Risk Based Inspection

This topic provides a list of product changes released for this module in this version.

RBI 580 and RBI 581

Table 1. Enhancements and New Features
The following enhancements and new features have been added.
Description	Tracking ID
To enhance usability of the RBI Components to TML Groups Relationship Data Loader, the Data Loader now prevents the creation of relationships if the Asset Corrosion Analysis has not been calculated. After the Asset Corrosion Analysis has been calculated in Thickness Monitoring, you can retry creating relationships using the Data Loader.	US593766
You can now create What-If analyses in bulk. To facilitate this enhancement, a new workspace, Bulk Create What-If Analyses, has been added and can be accessed from the Actions menu of the Risk Based Inspection Overview page. In addition, the following datasheets have been added to allow you to copy field values to the newly created what-if analyses: Bulk What-If on the RBI Criticality Analysis family Bulk What-If on the RBI 581 Risk Analysis family	US578427 US578079
To enhance usability, you can now automatically generate Inspection Confidence Evaluation records for RBI Components on an Inspection. To facilitate this enhancement, a new button Generate has been added and can be accessed by selecting the Inspection Confidence tab of the Inspection.	US577958
You can now identify if the re-calculation of an analysis is not successful. To facilitate this enhancement, the Date Criticality Calculated field of the analysis is reset during the calculation.	US571458
To enhance usability, you can now determine Thinning Type of a Component from Inspection History. To facilitate this enhancement, a new field named Thinning Type has been added to Inspection Confidence Evaluation family and can be accessed from the Inspection Confidence Evaluation tab of the Inspection. Note: When the Inspections are linked to an RBI 581 Thinning and Lining, RBI 581 External Damage Evaluation, or Int. Corr. Deg. Mech. Eval. DME, Thinning Type from the latest Inspection is mapped to the DME.	US569497
To enhance usability, you can now save result grid column preferences. To facilitate this enhancement, advanced settings are enabled for result grids in the following workspaces and sections: Risk Based Inspection Overview Assets Process Units Process Unit Overview Analysis Degradation Mechanisms Consequence Evaluation Inventory Groups Column Preferences set on these result grids will be saved as a user preference. For more information, refer to KBA 000069010.	US549058

Table 2. Resolved Issues
The following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, even if the unit key was provided in the URL, the records in the Risk Based Inspection Overview page were filtered based on the Asset Hierarchy context. This issue has been resolved. Now, the records are filtered based on the unit key you provide in the URL.	US376471
Previously, when you enabled history for a field in a Degradation Mechanism Evaluation family, the history option was not displayed for the family in the datasheet. This issue has been resolved.	DE206343
Previously, an RBI Administrator user was unable to modify RBI Inspection Auto-Selection Criteria records in the RBI Admin Preferences for Inspection Auto-Selection. This issue has been resolved. RBI Administrators can now modify RBI Inspection Auto-Selection Criteria.	DE206124
Previously, you could only update the first what-if analysis in a Created state linked to a RBI Component through the RBI Data Loader. This issue has been resolved. You can now update multiple what-if analyses on the same RBI Component by utilizing the Sub ID column, which has been added to the dataloader template.	DE203367
Previously, if the Entity ID Template of the Potential Degradation Mechanism family was modified, Potential Degradation Mechanisms could not be linked to an RBI Component. This issue has been resolved. Now, Entity ID will not be considered while linking a Potential Degradation Mechanism.	DE202443
Previously, while selecting Create Inspection Plan, an error occurred if the following conditions were satisfied: The Asset had any inactive RBI Components. The RBI Admin Preference, Use Alternative Inspection Plan, was set to true. This issue has been resolved. Now, only active RBI Components are considered while creating an Alternative Inspection Plan.	DE200604
Previously, RBI Components with Component Status field set to NULL were not considered as active components in the following fields: The Suggest PDMs for Components option in Asset Summary and Corrosion Loop Summary pages The Link Protected Components option for PRD Components related to Corrosion Loop The Component box in the Inspection plan Detail section in the Inspection Plan page The RBI Component box in the Inspection confidence section in the Inspection page The RBI Component box in an Inspection Profile datasheet This issue has been resolved.	DE199691

RBI 581

Description Tracking ID

To adhere to API 581 Third Edition, Addendum 2, the 581- Atmospheric Tank Bottom Corrosion Damage Mechanism Age will now be adjusted if a Liner is Present. To facilitate this enhancement, a new table, Tank Bottom Internal Liner Types, has been added. Additionally, the Liner Condition, Liner Type, and Immersion Grade Coating Quality fields are now required when the Liner is Present field is set to Yes, and have been added in the DME_AST sheet in RBI_581_Data_Loader template.

Note: The calculation of liner adjustment age, as per formula 5.1 under section 4.2.1 for Storage Tanks in API 581 3rd edition, 2nd addendum is incorrect as it does not give credit for online monitoring. APM has updated this formula to ensure credit is given for online monitoring while calculating liner adjustment age for tank bottom component.

