- Overview
- Schedule
This live session will be hosted once and is set to GMT (UTC +0). We welcome participants from around the world! Be sure to check what time this corresponds to in your region. Use the chart below as a quick guide, or reach out to us anytime at training@becht.com if you’re unsure.
| City / Region | Local Time (Feb 2026) | Time Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Eastern U.S. (New York, Houston) | 07:00 – 13:00 | EST (UTC−5) |
| London, UK | 12:00 – 18:00 | GMT (UTC±0) |
| Amsterdam, Netherlands | 13:00 – 19:00 | CET (UTC+1) |
| Berlin, Germany | 13:00 – 19:00 | CET (UTC+1) |
| São Paulo, Brazil | 09:00 – 15:00 | BRT (UTC−3) |
| Johannesburg, South Africa | 14:00 – 20:00 | SAST (UTC+2) |
| Dubai, UAE | 16:00 – 22:00 | GST (UTC+4) |
| Singapore | 20:00 – 02:00 (+1 day) | SGT (UTC+8) |
Summary:
This course provides theory and practical application of API-579/ASME FFS-1 methods for assessing the acceptability of equipment with various kinds of flaws. The Fitness-for-Service training provides direction for performing FFS assessments using procedures specifically prepared for pressurized equipment. For the topics covered in the training, example problems will be solved using hand calculations supplemented with BechtFFS software.
Outline:
- Introduction to Fitness-for-Service
- FFS Methods and Margins
- Brittle Fracture
- General Metal Loss
- Local Thin Areas
- Pitting Corrosion
- Hydrogen Blisters and Hydrogen Damage Associated with HIC and SOHIC
- Weld Misalignment and Shell Distortion
- Crack-Like Flaws
- High Temperature Creep
- Fire Damage
- Assessment of Dents, Gouges and Dent-Gouge Combinations
- Assessment of Lamination
Who Should Attend:
- Integrity Assessment Engineers
- Maintenance Engineers
- Specialists, Site Inspection Engineers
- Piping Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Plant Engineers
Instructor:
Nadarajah (“Ranjan”) Chithranjan, PhD, PE. Dr. Ranjan’s career has spanned over 18 years of worldwide involvement in petrochemical industries for ExxonMobil Research and Engineering. Prior to joining Becht Engineering, he worked as a fixed equipment specialist at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering and he has worked in more than a dozen countries worldwide to solve complex mechanical plant problems as well as a mechanical support for large scale projects. He has extensive knowledge in pressure vessels, piping, and storage tanks, design and maintenance codes. At ExxonMobil, he was the lead fitness for service specialist and he is very well versed with the fitness for service codes as well as linear and non-linear finite element methods to solve complicated plant problems. Ranjan was also the Mechanical Delayed Coker and Storage Tank subject matter expert at ExxonMobil Research and Engineering. He was a former member of API-650 Welded Steel Tank for Oil Storage and presently he is a member of the ASME Working Group on Section VIII, Division II, Design by Analysis and Working Group on Section VIII, Division II, High-temperature design. He has more than twenty-five publications and two patents. Dr. Nadarajah received his Ph.D. and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom.