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Old EPERC Documents

Eperc_Bulletin_2-1999 INSPECTION

EUROPEAN APPROACH TO PRESSURE EQUIPMENT INSPECTION

EPERC Bulletin Nr 2

Petten, October 1999

Ed. Jean-Bernard Veyret, Guy Baylac

 

EPERC_Bulletin_3_2000_BOLTEDFLANGE

THE EUROPEAN 2000 SITUATION IN THE FIELD OF BOLTED FLANGE CONNECTIONS

EPERC Bulletin Nr 3

Petten, November 2000

Ed. Hans Kockelmann, Patricia Lejuste,

Jean-Bernard Veyret

November 2000 EUR 1 9673 EN

 

EPERC_Bulletin_4_2001_HYDROTEST

EUROPEAN R&D ON FATIGUE STRENGTH AND HYDROTEST FOR PRESSURE EQUIPMENT

June 200 1

EPERC Bulletin Nr 4

Petten, June 2001

Ed. Guy Baylac, Nigel Taylor,

Patricia Lejuste

S.P.P.0 1 .42

 

EPERC_Bulletin_5_2001_NEWADVANCEDSTEELS

NEW ADVANCED STEELS FOR ECONOMIC AND SAFE USE IN THE PRESSURE EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY

EPERC Bulletin Nr 5

Ed. Guy Baylac, Pierre Bocquet,

Franz Hukelmann and Patricia Lejuste

November 2001 S.P.P.01.148

 

EPERC_Bulletin_6_2002_FATIGUE

CURRENT PRACTICES FOR DESIGN AGAINST FATIGUE IN PRESSURE EQUIPMENT

EPERC Bulletin 6

Ed. Nigel Taylor

June 2002 S.P.P.02.02

 

EPERC_Bulletin_9_2003_ECOPRESS

ECONOMICAL AND SAFE DESIGN OF PRESSURE VESSELS APPLYING NEW MODERN STEELS

Peter LANGENBERG

Ingenieurbüro für Werstofftechnik (IWT) Aachen (Germany)

EPERC BULLETIN Nr 9

December 2003

Editors: Guy BAYLAC, Consultant, Paris, France

Pierre BOCQUET, INDUSTEEL, Le Creusot, France

Rolf SANDSTRÖM, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden

David PORTER, RAUTARUUKKI OYJ, Helsinki, Finland

Apostolos DIAMANTOUDIS, PATRAS UNIVERSITY, Greece

Paolo CASTELLO, JRC PETTEN, The Netherlands

 

General Assembly Minutes 2020

[EN] Minutes EPERC GA 2020

[FR] Procès-verbal de l’AG de l’EPERC 2020

Conference: Pressure Equipment Innovation and Safety, Rome, Italy – 2019

 


 

Conference Proceedings

Click here to download the Conference Proceedings Volume 1

Click here to download the Conference Proceedings Volume 2

 

Collection of the conference presentations

  1. Plenary Session

1_C. Faidy

2_Andrea Tonti

3_T. Legrand

4_T. Costabile

5_D. Nieuwenhuis

Video EPERC Lensi

  1. Technical Plenary Session

1_G. Baylac

2_J. Labrador

3_M. Sepielli

4_F. Masuyama

5_S. Earland

  1. Codes&Standard

1_Pressure Vessel Standards giving PresumptionofConformity with the Pressure Equipment Directive Comparison between Asme Section VIII and En13445_F. Lidonnici

2.3_National Board Inspection Code Presentation Summary_G. Scribner

4_Asme International Working Group Italy_J. Labrador

5_Design of Hdpe buried piping according Asme III Appendix XXVI_C. Catalano

6_Cooperation for the developmen to fprEN13455-14 Unfired pressure vessels_R. Ottone

7_Comparison of the Asme and Iso Requirements for Welding Qualifications and Welding Quality for Pressure Vessels_M. Consonni

8-9_Asme Pc Ande_Malher

  1. Design&Fabrication

1_Design and Optimisation of Aluminium Windows and Flanges for a High Pressure Threshold Cherenkov Counter

2_Bolted flange and sealing in arctic environment

3_Non linear analysis in Pressure Vessel Design Codes

4_ΔH Test Lab

5_Metallurgical design for the lightening of cylinders for gas storage up to 300 bar