US599965

To enhance usability and ensure data accuracy, the RBI 581 Risk Analysis is marked for recalculation if you update the following fields, which are used for Inventory Component Mass calculation:

Representative Fluid
Operating Pressure
Operating Temperature
Diameter InnerDiameter
Percent Liquid Volume
Length or Piping Length if the component type is Piping

US599904

To enhance usability and ensure data accuracy, if an RBI Component is inactivated, the RBI 581 Risk Analyses linked to all the RBI Components in the Inventory Group are marked for recalculation. To facilitate this enhancement, a new field named Calculation Required has been added to the RBI 581 Risk Analysis family. When an analysis needs recalculation, the Calculate button () appears in orange colour. US599903

To enhance usability, you can now capture the date on which the Risk or Damage Factor will exceed the threshold up to 30 years past the Plan Date on the RBI 581 Risk Analysis. To facilitate this enhancement, a new field named Risk Threshold Date has been added to store the resulting date. The number of years past Plan Date to calculate can be updated by setting the new field, Maximum Years for Risk Projection. US594964

To adhere to API 581 Third Edition, Addendum 2, if coating fails at the time of inspection, the Coating Adjustment will be set to 0. To facilitate this enhancement, a new field named Coating Failure? has been added to the RBI 581 External Cracking Damage Evaluation and the RBI 581 External Damage Evaluation families.

US591990
US591989

The Release Type calculation for RBI 581 Consequence Evaluations now adheres to API 581 Third Edition, Addendum2. To facilitate this enhancement, the Enable Release type calculation as per RFI-8388 preference has been removed from the RBI Admin Preferences; The Release Type field will now be calculated as per RFI-8388 automatically. US591986

The Strength Ratio calculation for RBI 581 Thinning and Lining Evaluations and RBI 581 External Damage Evaluations now adheres to API 581 Third Edition, Addendum 2. To facilitate this enhancement, the Strength Ratio will only use equation 2.14/2.40/2.54, the formula including minimum thickness, when the Override Minimum Required Thickness is set to true. US591983

The Age calculation on RBI 581 Cracking Damage Evaluations and RBI 581 External Cracking Damage Evaluations only considers the effective inspections now. To facilitate this enhancement, if the Highest Effective Inspection Level is Poorly Effective or Ineffective(None), the Date in Service is used instead of the Target Inspection Date in the Age and the Time Since Last Inspection calculations. US579049

The display value of the Atmospheric Condition field on RBI 581 Cracking Damage Mechanism Evaluations and RBI 581 External Cracking Damage Mechanism Evaluations now adheres to the RBI 581 Specification. To facilitate this enhancement, the following system codes have been updated in the Atmospheric Conditions System Code Table:

MARINE description is now Moderate
TEMPERATE description is now Mild

US571823

The formula for calculating Age in RBI 581 External Cracking Degradation Mechanism Evaluations and RBI 581 External Degradation Mechanism Evaluations now adheres to API 581 Third Edition, Addendum 2. To facilitate this enhancement, the Coating Adjustment can now be overwritten using two new fields, Override Coating Adjustment and User Coating Adjustment. US571822

To adhere to API 581 3rd Edition, Addendum 2, two new geometry types are now supported. To facilitate this enhancement, the following values have been added to the MI_581_Component_Geometry_Types System Code Table and will appear in the Geometry Type field picklist on RBI Component and RBI 581 Risk Analysis records

RECT- Rectangular Cross Section
ELL- Elliptical Head

Also, the calculation of the Minimum Thickness field has been updated to account for the new geometry types.

US571821

To adhere to API 581 Third Edition, Addendum 2, the calculation for the RBI 581 Consequence Evaluation now supports several new materials. To facilitate this enhancement, the following Material Cost lookup fields have been added:


Material	Material Cost
Organic Coatings < 80 mil	1.2
Fiberglass	2.5
Striped Lined Alloy	3.3
Organic Coatings > 80 mil	3.4
Acid Brick	20
Refractory	20

These materials are also displayed in the Base Material and Cladding Material field picklists on the RBI Component and RBI 581 Risk Analysis records.

US571820

The formula for calculating susceptibility on 581-Alkaline Carbonate Stress Corrosion Cracking Degradation Mechanism Evaluations now adheres to API 581 Third Edition, Addendum 2. To facilitate this enhancement, the RBI 581 Calculate Susceptibility - Alkaline policy is deprecated and has been marked inactive. US571819

The formula for calculating corrosion rate of carbon steel for 581-Hydrofluoric Acid Corrosion Degradation Mechanism Evaluation now adheres to API 581 3rd Edition, Addendum 2. To facilitate this enhancement, the following items have been modified:

The Catalog Query Public\Meridium\Modules\Risk Based Inspection - 581\Queries\Determine Corrosion Rate for HF CS
Records in the HF Acid Corrosion Rate - Carbon Steel table

US571818

The formula for calculating susceptibility on 581-Chloride Stress Corrosion Cracking Degradation Mechanism Evaluations now adheres to API 581 Third Edition, Addendum 2. To facilitate this enhancement:

The Oxygen Concentration and the Deposits Present fields have been added to the RBI 581 Cracking Damage Evaluation family.
The RBI 581 Calculate Susceptibility - CISCC policy is deprecated and has been marked inactive.

