Intelligent Risk Management for Hidden Corrosion Threats
Dead legs are among the most underestimated integrity threats in operating facilities. With stagnant or low-flow conditions, these locations are highly susceptible to accelerated corrosion, under-deposit damage, and localized failures.
The Dead Leg Assessment Module within the α-phe Component Assessment suite provides a structured, digital, and risk-based approach to identify, assess, and manage dead legs across the asset lifecycle, ensuring higher reliability, improved safety, and optimized inspection planning.
Purpose & Business Value
The Dead Leg Assessment Module enables organizations to shift from reactive identification to proactive, risk-driven control of dead legs.
Business value delivered:
- Reduces unplanned failures caused by undetected internal corrosion
- Improves visibility and governance of dead leg locations across facilities
- Supports risk-based inspection and maintenance decision-making
- Enables inspection campaign planning through structured work packs
- Standardizes assessment methodology across assets and sites
- Strengthens audit readiness and regulatory confidence
- Seamlessly links integrity assessment to field execution
This module helps asset owners prioritize what matters most, optimize inspection resources, and demonstrate robust integrity management practices.
Key Features
Centralized Dead Leg Register
Maintain a single, authoritative register of all dead leg locations across plants, units, or facilities, providing consistent lifecycle tracking and portfolio visibility.
Integrated Inspection & Evidence Capture
Inspection data, findings, and supporting evidence are digitally linked to each dead leg, ensuring traceability and eliminating fragmented documentation.
Risk-Based Assessment Engine
Dead legs are evaluated using configurable risk logic, including corrosion mechanisms and consequence-based assessment, to automatically determine criticality and risk ranking.
Automated Inspection Strategy & Planning
Inspection strategies, inspection intervals, and next inspection due dates are system-generated based on assessed risk, enabling defensible and consistent inspection planning.
Mitigation & Treatment Planning
Risk-appropriate mitigation strategies—such as flushing programs or alternative treatments—are defined and tracked to reduce long-term integrity exposure.
Recommendation Management with Governance
Integrity recommendations are managed through structured workflows with review and approval controls, ensuring clear ownership and management oversight.
Work Pack Generation for Inspection Campaigns
Inspection-ready work packs can be generated by grouping dead legs into inspection campaigns.
Work packs consolidate:
- Inspection scopes
- Asset and location details
- Risk context and criticality
- Supporting documents and images
This enables efficient field execution, improves inspection quality, and reduces preparation time for large-scale inspection campaigns.
Preventive Maintenance Integration
Approved recommendations and inspection outcomes can be transferred directly into Preventive Maintenance workflows, closing the loop between assessment, execution, and verification.
End-to-End Workflow
- Dead leg locations are identified and managed within a centralized digital register
- Inspection information and supporting evidence are captured and linked to each dead leg
- Risk assessments determine criticality and inspection priorities
- Inspection strategies and intervals are automatically defined
- Dead legs are grouped into inspection campaigns with dedicated work packs
- Recommendations are governed and approved
- Actions are executed through maintenance workflows and tracked to closure
This closed-loop workflow ensures consistent planning, efficient execution, and full traceability from assessment to field activities.
Screens & Capabilities (What the System Delivers)
- Portfolio-level dead leg visibility and risk ranking
- Risk-driven inspection and assessment views
- Inspection campaign planning and work pack generation
- Recommendation tracking and approval workflows
- Maintenance execution linkage
- Document repositories aligned to inspection scopes
All capabilities are delivered through a single, unified digital platform, eliminating manual coordination and data silos.
Standards & Best-Practice Alignment
The Dead Leg Assessment Module is designed to align with industry-recognized integrity and risk-based inspection practices, supporting:
- Risk-based inspection principles
- Consequence-driven criticality assessment
- Structured inspection planning and execution
- Governance, auditability, and lifecycle traceability
The solution is configurable to align with client-specific RBI methodologies, risk matrices, and inspection philosophies, ensuring compliance with corporate and regulatory expectations.
Why α-phe for Dead Leg Management?
- Built specifically for asset integrity and corrosion management
- Risk-driven, not checklist-driven
- Integrated inspection campaigns and work pack readiness
- Seamless connection between integrity, inspection, and maintenance
- Scalable from single assets to enterprise-wide portfolios
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