Seismic vulnerability assessment of critical equipment of te upstream plant Centro Olio Val’agri and design of proper retrofitting systems | Separation columns

DATE:

2022

CUSTOMER:

TEA SPA

PROJECT SERVICE:

OIL & GAS

PARTNER:

ENI, CENTRO OLIO VAL D’AGRI (BASILICATA, ITALY)

Details

The seismic vulnerability analysis of existing equipment of the Upstream Plant (Centro Olio Val d’Agri, COVA) located in Viggiano (Basilicata Region, Italy) has been analyzed by mean of refined models. Moreover, proper mitigation strategies have been selected, designed and implemented.

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This activity concerned the seismic assessment of separation columns in which oil, gas and water are separated after a first treatment in the slug catchers. Several columns are present in the mentioned plant. A refined model using shell elements for the wall and an equivalent EP spring at the base to simulate the interaction between the base skirt and the foundation has been adopted.  For the identification of the vibration modes necessary to validate the proposed solution the TInRAR technique has been used and implemented by Nazcha srl. 

A retrofitting solution currently under development employes an innovative mitigation strategy based on Tuned Mass Dampers.

Development of a new Fiber-based monitoring system for industrial components

Component fragility evaluation and seismic safety assessment of “special risk petrochemical plants under design basis and beyond design basis accidents, Grant No: RFS-PR-13056) – Coordinated by Prof. Oreste S. Bursi of the University of Trento. INDUSE-2-SAFETY aims at developing a quantitative risk assessment methodology for seismic loss prevention of “special risk” petrochemical plants and components.

European Project Induse-2-Safety (2014-2017)

Component fragility evaluation and seismic safety assessment of “special risk petrochemical plants under design basis and beyond design basis accidents, Grant No: RFS-PR-13056) – Coordinated by Prof. Oreste S. Bursi of the University of Trento. INDUSE-2-SAFETY aims at developing a quantitative risk assessment methodology for seismic loss prevention of “special risk” petrochemical plants and components.

H2020-MSCA-ITN-(2016-2020) – XP-Resilience: Extreme Loading Analysis Of Petrochemical Plants And Design Of Metamaterial-Based Shields For Enhanced Resilience.

XP-RESILIENCE aims at offering innovative research training ground as well as attractive career development and knowledge exchange opportunities for Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) through cross-border and cross-sector mobility for future growth in Europe.

MSMART (2016-2018) – (Mitigazione del rischio sismico di impianti di processo con l’ausilio di sistemi Smart) – INAIL.

Oreste S. Bursi (University of Trento), Rocco di Filippo (University of Trento), Fabrizio Paolacci (Roma Tre University), Gianluca Quinci (Roma Tre University).

SPIF (2019-2020): Seismic performance of multi-component systems in special risk industrial facilities

EU project SERA – Coordinated by Christoph Butenweg (Aachen University, CWE), Oreste S. Bursi (Univesity of Trento), Michalis Fragiadakis (NTUA), Johan Distl (Maurer), Marko Mirinkovic (University of Belgrade), Fabrizio Paolacci (Roma Tre University), Philip Renaults (Swiss Nuclear), Shriley Dyke (Purdue University), Max Gundel (Wofel).