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PHOTO #4 Removed tube sample

NOTE: Failure in tube
PHOTO #4
Bottom Half - Note Minimal Corrosion
Liquid
PHOTO #5 Severe groove depth adjacent
to edge of support

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PHOTO #7

PHOTO #8

PHOTO #5
Top Half - Note Corrosion

PHOTO #6
Bottom Half - Note Minimal Corrosion

PHOTO #7 Cross Section
Tube split to show top & bottom
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Left & right sides show minimal corrosion. Liquid covered.
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Inner left & right (top circumference of tube) show heavy corrosion. Liquid/Vapor.

PHOTO #8
Top Half - Note Corrosion

Unexpected Tube Failure in
HDS Stripper OVHD Air Cooler
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PHOTO #2

NOTE: Close up of Failure
PHOTO #1
Top half of tube looking at failure
PHOTO #3
Top Half of Tubing - Note Corrosion
Liquid/Vapor
Organic Acids/Salts in Atmospheric Crude Unit
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I.D Condition of Tubing

I.D Condition of Tubing
IMAGE #3
Tube & Support Condition away from Corrosion Zone

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Bundle
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Isolated & Interconnected Pit Sites

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View of Top Periphery U-bends adjacent to Inlet Piping

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Isolated Deep Pitting

Isolated Deep Pitting
IMAGE #7
Severe Corrosion with Depths to 70%
Location is 2nd Row into Bundle Matrix at U-bends

Severe Corrosion
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Pitting at U-bends 40% Depth

40% Depth
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Top Half of Bundle adjacent to Shell Side Inlet
Note General Corrosion to U-bends

General Corrosion
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Light Etching near Center of Bundle

IMAGE #11
Area of Most Severe Corrosion

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