ETD Consulting is holding a two-day P91 / 92 course on 14 to 15 October, followed by a two-day industry seminar on 16 to 17 October.

Both are being held in Leatherhead, Surrey, just south of London. The events are approved by the Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (IOM3) UK, for 14 professional development hours.

Typical seminar papers include:

  • Stress Corrosion Cracking risk of 9%Cr martensitic for steels between welding and PWHT
  • Grade 91 small bore pipe welding to large bore piping and valves: mitigating the risk of out-of-range hardness
  • Aberrant P91 materials and weldments that have entered service
  • Experiences of application of P91 & P92 in coal fired power plant for 100,000 hours as a super heater tube and their new life assessment methods
  • Use of new tools for the inspection and quality check of 9Cr martensitic steels, and many more

Participants include:

  • GDF Suez (UK)
  • CRIEPI (Japan)
  • MPA Stuttgart (Germany)
  • INAIL (Italy)
  • Laborelec / Electrabel (Belgium)
  • EDF (France)
  • ENEL (Italy)
  • Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal (Japan)
  • Chung-Ang University (Korea)
  • Tenaris (Italy)
  • Kyushu Institute of Technology (Japan)
  • ALS Global (Australia)
  • CMI (Belgium)
  • TNB (Malaysia)
  • Energopomiar (Poland)

Click here for the programme and to register.

The training course gives delegates a detailed understanding of P91 and P92 materials and their behaviour. It covers topics such as fabrication, welding, heat treatment, purchase specifications, plant experience, damage mechanisms, and integrity / life assessment, and more.

Lecturers include:

  • Prof Dr F Masuyama, of the Kyushu Institute of Technology (ex Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and inventor of some of these steels), Japan
  • Dr D Allen (ex E.ON) and Dr D Robertson, Lead Metallurgist, ETD Consulting, UK

Enquiries: Omar Shibli, ETD Consulting, enquiries@etd-consulting.com. Tel: +44 1372 363 111