Tube Failure from near
Drum Corrosion on Process Boiler
chronicle companion images
PHOTO #1
Boiler Installed in 1976
(See arrow: Area of Corrosion / Failure)
PHOTO #2
View of Tube Sheet Map with Locations of Affected Tubing
PHOTO #3
Outer Row of Tubes (Row #15)
with Plate Section Removed to Expose Row
(See Arrow: Heavy Deposits adjacent to the Mud Drum.
NOTE: Outline of Top Leading Edge of Deposit Layout Zone.)
PHOTO #4
View of Outer Row of Tubes (Row #15) with Plate Section Removed to Expose Row.
(Yellow Arrow: Heavy Deposits adjacent to the Mud Drum and Corrosion Underneath)
(Blue Arrow: Mud Drum)
PHOTO #5
View of Thick / Heavy Deposits adjacent to Mud Drum after Cleaning.
(Arrow: Heavy Deposits adjacent to the Mud Drum. NOTE: Sulfurous Combustion By-products)
PHOTO #6
(Arrow: Area of Heavy Corrosion)
INSPECTION PHOTOS
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