There are several Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s) which allow a judgment whether a
Risk Based Inspection (RBI) Assessment & Implementation project was a success or not. One of these
KPI’s is definitively the qualification, experience and seniority of the person who is working on the
determination of the expected deterioration mechanisms, the prediction when and where a corrosion or
other materials failure of equipment or piping system is going to occur.
The presentation describes a Knowledge Management Tool which assists materials and corrosion
engineers in the prediction of process equipment based upon a mighty corrosion database and state-ofthe-
art artificial neuronal network technology. The reliability of results achieved certainly depends on
the amount of failure relevant information gathered in the database. Corrosion Management Prediction
Tool provides information about the quality of the corrosion prognosis, e.g. the confidence level of the
results achieved.