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The Committee on Refinery Equipment's Fitness-for-Service (FFS) task group is resposible for the development and maintenace of API Recommended Practice 579.  This publication is a result of a need for standardization of fitness-for-service assessment techniques for pressurized equipment in the refining and petrochemical industries. In this context, fitness-for-service is defined as the ability to demonstrate the structural integrity of an in-service component containing a flaw or damage. This publication is intended to supplement and augment the requirements in API 510, API 570 and API 653: (i) to ensure safety of plant personnel and the public while older equipment continues to operate; (ii) to provide technically sound fitness-for-service assessment procedures to ensure that different service providers furnish consistent life predictions; and (iii) to help optimize maintenance and operation of existing facilities, maintain availability of older plants, and enhance long-term economic viability.

Chairman: David Osage - The Equity Engineering Group; daosage@equityeng.com

Next meeting: November 10-12, 2008, Hyatt Regency Century Plaza, Los Angeles, CA

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