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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 #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
Pitting in Brass Crude
Overhead Condenser
chronicle companion images
PHOTO #1
High Heat Gradient Across Top Row of Tubes
PHOTO #2
Pit Site Filled with Copper
Copper Layout in Pit Site, Defect Depth 60%
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PHOTO #3
Pit Site Prior to Cooling Water Deposit
PHOTO#4
Copper
PHOTO #5
Failure near Tube Support
PHOTO #6
Removed Sample Tube with Failure
PHOTO #7
Tube Section from Sample Tube
3" away from Failure & Retained
for Metallurgical Sampling
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