Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry Recommended Practice 571 First Edition, December 2003
Damage Mechanisms Affecting Fixed Equipment in the Refining Industry, is a recommended practice developed and published by the American Petroleum Institute (API) that provides an in-depth look at nearly 70 different damage mechanisms that can occur to process equipment in refineries. According to the third edition of this recommended practice, its purpose is “to describe the wide variety of service-induced damage and deterioration mechanisms, including corrosion and other types of metallurgical damage, that are most likely to affect the condition of the materials of construction commonly used in refinery equipment.” However, much of the information included in this document can also be applied to petrochemical and other industrial applications, as the user deems appropriate. API RP 571 was originally published in 2003, and the third edition was released in March of 2020. This RP is intended to supplement API RP 580, API RP 581, and API RP 579, and is nearly 400 pages long.