"... You are true specialists in the field of fitness-for-service analysis
and we will continue to rely on your expertise in this area."
Craig Monahan, Senior Staff Engineer
ExxonMobil Production Company
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Fitness-for-service assessment is a multi-disciplinary approach to evaluate structural components to determine, as the name suggests, if they are fit for continued service. The component of interest may contain flaws or other damage, or it may be subject to more severe operating conditions than the original design anticipated. The typical outcome of a fitness-for-service assessment is a “go/no-go” decision on continued operation. An evaluation of remaining life or inspection intervals may also be part of such an assessment, along with remediation of the degradation mechanism.
Quest Reliability has substantial experience performing fitness-for-service assessment on a wide range of assets. Our senior staff have been heavily involved in the development of the API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 fitness-for-service standard, and serve on the committee that maintains this document. Quest Reliability is on the forefront of fitness-for-technology, with ongoing research & development efforts that will lead to improvements in future versions of the API/ASME standard.
In addition to our unparalleled expertise in applying FFS standards, we have in-house technology that extends well beyond what is currently available in published standards. Our LifeQuestTM product line is an example of this cutting edge technology for FFS and remaining life assessment.
Quest Reliability is also the leading provider of fitness-for-service software. We have released 3 commercial applications that enable end-users to perform evaluations that range from routine (Level 1) to highly advanced (Level 3).
Quest Reliability has experience with a wide variety of flaw types and damage mechanisms, including brittle fracture, corrosion, crack-like flaws, fatigue, creep, stress corrosion cracking, hydrogen embrittlement, and high-temperature hydrogen attack. Moreover, we perform specialized FFS assessments on specific assets such as fired heaters, reformers, high-energy piping, pipelines, boiler tubes, turbines, headers, power lines, storage tanks, and pressure vessels.
For further information about Fitness-for-Service assessments, please contact us.