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International FAC Conference in Fossil Plants

Resources»Trade Shows»International FAC Conference in Fossil Plants 

Flow Accelerated Corrosion (FAC) in Fossil and Combined Cycle/HRSG Plants International Conference

Tuesday, June 29, 2010 - Thursday, July 01, 2010

Although the mechanism of flow accelerated corrosion (FAC) in fossil plants has been mostly understood for almost 40 years, it remains one of the major safety issues for plant management and personnel. It can occur across the feedwater system from the condensate pump to the economizer inlet with the heater drains systems being particularly prone. It is equally dangerous in both the single- and two-phase flow regions.

In Combined Cycle HRSG plants, FAC has also become the leading cause of availability loss in the HRSG and also occurs in both the single- and two-phase varieties. FAC is also the major damage mechanism in air-cooled condensers. In all of these systems the cycle chemistry influences, and in some cases, controls FAC, and it has become clear that FAC should not just be considered as a failure mechanism but is also a major cause of corrosion in the cycle leading to higher levels of transported corrosion products in Fossil plants. These corrosion products act as the centers for many other failure and damage mechanism in these plants. Thus recognition, control and alleviation of FAC in Fossil Plant / HRSG should be one of the most important management supported aspects of running a fossil power plant in today's world. Most often however this is not the case and Fossil Power Plant staff are directed to address one of a plethora of other activities until once again a serious Flow Accelerated Corrosion incident occurs somewhere around the world.

This Fossil FAC Conference is an international conference being called to provide the fossil and combined cycle industries with broad and expert experience in all aspects of FAC. The major themes at Fossil FAC Conference are to review, document, and transfer technology on the most recent developments in understanding:

• the mechanisms, root causes of FAC,

• the management tools and approaches,

• the predictive processes,

• the cycle chemistry,

• the NDE techniques and assessment technologies, and

• the application of permanent solutions.

The International FAC Conference in Fossil Plants / HRSG is linked to the International Conference on FAC in Nuclear Plants which will be held 4-7 May 2010 in Lyon, France (www.fac2010.net). This provides a unique opportunity in the world that within two months there will be a comprehensive coverage of FAC in the nuclear and fossil plants of the major generating sources. This will lead to cross-fertilization of the science and application of Flow Accelerated Corrosion which knows no boundaries.