API 936 - Refractory Material Design, Application, Installation and Inspection
5-day API 936 workshop on refractory design, application, installation, and inspection in Malaysia and Indonesia. International ICP standard training.
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- Basic
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- Classroom

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API 936 - Refractory Material Design, Application, Installation and Inspection
API 936 Refractory Technology: Refractory technology has changed significantly in recent years as new monolithic refractory materials have replaced brick in many industries. Vibratable and pumpable castables with superior properties, as well as significantly improved brick, ceramic fiber products, and other items, make optimum refractory selection complex.
Advanced construction methods must be utilized if these improved materials are to achieve their maximum service life. This course includes a review of refractory fundamentals while emphasizing selection and construction techniques for a variety of applications in refineries, chemical plants, industrial furnaces, incinerators, and utility boilers.
The API 936 covers practical guidelines for inspecting and repairing existing linings, criteria for field testing and accepting new installations, and vendor certification of materials prior to shipment.
Training Objectives
What is API 936 training course objective?
- Upon the successful completion of this course, each participant will be able to:
- Design, apply, install and inspect refractory materials in a professional manner
- Describe the refractory types and classification, test procedures, effects of additives and explain why chemistry alone is not a critical factor
- Emphasize the refractory phase relationships and fracture mechanics
- Inspect and quality control the refractory that includes acceptance/rejection criteria, sampling and testing as well as material and installer certification
- Discuss monolithic refractories including castable and plastic refractories, compositions and properties, anchorage, design and installation and the effects of firing on strength and thermal properties
- Employ the refractory installation techniques including modern refractory state of the art, precast modules, storage & handling, failure analyses, etc.
- Carryout refractory repairs and design various refractory linings
- Employ and apply the refractory selection guidelines from data sheet interpretation and product choice for designed exposure
- Determine and practice the refinery application of refractories including FFCU applications, effects of coking, reformers, transfer lines, Sulphur plants as well as the stacks, creep tests and hot spot detection
Audiences
Who should join API 936 training course by PetroSync?
This course provide an overview of all significant aspect and considerations of refractory for those who are responsible for refractory design, application, installation, and inspection.
You are also welcome to enroll in our class If you aspire to become an API 936 inspector.
Instructor
M. El-Sayed Mahmoud Shama
Mohamed Shama is a senior inspection engineer with over 23 years of extensive experience within the petrochemical, refinery, utilities and oil and gas industries.
He conducted training for API Certification Preparatory, Corrosion and Prevention, National Board and ASMPE PCC-2, ASME VIII Division 1 & 2, ASME V, ASME IV, Lifting Equipment Courses, CSWIP 3.2 and 3.1 Welding Courses, Pressure Relief Valves, NDT Techniques Training Courses.
He has experiences and involve in many huge shutdowns in the oil and gas field including supervision of inspectors and technicians and performing internal inspection for all kind of Piping Systems, Pressure Vessels, Tanks, Boilers, Heat Exchangers, Filters, Towers, Coolers, Columns, Drums and Incinerators, Heaters, Driers, Air Vessels, MCHE, Hot Oil Waste Heat Recovery Units, Spheres, ISO-Containers, Bullets and all kind of refractory materials shaped and un-shaped.
Daily Aims
- Registration and Coffee
- Welcome and Introduction
- Pre – Test
- Introduction of Refractories:
- Types and Classifications
- Test Procedures
- Effects of Additives
- Why Chemistry alone is not a Critical Factor
- Phase Relationships
- Fracture Mechanics
- Refractory Inspection and Quality Control:
- Acceptance / Rejection Criteria
- Sampling and Testing
- Records and Reports
- Quality Control
- Material and Installer
- Certification
- Case Study:
- Brick Failure
- Cracking in Monolithic Lining
- Monolithics:
- Casable and Plastic Refractories
- Compositions and Properties
- Achorage
- Design and Installation
- Effects of Firing on Strength and Thermal Properties
- Case Study:
- SRU Brick Lining
- Acid Gas Incinerator Refractory Demage
- Refractory Installation Techniques:
- Modern Refractory State-of-the-Art
- Self-Flow, Vibe/Pump Cast, Gunite/Shotcrete,
- Rammed Plastics
- Precast Modules
- Storage & Handling
- Joints
- Refractory Repairs:
- Failure Analyses
- Structural (Anchors, Erosion)
- Chemical (Process Reactions, Slag Attack)
- Thermal (Impingement, Spalling, Fusion)
- Case Study:
- Study Exposure to Thermal Cycle in FCUU
- Fibber Modules Fallen From the Roof
- Furnace Linings:
- Design of Various Refractory Lining Types
- Thermal Curing and Drying
- Explosive Spalling
- Effects of Aggressive Atmospheres
- Refractory Selection Guidelines:
- Data Sheet Interpretation
- Product Choices for Design Exposures
- Castable, Plastic, Fiber and Brick Selection
- Criteria for FCB and MSW
- Boilers, Incinerators, Gasifiers and Heaters
- Case Study:
- Failing Brick Walls Deformations or Collapse
- Castable Cracking
- Refinery Application Refractories:
- FCCU Applications
- Effects of Coking
- Reformers
- Transfer Lines
- Sulfur Plants
- Stacks
- Creep Tests
- Hot Spot Detection
- Case Study:
- Flare Brick Failure
- Regeneration Heater H 1301 Accedent Result
- Course Conclusion
- POST-TEST
- Presentation of Course Certificates
Training Schedule
| Code | Start Date | End Date | Locations | Cost | Instructor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PST0438-202604 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | USD 3,486 | M. El-Sayed Mahmoud Shama | ||
| PST0438-202605 | Bali, Indonesia | USD 3,685 | M. El-Sayed Mahmoud Shama |
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