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Overview

Rupture or leakage of a pressure vessel can result in serious consequences, including fire and explosion, fragmentation damage and injury, suffocation or poisoning, chemical or thermal burns, environmental damage and extended loss of manufacturing capacity. Inspection programs for metallic pressure vessels and tanks has revealed a pattern of cracking in certain fluid services. Engineers involved in the design, fabrication, purchase, inspection and maintenance of pressure vessels and tanks need to be aware of the fluid services where cracking has been observed and take measures to mitigate the problem.

This course covers metallic pressure vessel cracking in some specific corrosive services. The course material used is the "Pressure Vessel Guidelines" in the OSHA technical manual.

The student must take a multiple-choice quiz consisting of ten questions at the end of this course to obtain PDH credits.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Attained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

  · The consequences of pressure vessel leakage or rupture failure
  · Cracking causes and mitigations for pressure vessels operating in the following services: deaerator, amine, wet hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, pulp digester
  · Description and relative merits of nondestructive examination methods used to detect vessel cracks, including: visual examination, liquid penetrant testing, magnetic particle testing, radiography and ultrasonic testing
  · Methods to improve the reliability of nondestructive testing results

State Board Acceptance

This course can be used by professional engineers to fulfill PDH requirements mandated by state and provincial licensing boards. Decatur Professional Development is an approved provider of continuing education in all states that pre-approve course providers. In all other states that mandate continuing education for engineers, it is the individual engineer's responsibility to determine the suitability of activities for PDH credit. The state boards typically accept online* courses that cover technical, managerial** or ethical content and which are relevant to the practice of engineering. The course must have a clear purpose or objective with a content that will maintain, improve or expand the skills and knowledge of the licensee's field of practice. For questions about your mandatory PDH requirements, visit the website of your state licensing board.

*Online courses are accepted by all state licensing boards that mandate continuing education. Other than New York (which limits online courses to 18 PDH) and Iowa (which limits online courses to 6 PDH), there are no limits placed by other states on the number of hours that can be earned through online continuing education. Consult with your state licensing board if you have any questions about the acceptability of online courses.

**The New York State Board of Engineers does not accept general office management courses, but will accept project management courses that are offered by an approved provider and that are technical in nature and contribute to the engineer's professional practice.