February 2020
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Inspection: A practical approach to internal inspection of pressure equipment
Internal inspections of pressure equipment involve a full inspection of the equipment. Inspection engineers and inspectors depend heavily on internal inspections to retrieve useful data, which includes information on active degradation mechanisms, corrosion rates, remaining equipment life, failure occurrences and failure expectations, among other critical details.
The Author
Ashfaq Anwer is an Asset Integrity Engineer with 17 yr of experience in the field of inspection for static equipment in the oil and gas, petrochemical and fertilizer industries. He has actively participated in inspection data analysis, inspection planning and management, fitness for service and other field activities related to static equipment.
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