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Equipment Monitoring with Coupled Multielectrode Array Sensors – Part 1: Technology Fundamentals
By Phillip E. Prueter, P.E., Founder & Principal Engineer at Prueter Engineering, Christopher Aguayo, VP of Sales, Marketing, & Consulting at Data Pioneer Solutions, Lietai Yang, PhD, Advisor at Data Pioneer Solutions, and Narasi Sridhar, PhD, Technology Advisor at Data Pioneer Solutions. This article appears in the September/October 2026 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. Introduction Coupled multielectrode array sensor (CMAS) technology has been leveraged since the late 1970s.
High-Temperature Hydrogen Attack Mitigation
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at Equity. This article appears in the January/February 2025 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. This article is part 3 of a 3-part series on High-Temperature Hydrogen Attack. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Editor’s Note: This regular column offers practical insights into various damage mechanisms affecting equipment in the O&G, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, and related industries.
High-Temperature Hydrogen Attack (HTHA) Detection
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the September/October 2024 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. This article is part 1 of a 3-part series on High-Temperature Hydrogen Attack.
Damage Control - Metallurgical Embrittlement Mitigation
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the July/August 2024 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. This article is part 3 of a 3-part series on Metallurgical Embrittlement. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Editor’s Note: This regular column offers practical insights into various damage mechanisms affecting equipment in the O&G, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, and related industries.
Assessment of Metallurgical Embrittlement
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the May/June 2024 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. This article is part 2 of a 3-part series on Metallurgical Embrittlement. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 (Coming Soon) Editor’s Note: This regular column offers practical insights into various damage mechanisms affecting equipment in the O&G, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, and related industries.
Damage Control - Metallurgical Embrittlement Detection
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the March/April 2024 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. This article is part 1 of a 3-part series on Metallurgical Embrittlement. Part 1 | Parts 2 & 3 (Coming Soon) Editor’s Note: This regular column offers practical insights into various damage mechanisms affecting equipment in the O&G, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, and related industries.
Damage Control: Brittle Fracture Mitigation
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the January/February 2024 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. This article is part 3 of a 3-part series on Brittle Fracture. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Editor’s Note: This regular column offers practical insights into various damage mechanisms affecting equipment in the O&G, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, and related industries.
Brittle Fracture Assessment - Part 2
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the November/December 2023 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. This article is part 2 of a 3-part series on Brittle Fracture. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 Coming Soon Editor’s Note: This regular column offers practical insights into various damage mechanisms affecting equipment in the O&G, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, and related industries.
Understanding Brittle Fracture and How to Detect It
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the September/October 2023 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. This article is part 1 of a 3-part series on Brittle Fracture. Part 1 | Parts 2 & 3 Coming Soon Editor’s Note: This regular column offers practical insights into various damage mechanisms affecting equipment in the O&G, petrochemical, chemical, power generation, and related industries.
Sulfidation and High-Temperature H2/H2S Corrosion Mitigation
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the July/August 2023 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. This article is part 3 of a 3-part series on Sulfidation and High-Temperature H2/H2S Corrosion.
Sulfidation and High Temp H2/H2S Corrosion Assessment
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the May/June 2023 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 1 Like November/December 2021 Inspectioneering Journal This issue of Damage Control offers a perspective on how to assess the different forms of wet H2S damage using modern FFS and computational analysis techniques with the safe operation of damaged pressure vessels, piping, and associated components.
Strategies for Mitigating High-Temperature Creep
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the January/February 2023 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 12 Likes September/October 2022 Inspectioneering Journal A focus on typical damage morphology and inspection methods used to identify and characterize high-temperature creep including examples of creep damage and in-service failures to offer insight into this complex damage mechanism.
Methods of Evaluating High-Temperature Creep Assessment
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the November/December 2022 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 20 Likes September/October 2022 Inspectioneering Journal A focus on typical damage morphology and inspection methods used to identify and characterize high-temperature creep including examples of creep damage and in-service failures to offer insight into this complex damage mechanism.
May/June 2022 | Inspectioneering Journal
May/June 2022 Inspectioneering Journal Part 2 of the three-part series on stress corrosion cracking (SCC) that examines common engineering and FFS methods that can be leveraged to understand and evaluate the propensity for an existing form of SCC to lead to loss of containment. May/June 2022 Inspectioneering Journal After extensive application research, development, and testing, a technique has been developed that eliminates the need for backing gas for purging.
Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) Assessment
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the May/June 2022 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 8 Likes November/December 2021 Inspectioneering Journal This issue of Damage Control offers a perspective on how to assess the different forms of wet H2S damage using modern FFS and computational analysis techniques with the safe operation of damaged pressure vessels, piping, and associated components.
Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) Mitigation
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the July/August 2022 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 11 Likes January/February 2022 Inspectioneering Journal This edition of Damage Control will offer practical steps to mitigate different forms of wet H2S damage and help to minimize long-term inspection and maintenance costs related to wet H2S damage.
Stress Corrosion Cracking (SCC) Detection
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the March/April 2022 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 18 Likes January/February 2022 Inspectioneering Journal This edition of Damage Control will offer practical steps to mitigate different forms of wet H2S damage and help to minimize long-term inspection and maintenance costs related to wet H2S damage.
Damage Control: Wet H2S Damage Mitigation
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the January/February 2022 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 10 Likes January/February 2021 Inspectioneering Journal Thermal fatigue, a specific form of fatigue driven by varying metal temperature gradients and ensuing differential thermal expansion, is generally most effectively mitigated by reducing the severity of metal temperature gradients.
Damage Control: Wet H2S Damage Assessment
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the November/December 2021 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 11 Likes May/June 2021 Inspectioneering Journal In this article, FFS assessment methods are summarized and practical guidance is offered for qualifying CUI damage on carbon and low-alloy steels.
Understanding Wet H2S and Where to Find It
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the September/October 2021 issue of Inspectioneering Journal.
Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) Mitigation
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the July/August 2021 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 4 Likes March/April 2021 Inspectioneering Journal Corrosion under insulation is a form of external corrosion that is caused by trapped water on insulated surfaces. It is an industry problem affecting equipment in the oil and gas, petrochemical, specialty chemical, fertilizer, and related industries.
Corrosion Under Insulation Assessment
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the May/June 2021 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 21 Likes January/February 2021 Inspectioneering Journal Thermal fatigue, a specific form of fatigue driven by varying metal temperature gradients and ensuing differential thermal expansion, is generally most effectively mitigated by reducing the severity of metal temperature gradients.
May/June 2021 | Inspectioneering Journal
May/June 2021 Inspectioneering Journal By Phillip E. Prueter at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. In this article, FFS assessment methods are summarized and practical guidance is offered for qualifying CUI damage on carbon and low-alloy steels.
Corrosion Under Insulation Detection
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the March/April 2021 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 51 Likes May/June 2021 Inspectioneering Journal In this article, FFS assessment methods are summarized and practical guidance is offered for qualifying CUI damage on carbon and low-alloy steels.
Thermal Fatigue Mitigation Considerations
Inspectioneering Journal By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the January/February 2021 issue of Inspectioneering Journal.
November/December 2020 | Inspectioneering Journal
November/December 2020 Inspectioneering Journal By Jason Edwards at ROSEN Germany GmbH Through a combination of new ILI technology and non-destructive in-situ techniques, all the necessary tools and processes are now in place and available to operators around the world to proactively improve their integrity management systems. November/December 2020 Inspectioneering Journal By Ben Osborne at TEAM, Inc. Heat treatment has been used by mankind for centuries.
Damage Control: Thermal Fatigue Assessment
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the November/December 2020 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 14 Likes January/February 2021 Inspectioneering Journal Thermal fatigue, a specific form of fatigue driven by varying metal temperature gradients and ensuing differential thermal expansion, is generally most effectively mitigated by reducing the severity of metal temperature gradients.
September/October 2020 | Inspectioneering Journal
September/October 2020 Inspectioneering Journal By Wenwu Shen at Saudi Aramco, Dr. Zhenzhu Wan at Saudi Aramco, Rashed Alhajri at Saudi Aramco, and Nasser M. Balhareth at Saudi Aramco Understanding asset integrity and its management framework is important to sustaining the integrity of assets in the oil and gas industry. This article will discuss eleven primary elements that make up an asset integrity management program. September/October 2020 Inspectioneering Journal By Phillip E.
Thermal Fatigue Detection
Inspectioneering Journal By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Team Leader – Materials & Corrosion at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the September/October 2020 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 21 Likes Sponsored eBook This eBook offers practical guidance for, and real examples of, in-service degradation attributed to thermal fatigue. It provides a detailed discussion on thermal fatigue detection, characterization and evaluation, and mitigation or remediation.
Identifying High-Temperature Creep
By Phillip E. Prueter, Principal Engineer II and Senior Vice President of Consulting at The Equity Engineering Group, Inc. This article appears in the September/October 2022 issue of Inspectioneering Journal. 17 Likes May/June 2022 Inspectioneering Journal Part 2 of the three-part series on stress corrosion cracking (SCC) that examines common engineering and FFS methods that can be leveraged to understand and evaluate the propensity for an existing form of SCC to lead to loss of containment.
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