineer or subject matter expert. In fact, the organization of this chapter is better than that of API RP 571 (first published in 2003) and it is recommended that any reader of that RP to consult this chapter for more details that are based on extensive work experience.
What is also unique about this book that it gives a full chapter to go through supplementary examples (20 in total) that are divided between hydrocarbon, petrochemical, and chemical processes. The only thing missing from this chapter is the extensive details and the better cross-referencing of industrial codes and standards - although the most important ones are addressed. This is because the authors depended on their own extensive experience in the process of materials selection.
Finally, it should be noted that this book is a quarter of a century old and some of the data and information metioned are not accurate anymore. For example, the book refers to the maximum temperature below which CSCC is not a concern of austenitic stainless steels is 60 oC while we know now it can occur at lower temperatures. Also, some major damage mechanisms are not addressed such as elemental sulfur, and methanol pitting or briefly discussed and the authors should have given much more details such as corrosion under insulation.
I would recommend this book for every engineer, experienced or starting their own career, as a quick reference about the corrosion damage mechanisms and the process of materials selection. This book should be in every facility library for the engineers to consult on frequent basis.
The authors are well versed about the topic and this is very clear from the extensive examples given and the numerous rules of thumbs that can only be gained through long experience as well as good grasp of the literature.
The book outlines the process of materials selections and proposes some templates to collect pertinent data for the asset under consideration. It recommends a two-step approach of using the minimum design temperature and then the maximum design temperature to modify the selection. It also recommends the grouping of the similar process regions to make the materials selection easier. It does not address the corrosion loops and corrosion system and circuits that are now the norm in any materials selection process. The book supplements its materials selection approach with extensive discuss as out what failure modes and damage mechanisms that are encountered in hydrocarbon and chemical plants. This chapter (Chapter 3) is a well organized chapter and goes into much details that are very important to any practicing corrosion and materials engineer or subject matter expert. In fact, the organization of this chapter is better than that of API RP 571 (first published in 2003) and it is recommended that any reader of that RP to consult this chapter for more details that are based on extensive work experience.
What is also unique about this book that it gives a full chapter to go through supplementary examples (20 in total) that are divided between hydrocarbon, petrochemical, and chemical processes. The only thing missing from this chapter is the extensive details and the better cross-referencing of industrial codes and standards - although the most important ones are addressed. This is because the authors depended on their own extensive experience in the process of materials selection.
Finally, it should be noted that this book is a quarter of a century old and some of the data and information metioned are not accurate anymore. For example, the book refers to the maximum temperature below which CSCC is not a concern of austenitic stainless steels is 60 oC while we know now it can occur at lower temperatures. Also, some major damage mechanisms are not addressed such as elemental sulfur, and methanol pitting or briefly discussed and the authors should have given much more details such as corrosion under insulation.
I would recommend this book for every engineer, experienced or starting their own career, as a quick reference about the corrosion damage mechanisms and the process of materials selection. This book should be in every facility library for the engineers to consult on frequent basis.
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