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06mitchell CorrosionandPerfIssues
06mitchell CorrosionandPerfIssues
ÿ Tubesheet coatings
ÿ Tube-end ID coatings
ÿ Full-length tube coatings
ÿ Waterbox & channel heads coatings
ÿ Flange sealing
ÿ Coating Service And Circulating Water Piping
Tubesheet Problems
blasted
Protective plugs removed
Coating plugs installed
Many different sizes of plugs often required
Coating plug tops are leveled off this
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ÿ General thinning
ÿ Pitting
ÿ Under deposit corrosion
ÿ Crevice
ÿ MIC
Tube Wall
Coating Film
Pit With Insufficient Coating
Pit With Minimally Sufficient Coating Excessive Coating Film
Minimal Coating Film
Pit Completely Filled With Coating
Objectives for New Approach
ÿ Target and fill (Remediate) the existing pits
and holes
ÿ Low viscosity
ÿ Durable
ÿ Thermal Conductivity
ÿ Anti-fouling
Environmental Control Equipment
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Do or Die
ÿ Admiralty tubes
ÿ Second Improvement
ÿ Automate the entire process
ÿ Computer controlled with variable inputs
ÿ Tube length and ID
ÿ Test pressure
ÿ Dwell time
ÿ Pass / Fail criteria
ÿ Correlates to target criterial for hole size
Innovation in Individual Tube Testing
ÿ Components of the new system
ÿ Computer / Software
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