Diseño de un plan de mantenimiento para tanques de almacenamiento de techo de domo geodésico de EP-PETROECUADOR en la Refinería Estatal Esmeraldas.

Abstract

The Governmental Refinery Esmeraldas has maintenance plans that are outdated, having more than 30 years of elaboration, so that correspond to the new types of roof tanks geodetic dome that are installed as part of the modernization of the plant, This project takes as reference the standard API 653 that has been used in the refinery to execute the report of maintenance, repair and reconstruction stipulated in the standard and the changes that may be presented, there are several important standards, but reference will be made to the standards found and analyzed as RP 579, Std 620, Std 650, RP 651, RP 652, Std 2000, RP 2003, STD 2015, RP 2016, Publ 2201, RP 2207, Publ 2217A, ASME 1, SNT-TC-1A, ASTM 3, D1, STD 2610 which will be used in the realization of this work, obtaining a preventive maintenance plan detailed in activities, staff, time and frequencies of realization with approximate costs to the present time of staff, equipment and materials To be used in each of the maintenance activities, calculated for the entire life of the tank, to carry out a preventive diagnosis to avoid or reduce damages over the long and short term, based on its needs and operating conditions where the large Most is due to a lack of maintenance planning, it provides the facility to carry out a history of inspections of the faults found, thus saving the resources destined for maintenance, avoiding unwanted plant stoppages and damaging to the economy The company and the state, where it is recommended that staff should be trained according to each specific area of inspection and non-destructive testing performed on the tanks to avoid collapses due to lack of technical knowledge.