oiler tube failures are inevitable. There are twenty-two primary reasons for tub e failures in a boiler.

Knowledge and good operating and maintenance practice re duce tube failures. Reducing tube failure in boilers increases the availability of boiler. Whatever the type of fuel being fired, all high pressure boilers are bound to ha ve a tube failure during the course of their working life. Did you know that a s ingle tube failure in a 500 MW boiler requiring four days of repair work can res ult in a loss of more than $1,000,000 apart from the generation loss? There are six major groups into which all tube failures can be classified. These six groups can be further divided in to a total of twenty-two primary types. Al l high pressure boilers commissioned and put into operation go through a stabili zation period, during which some teething problems occur, including a few tube f ailures.