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Technical ExpertMr. P. Venkateswaran,

Deputy Managing Director
email : venkatp@aban.com
Investor RelationsMr. C. P. Gopalkrishnan,
Deputy Managing Director
email : gopalcp@aban.com
Office AddressAban Offshore Ltd.
(Formerly Aban Loyd Chiles Offshore Ltd.)
'Janpriya Crest',
113, Pantheon Road, Egmore,
Chennai - 600 008, India
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email : abanloyd@aban.com

The Heater tubes may be made of wrought highstrength

materials, including Alloy 800 and Alloy 800H, or of
cast materials, including HK40,

The basic criteria for any hydrotest (piping, equipment or pipeline) is that
the hydro test pressure shall not exceed 0.9 times of yield strength of
the materials which is being hydro tested.
The maximum hydro test pressure is arrived based on factor of safety
multiplied by the times of design pressure. For ex. All onplot piping,
the factor of safety is 0.6 and hydro test pressure is 1.5 times of
design pressure. Hence, 0.6 x 1.5 = 0.9, same way for pipeline, the
factor of safety is 0.72 and hydrotest pressure is 1.25 times of design
pressure, which comes 0.9. (the times of design pressure may vary
depends on factor of safety)
It means that at any point of time the hydrotest pressure shall not
exceed 90% of yield strength of the material and also it is decided
based on design factor or factor of saftey. If it exceeds this limit,
the material shall undergo permanent/ plastic deformation and this shall
not be rectified. Hence as long as the hydro test pressure is within
this limit, the system will work (immaterial of number of times).

Acceptable limits for corrosion are as follows;

steel; <0.15 mm per year, maximum pit rate is 0.2mm per year
Copper; <0.005mm/yr per year, maximum pit rate is 0.02mm per year
Stainless steel; 0.005 mm per year, with no pitting
The size of vessel is Dia-1100, Length-2400 mm.
MOC- SA516 GR. 70
Stainless steels are a class of Fe-base alloys that are noted for their high co
rrosion
and oxidation resistance. They usually contain from 12 to 27% Cr and
1 to 2% Mn by weight, with the addition of Ni in some grades. A small amount
of carbon is also present, either deliberately added or as an unavoidable impuri
ty.
As shown in Table 18.2, stainless steels can be classified into three major
categories based on the structure: ferritic, martensitic, and austenitic (1).

Carbon steel, Cr-Mo steels, and austenitic stainless steels

are common tube metallurgies

Crack Tip Opening Displacement test or CTOD is one of a family of fracture mecha
nics tests that measures the resistance of a material to growing a crack. Simila
r tests (i.e., da/DN, K1C, KEE, and J1C) can determine fracture resistance of a
material, but CTODis particularly suited to pipeline and drilling equipment. The
CTOD test is used to determine the fracture mechanics properties of ductile mat
erials and can be thought of as the simulated opening of a pre-existing fatigue
crack prior to fracture. The data that result from this opening can be used for
critical defect assessment, in which the critical defect size can be determined.
The CTOD Test Process
Please note that the following is a simplified version of the CTOD test process
and does not cover all aspects of the test, such as personalized testing specifi
cations.
A CTOD test can be broken into 4 main steps:
1. Machining of the test specimen (Sample Machining);
2. Fatiguing of the specimen within specified limits (Pre-Cracking);
3. Breaking of the specimen under controlled conditions (Fracture);
4. Post analysis of the specimen and resultant data to obtain the CTOD valu
e (Data Analysis).
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