Products tagged with 'corrosion'

This paper describes those strategies to minimize the risks associated with the seawater injection process and to reach production targets. Also, an expert system developed for seawater injection plants is introduced.

Prestressed concrete cylinder pipe pipeline sections projected to exhibit wire breaks were detected - and one not so -  were excavated, removed, inspected, and dissected. Corrosion had initiated upon the inner surface of shorting straps and spread to the prestressing wires.  A mechanism for this corrosion is presented and the findings discussed.

Corrosion and structural deterioration due to microbiologically influenced sulfate reduction and hydrogen sulfide gas oxidation to sulfuric acid are responsible for much of the expense related to santiatry sewage collection systems.  This paper explains the mechanism of this biologically induced corrosion, its consequence, and methods to mediate it.

Presents: Relationship between humidity and degradation rates. CHP systems deployment throughout the Department of Defense. CHP systems in use on Aircraft, etc. DoD, U.S. Marine Corps and Naval Aviation CHP policy. Independent CHP performance / economic analyses by GAO. User-reported performance

Because of its hardness, dimensional tolerance and resistance to hydrogen, cadmium plating has been used to protect steel components in marine environments.  However, Cadmium is thought to be toxic and a search is on for an alternative. In this paper,  cadmium and zinc-nickel plating/coating were compared in water immersion, temperature cycling, rain, humidity, and salt fog testing.

The nut and bolt thread protector system is a patented, ultraviolet stabilized polyethylene thread protector, which seals nut and bolt threads in pressurized grease to effectively prevent corrosion and provide protection against physical damage.

A test programme was conducted to study corrosion behaviour of - 1. carbon and low alloy steels, 2. austenitic, martensitic and duplex stainless steels and 3. nickel-based Alloy 718 - in low oxygen content (20 & 200 ppb) seawater.

Electrochemical corrosion rate probes have been constructed and tested along with mass loss coupons in an air plus water vapor and a N2/O2/CO2 plus water vapor environment. Temperatures ranged from 200º to 700ºC. Results show that electrochemical corrosion rates for ash-covered mild steel are a function of time, temperature and process environment.

A test waterwall was fabricated so that alternatives to alloy 625 could be exposed in the first pass of the waste incineration plant Haderslev. The chemical environment from the waste incineration was also monitored by analyzing deposits and corrosion products from various locations in the boiler. 

The unavailability of coal fired electrical generating capacity is often attributable to corrosion in steam generators. Electricity demand grows faster than new plants come online, forcing greater use of old plants. Identifying such problems requires proper inspection tools and techniques to take the guesswork out of whether boiler tubes should be repaired or replaced. 

If the iron concentration in an alkaline chelant boiler cleaning solution reaches a high value when dissolving magnetite, it sometimes continues to increase rapidly and not level, indicating corrosion of the boiler metal. A laboratory study of “runaway iron increases” investigated the cause and the best mitigation methods.

This paper documents the basic SCC and corrosion rate behavior of a new 150 ksi yield strength TS temper in Levels I, II, IV, V and VII environments. Microstructural observations, corrosion rate and resistance to SCC in full immersion proof ring static tensile tests are reported.