RBI Analysis

ReliaSoft RBI software risk based inspection (RBI) analysis for the oil & gas, chemical and power plants in adherence to the principles and guidelines presented in the American Petroleum Institute's recommendations in the API RP 580 and RP 581 publications, as well as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers’ recommendations in the ASME PCC-3-2007 publication.

Important: Starting in Version 2019, the RBI software adheres to the 3rd edition of RP 581. Consequently, results may differ from those obtained using previous versions.

When you open an RBI analysis created in a previous version, any existing results will be cleared. There are several new properties that you will need to define for any components that you want to calculate results for.

This section of the help provides information on:

• An overview and general background for typical RBI analysis methods.

• Defining the organization's risk tolerance (the same Risk Categories scales will be used for all RBI analyses in the same database).

• Defining the management systems evaluation score (which can be set separately for each analysis project).

• Building the RBI system hierarchy.

• Using the Add RBI Component window and/or the RBI Properties tab to:

• • Set the general properties.

  • Select the applicable damage factors.

  • Set the damage factor properties.

  • Set the consequence properties.

• Viewing the RBI analysis results.

RBI also provides special analysis treatment for two specific types of components: HEXTUBES and pressure relief devices (PRDs).