This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of heat exchanger overhaul and testing techniques. It covers the heat exchanger inspection and testing as well as inspector’s qualifications and roles of code authorized inspectors and non-code inspectors; the inspection tools and instruments, inspection reports and data collection and inspection records as a maintenance tool; the maintenance inspection and testing; the safety precautions when inspecting shutdown exchangers; planning for maintenance inspections, inspecting before maintenance and inspecting during performance of maintenance work; inspecting on completion of maintenance; recording and documenting maintenance work; and assessing and inspecting mothballed and used exchangers.
During this interactive course, participants will learn the non-destructive testing (NDT) of heat exchanger and interpreting test and examination results; the heat exchanger inspection codes covering jurisdictional requirements and guide to the national board inspection code (NBIC); troubleshooting, repair and cleaning heat exchanger in a professional manner; record keeping and preparing repairs and alterations; the overhauling, plugging, ferruling and sleeving; and the shell-side repairs and alterations including retubing and rebundling.