Boiler Tube Failure Mechanisms
Unless the root cause of a fossil boiler tube failure is accurately identified, there's a good probability that history will repeat itself. This new SI Webinar provides an overview on determining the responsible tube failure mechanism, with an emphasis on accurate metallurgical analysis to properly identify the failure's root cause. The Webinar includes advice on removing, marking, and shipping pipe samples; a checklist of needed failure background information such as tube location and specifications, design and operating parameters, operating hours, total starts, and cycle chemistry; plus precautions on how to distinguish between look-alike failure mechanisms. As part of SI's ongoing efforts to help clients eliminate boiler tube failures, SI has recently expanded its chemical analysis, mechanical properties test, microstructural analysis, and cycle chemistry capabilities.
Presented on: May 20, 2008
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About the Instructor
Wendy Weiss has a MS in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin, and a BS in Materials Engineering from the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. Her specialties are failure and metallurgical analysis, materials evaluations and inspection, and risk assessment and risk management.