6_Comparative pressure vessel calculation of seismic effect European versus American concepts and codes

7_Introduction to a compact bolted Flange and Clamp

8_Additive Manufacturing techniques for the realization of pressure equipment

9_A finite element analysis comparison study of the proposed new CEN method for the design of a conical shells under combined loadings

  1. High Temperature

1_Gr.93 steel and peak use temperature issues on Csef steels

2_Development of the HITEP_RCC-MRx program for the support of elevated temperature design evaluation and defect assessment according to RCC-MRx

3_Risks of non conservative design for pressure vessels subjected to long-time service in creep range according to ASME Section VIII Div.2

4_Provision of Materials Creep Properties for Design of High Temperature Plant to En13445-3

5_Determination of No-Creep and Negligible Creep Temperatures using Accelerated Testing Methods

6_T 91 creep behaviour in air and liquid lead and oxidation properties

7_A technical and economic study for the application of the new grade Thor TM 115 in refinery furnace spipes

8_Small Punch Testing of Selective Laser Melting (Slm) produced 316L steel samples

  1. Non Destructive Examination

1_Further Developments in Inspection and Monitoring Techniques for High Temperature Plant

2_Artificial pre-cracking of tanks test samples for AE detection tuning

3_On the integrity investigation of pressure tanks through acoustic emission test

4_AE-based requalification of small underground LPG vessels

5_Acoustic Emission data fractal analysis for structural integrity assessment of pressure equipment

6_Acoustic Emission innovative techniques for industrial applications

6bis_Acoustic Emission innovative techniques for industrial applications

7_Residual Life Assessment of Metallic Materials by an Innovative Non-Destructive Metallographic Test

8_The development of the electromagnetic (EM) sensor technique for on-site creep damage detection and assessment

9_The use of potential drop technique for monitoring creep damage in high temperature pressure vessels

10_Drones and Robots for Pressure Vessel Inspection

11_Microstructural parameters and creep exposure for 9 Crsteels. A tentative quantitative correlation based on metallic replication

  1. Fitness for Seervice

1_French Fitness for Service codes-status and open points

2_Risk-Based Inspection Methodology

3_Example of RBI

4_Integrated Smart Approach to Seismic Risks Management in Process Plants

  1. SNETP Nuclear

1_Overview of Iter project status and plans

2_Radioactive waste management and disposal R&D issues in the European and national context

3_Safety during the starting operations of the Neutral Beam Test Facility

4_Harmonization and Emerging Nuclear Codes and Standards

5_Sintering of 98 MO powders by ultra high-vacuum furnace

  1. Degradation Mechanisms

1_Recent Revision of Detailed assessment of fatigue life in Clause 18 of EN 13445-3

2_Codes and standards for managing ageing of pressure equipment in industrial facilities

3_Microbiologically influenced corrosion morphology of the damage, characteristics of biofilm and corrosion scale

4_Evaluation of damage and remaining life assessment in reformer furnace tubes

5_Ageing of high density polyethylene piping

TASK GROUP MEETINGS – Milano, January 28th and 29th 2020


 

TG2-Presentation Crescenzo Di Fratta

TG6- TG Creep – Andrea Tonti

 

Fatigue Design Rules – Overview and last Code Editions comparison Rev6

TASK GROUP MEETING – TG1 


 

TG1 – Fatigue Design Rules Presentation – Claude Faidy

Fatigue Road Mp Status Presentation – Claude Faidy

 

Documents presented in the Meeting of March 31st, 2021

Review of EN 13445.3 Fatigue Design Rules

IMAB_CEN_FKM_guideline_non-linear

Documents presented in the Meeting of March 8th, 2022

Inelastic Fatigue Analyses Rev5

Fatigue Design Rules – Overview and last Code Editions comparison Rev6 

TASK GROUP MEETING – TG3 


TG3-DESTEC_Flanges

TG3-Presentation_Hubert_Lejeune

 

Documents presented in the Meeting of March 14th, 2022

Sample calculations of “Spiral Wound” gaskets:

Flange comparison Table

Pressure 10 bar – Test calculations

Pressure 25 bar – Test calculations

EPERC General Assembly 2021 + EPERC extraordinary General Assembly


[EN] Download the Minutes General Assembly 2021

[FR] Télécharger le procès-verbal AG 2021 

 

 

EPERC General Assembly March, 27th 2024


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