Overall Approach to Boiler Tube Failure Reduction

Boiler tube failures remain the primary cause of forced outages at fossil-fired units, but most are preventable. This new SI Webinar presents a proven approach to reducing boiler tube failures that relies on correctly identifying and addressing root causes and on optimizing unit cycle chemistry. Management-supported, multi-disciplinary teamwork that enlists the support of all engineering, operation, and maintenance staff is also a key part of the plan. The root-cause approach has been endorsed by EPRI® for 20 years. SI provides complete boiler tube failure reduction support, including metallurgical analyses, deposit and scale analyses, nondestructive examination, life assessment, root-cause analysis, and root-cause analysis training.

Presented on: May 8, 2008

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Barry Dooley holds a B.Eng and a PhD—both in Metallurgy—from the University of Liverpool, as well as a D.Sc. from Moscow Power Institute. His special expertise is in programs on cycle chemistry, boiler tube failure reduction, cycle chemistry improvement, heat-recovery steam generator reliability, and flow-accelerated corrosion. He is author or co-author of over 260 technical papers, editor of 14 international conference proceedings, and co-author of books on boiler tube failures, steam turbine damage mechanisms, and flow-accelerated corrosion in power plants. Dooley is also executive secretary for the International Association for the Properties of Water and Steam (IAPWS).