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First Issue
11/6/2010
Emad Omar
11/6/2010
Hassan Basha
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HEAT TREATMENT
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Purpose
Scope
Reference
Method & Equipment
Heat treatment
Preheating
Annealing
Application
DOCUMENTATION
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1- Purpose:
The purpose of this procedure is to define the practices and controls to adopt the Post weld Heat Treatment
activities.
Copyright 2007 Uhde GmbH
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2- Scope:
This procedure provides requirements for local post weld heat treatment (PWHT) of welded joints in
piping. PWHT shall be performed when required by the Welding Procedure Specification
(depending on the material type, thickness, and service conditions)
3- References:
1- UD-BM-G00-EC-00016. ESD-Y4 Pipe Welding on site
2- Welding and weld examination of metallic piping (UN 9253-06 part)
3-
The heating elements shall be flexible ceramic (sintered alumina) pad heaters
capable to with stand 1000C with multi-stranded Ni-Cr electrically insulated
element wire rated at 30 to 80V. The cold wire shall be Ni or Ni-Cu wire.
Insulation shall be provided by ceramic fiber mats (stainless steel or Nickel alloy
wire mesh cover) 25 mm thick approximately and with minimum density of 64
Kg/m. When mineral wool is used, thickness shall be approximately doubled.
5- Heat treatment
Heating of the material before and after welding shall be performed by means of
adjustable electric heating elements. The heating elements shall be arranged on both
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sides of the weld according to Figure 1. In order to allow for the required grinding work,
the spacing "A" should be approximately 100 mm.
The heat loss which depends on the wall thickness and the spacing of the heating
elements may be controlled by applying or removing insulation material in the area of the
weld.
The outer surfaces of the heating elements shall be provided with heat insulation to avoid
heat losses, and to protect the welder from excessive heat radiation during annealing,
The area between the heating elements shall be covered with ceramic fiber fabric.
The power supply of the heating elements must not be covered with the insulation to
avoid damage of the power cables.
Insulation
Insulation
Heat elements
Power cable
M3
M1
Thermocouple wire
50mm
Joint gap
M2
50mm
6-
Preheating
7- Annealing
The time / temperature cycle to be used, heating / cooling rates and the number of
thermocouple included shall be according to the applicable WPS & PQR. (See table no.
1) PWHT shall be applied in one cycle.
The annealing temperature shall be controlled by number of measuring point (see table
no. 1) by tack welded thermocouples. Therefore, at the end of the Martensitic
transformation time, or after reaching the ambient temperature thermocouple wires shall
be tack welded at both sides of the weld (MI, MP) and on top of the weld (M3) by means
of a spot-welding device, in each case, (see table no. 1) for the position of thermocouple .
Prior to tack welding, the measuring points shall be locally preheated (see table no. 1)
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l
Dim
(DN)
< 50
>50<3
00
>300
< 50
X20 Cr
Mo V
12-1
>50<3
00
>300
13 Cr
Mo 4-5
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The measured temperatures shall be recorded with a 6-point or 9-point color chart
recorder
Heating up to the annealing temperature shall be performed (see table no. 1) for the
heating up, cooling down rate, annealing temperature and holding time. which depends
on the wall thickness
Cooling down to the ambient temperature after the performed range (see table no. 1)
may be uncontrolled.
The ceramic fiber fabric shall only be removed after the ambient temperature has been
reached or grinding works are carried out.
All welds shall be ground flush (notch and undercut free) between 300 oC to 150 oC after
annealing.
X10 Cr
Mo VNb
9-1
ENPC
Preheatin
g temp.
180OC200OC
180OC200OC
180OC200OC
230 C250OC
230OC250OC
O
230OC250OC
Heatin
g rate
100O/h
100O/h
100O/h
200O/h
200 /h
O
200O/h
<100
150-200
O
/h
>100<
200
150-200
O
/h
>200<
900
< 30 mm thk.
= 150OC
> 30 mm thk.
= 200OC
>900
150-200
O
/h
150-200
O
/h
Annealing
Hold
Temp.
time
750OC+10O
C
750OC+10O
C
750OC+10O
C
750 C+10
C
750OC+10O
C
O
750OC+10O
C
< 30 mm
thk. = 630700OC
> 30 mm
thk. = 704746OC
Cooling down
Controllin
Rate
g rate to
No. Of thermocouple
Prehe
Locatio
PWHT
at
n
At 12
o'clock
At 6-12
o'clock
At 4-812
o'clock
At 12
o'clock
At 6-12
o'clock
At 4-812
o'clock
120 min
50OC/h
300 OC
2 TC
1TC
120 min
50OC/h
300 OC
4 TC
2TC
120 min
50OC/h
300 OC
6 TC
3TC
300 OC
2 TC
1TC
300 C
4 TC
2TC
300 OC
6 TC
3TC
300 OC
NA
1TC
At 12
o'clock
300 OC
NA
2TC
At 6-12
o'clock
300 OC
NA
3TC
300 OC
NA
4TC
120 min
120 min
120 min
< 30 mm
thk. 2
min/mm
(15min Min.)
> 30 mm
thk.
2.4min/mm
(60min Min.)
200 C/
h
200OC/
h
O
200OC/
h
150200
O
C/h
150200
O
C/h
150200
O
C/h
150200
O
C/h
At 4-812
o'clock
At 6-912-3
o'clock
8- Application:.
Post weld heat treatment shall be performed for weld joints .Acc. to Uhde specs ESD-Y4,ESDY5
9 - DOCUMENTATION:
1- Heat treatment chart records about the full heating cycle for each measuring point
(Preheating, welding, soaking, cooling down, transformation phase, annealing and cooling
down).
Each heat treatment chart shall contain but is not limited to:
- Start-end time and dates
- Thermocouple allocations for each joint
- Isometric and joint number
2- PWHT report (See the attachment reports)
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CHART NO.
SHEET
HEAT TREATMENT
SPECIFICATION
SPECIFICATION
ENPC
UD-BM-G00-EC-00016. ESD-Y4
LOADING
TEMP. (Min.)
HEATING
Rate (Max.)
HOLDING
TEMP.
HOLDING
TIME (Min.)
Cooling
Rate (Max.)
Unloading
Temp. (Max.)
300OC
200OC
750+10OC
200OC
300OC
ACTUAL
CALIBRATION
EXPIRY DATE
LOCATION
RECORDER
INSTRUMENT
No.
ACTUAL
TEMPRETURE
THERMO COUPLE
SPECIFICATION
NPS >12"
NPS >12"
= Point
M3
M1
M2
M1 = measurement point
M1, M2, M3
Violet
Remarks
Brown
Size
Green
Material
Blue
Drawing no.
Thk
(mm)
Black
Weld
no.
Red
Thermocouple
Ser
no.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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Uhde
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SPECIFICATION
Pipe (13 Cr Mo 4-5)
SPECIFICATION
UD-BM-G00-EC-00016. ESD-Y4
LOADING
TEMP. (Min.)
HEATING
Rate (Max.)
HOLDING
TEMP.
HOLDING
TIME (Min.)
Cooling
Rate (Max.)
Unloading
Temp. (Max.)
300OC
150-200 O/h
630-700OC
2 Minute/mm
150-200 O/h
300OC
INSTRUMENT
No.
CALIBRATION
EXPIRY DATE
ACTUAL
NPS >8"<36"
NPS >36"
TEMPRETURE
ACTUAL
LOCATION
RECORDER
THERMO COUPLE
SPECIFICATION
= Point
NPS >8"<36"
NPS >36"
M3
M1
M2
M1 = measurement point
M1, M2, M3, M4
Violet
Remarks
Brown
Size
Green
Material
Blue
Drawing no.
Thk
(mm)
Black
Weld
no.
Red
Thermocouple
Ser
no.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
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Operator
IEMSA
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Uhde
ENPC
NAME
SIGN
DATE
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