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DAMAGE MECHANISMS

These are the DM groupings of API 571

LOWT
These total about 66
separate DMs
In API 571

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Loss of wall thickness


(LOWT) DMs of API 5711

You can
think of
2
them as 4
sets
3

4
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These LOWT DMs


are refinery-specific

• See API 571 Sec 5

• More complex DMs

• Caused by process
chemicals(mainly
acids)

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pH
Factors affection
acidic LOWT
corrosion

Acidic corrosion gives fairly uniform LOWT

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