US571816

The formula for calculating Component Damage Cost on RBI 581 Consequence Evaluations now adheres to API 581 Third Edition, Addendum 2. To facilitate this enhancement, a new field, Cost Escalation Factor, has been added to the RBI 581 Consequence Evaluation family with a default value of 1. US571815

You can now generate RBI 581 Recommendations for Heat Exchanger-Channel components. To facilitate this enhancement, the following queries have been modified:

Public\Meridium\Modules\Risk Based Inspection - 581\Queries\Component Type filter query
Public\Meridium\Modules\Risk Based Inspection - 581\Queries\Component Type filter for Ext and Thin

US571467

Only effective Inspections will now be considered for RBI 581 Degradation Mechanism Evaluations. To facilitate this enhancement, Inspections with Ineffective confidence will not be considered when setting the Last Known Inspection Date field for RBI 581 Degradation Mechanism Evaluations. US569635

To enhance usability, you can now determine Susceptibility Type of a Component from Inspection History. To facilitate this enhancement, a new field, Cracking Detected?, has been added to the Inspection Confidence Evaluation family. You can access this field from the Inspection Confidence section of an Inspection. When Inspections are linked to RBI 581 Cracking Damage Evaluation or RBI 581 External Cracking Damage Evaluation, if Cracking Detected?, is selected for any of the linked Inspections, the Susceptibility Type will be set to Detected. US569500

To enhance usability, you can now inactivate an RBI Component linked to an Inventory Group, which will in turn be removed from the Inventory Group. DE204733

To ensure that updated calculation inputs are considered, if the Use Calculated Inventory field is true on RBI 581 Consequence Evaluations, then the Inventory Group Mass and Inventory Component Mass fields will be populated when calculating the related RBI 581 Risk Analysis. To facilitate this enhancement, now, Inventory Group Mass and Inventory Component Mass fields will not get updated before calculating the analysis. DE156510

Table 4. Obsolete Features
The following features are no longer available.
Description	Tracking ID
The Risk Based Inspection 581 Calculation Engine no longer uses the following policies. These policies have been removed from APM: RBI 581 885 Embrittlement Sigma Damage Factor RBI 581 Brittle Fracture Damage Evaluation RBI 581 Calculate Environmental Severity HIC-H2S RBI 581 CLSCC Damage Factor RBI 581 COF AST Bottom Common RBI 581 COF AST Bottom Financial Consequence RBI 581 COF AST Shell Common RBI 581 COF AST Shell Environmental Cost RBI 581 COF Common RBI 581 COF Flammable RBI 581 COF NTNF RBI 581 COF Toxic RBI 581 CUI Damage Factor RBI 581 Damage Factor - AST Bottom Thinning RBI 581 Damage Factor – Lining RBI 581 Damage Factor – Thinning RBI 581 External Corrosion Damage Factor RBI 581 Financial Consequence Evaluation RBI 581 HTHA Damage Factor RBI 581 Low Alloy Steel Embitterment DF RBI 581 Mechanical Fatigue Pipe Damage Evaluation RBI 581 Stress Corrosion Cracking	US600950

RBI 580

Table 5. Enhancements and New Features
The following enhancements and new features have been added.
Description	Tracking ID
You can now export RBI Criticality Analyses with Degradation Mechanism Evaluations and Consequence Evaluations configured through the RBI Application Settings, Flexible Calculation Configurations. To facilitate this enhancement, the DME_Custom sheet will now be included in the export.	US593817
To enhance usability, PRD Pop Test Checklist now supports multiple Degradation Mechanisms. To facilitate this enhancement, Inspection Confidence Evaluations has been enabled for PRD Pop Test Checklist and can be accessed from the Inspection Confidence section of the Inspection. In addition, the PRD Pop Test Checklist datasheet has been updated and the following fields have been removed from the datasheet: Degradation Mechanism Type of Inspection Extent Scope	US590794 US569502
You can now configure the Criticality Consequence Evaluation calculation to use a Leak Size based on the related Degradation Mechanism Evaluations instead of the Equipment type. To facilitate this enhancement, a new RBI Global Preference, Enable Leak Size Based on Degradation Mechanism, has been added. If you select this check box, you must add the Degradation Mechanism Leak Size records for each Degradation Mechanism in their system. Otherwise, by default, the minimum value of the diameter and 16 inches is considered.	US578984

Table 6. Resolved Issues
The following issues, which existed in one or more previous versions, have been resolved.
Description	Tracking ID
Previously, if you activated the Risk Based Inspection license (which is used for RBI 580) without activating the RBI 581 license, you could not create or modify an alternative Inspection Plan for an RBI Asset. This issue has been resolved.	DE204541
Previously, when you archived an Inspection Group, the related recommendations, which were in the Archived state, still appeared in the Inspection Plan workspace of the Asset. This issue has been resolved.	DE156817
Previously, in an Inspection Group, the Current Percentage Selection was incorrectly displayed as 100 percent if both the following conditions were satisfied: The Risk Category was Low. The Corrosion Type was Corrosion Under Insulation. This issue has been resolved. Now, the Current Percentage Selection is displayed as 0 percent.	DE146359