Carbon steel toughness and ductility degrades with decreases in temperature, so designing equipment and selecting materials properly in the design stage, can prevent severe safety and equipment failure leading to injury or loss of life, loss of product and production, and all the costly consequences.
Existing brownfield facilities can be analyzed by Brighton for Brittle Fracture potential under severe conditions, such as a blowdown event. Brighton can work with your engineers to help develop low temperature mitigation procedures, recommend mechanical stress-reduction installations, re-rate equipment to operate under more severe conditions utilizing Fitness for Service methodology, and in the worse-case provide material replacement recommendations in critical locations.
