LifeQuest™ is a four-step model that manages the life-cycle value of process fired heater radiant and convection tubes. This model employs advanced tools and analysis techniques to achieve an optimum balance between resource availability and reliability. Our focus is to ensure that these two key profitability parameters remain in balance, thereby allowing plant management to make effective risk-based decisions.
Features
- Identifies key process and mechanical reliability limits
- Measures performance availability in five key areas: safety, environmental, yield, efficiency, and availability
- Measures corrosion and creep damage rates utilizing 100% of the advanced proprietary FTIS™ and LOTIS® inspection tools
- Employs advanced mass and energy balance process model
- API 579, Engineering Level II/III Fitness for Service and Remaining Life Assessment
- Proprietary software calculates remaining strength factor, creep prior damage factor, deterministic and Monte-Carlo probabilistic remaining life, as well as identifying the most likely failure mechanism
- Enormous magnitude of quantifiable operating and mechanical data is assessed and results presented in proprietary, easy-to-read, color graphics on a foot-by-foot basis throughout the radiant and convection coils
Benefits
- Manage operating risk and lower tube failure risk – Be Safe
- Provides instant knowledge that empowers risk-based decisions
- Advance and improve the plant’s risk-based inspection program
- Eliminate unscheduled shutdowns to accomplish emergency repairs
- Achieve optimum productivity while balancing reliability and performance demands
- Maximize the life-cycle value of the plant’s fired equipment
- Prioritize and effectively manage tube replacement
- Identify operating and maintenance Best Practices
Applications
- Process fired heater radiant and convection tubes
- Reformer catalyst-filled tubes
- Service can be completed as a stand-alone assessment or as an integrated project scope with our advanced FTIS™ and LOTIS® inspection services
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