API 571 Summary
API 571 Summary
- cyclic stress
9 thermal fatigue
- thermal cycling ..
short term overheating-stress -localized heating ->, bulging, fired heater tube material
10 -,,
rupture stress rupture(failure) and construction .
-Cavitation formation innumerable tiny Copper and brass, cast iron, C/S,
15 cavitation vapor bubbles instantaneous collapse low alloy steel, 300 S/S, 400 S/S,
erosioin Ni base alloys
high temp.
corrosion[400
(204)]
carbon lose condition
high temp. and iron matrix leaving.
-, , process stream carbon
35 corrosion[400 decarburization Decarburization gas environment fires C/S, LAS
(204)] activity.
service ,
-Metal dusting carbon and hydrogen LAS, 300 S/S, Ni base alloys, heat
gases and/or process streams carburizing resisting alloys. -process stream composition, ,
36 metal dusting
localized pitting metal dusting immune alloy composition
carburization metal alloy .
-Fuel Ash Corrosion fuel form deposits
-conventional alloys
contaminants fired heaters, boilers and gas
37 fuel ash corrosion -50Cr-50Ni alloys
metal surfaces melt materials
wastage.
environment-
Caustic embrittlement non-PWHTd welds
assisted
cracking caustic stress corrosion cracking adjacent caustic equipment C/S,LAS,300 SS , -caustic , metal , stress levels
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(caustic embrittlement) surface-initiated cracks Ni base alloys function
characterized stress corrosion cracking
a) copper alloys
-ammonia aqueous steams copper -aqueous ammonia, ammonia
- chemical compounds .
alloys stress corrosion cracking(SCC) . compounds environments
42 ammonia stress corrosion cracking b) steel
-C/S anhydrous ammonia SCC copper alloys
-0.2% water anhydrous ammonia C/S
-anhydrous ammonia C/S.
cracking .
molten metals alloys C/S, LAS, , 300 SS, Ni
43 liquid metal embrittlement(LME) cracking . Cracking base alloys, copper alloys, Al
in nature brittle . alloys, Ti alloys.
- brittle fracture
.
- vessels pre-existing
falws/defects
-creep damage electron
microscope
- , failures knife-edge
- fired heater tubes. drawn fracture edges -localized excursions
open brust ->ductile rupture.
-process conditions
sulfur levels .
-self-containing streams processed - Cr alloy upgrading . -
piping equipment. - -proactive and retoractive PMI programs
sulfidation anticipated service alloy
mix-ups verification check .
-attack carburization
-fired haeter tubes -carburization depth metallography
.
- .
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-fired metallography replication(FMR)
-elevared , fire
-damage metallography . decarburization .
equipment .
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a) rotating equipment
-UT, MT: crack detection .
cyclic stress equipment b) deaerators
ratating equip, deaerators, cycling boilers. -cracking WFMT .
a) rotating equipment
-many of the cracks: very tight
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c) cycling boilers
b) deaerators
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-UT or EMATS: boiler highly stressed
regions .
-HE cracking sub-surface -hydrogen alloy , fabrication/ -PT,MT,WFMT: surface cracking inspection
surface breaking. history source . -UT: HE cracks .
- - -RT: HE cracks sensitive X
-C/S LAS general uniform thinning, localized -VI, UT: internal equip. .
underdeposit attack suffer. -UT scan, RT: external .
-hydroprocessing units -
-FCC units
-high and low velocity areas UT, RT
-sour water strippers(SWS)
-high NH4HS concentration control v/v
-mine units
-delatyed coker UT downstream.
-water eliminated ,
-water catalyst mix polymerization -UT, RT: loss
C/S general or localized thinning corrosion resistant materials
piping equipment -
upgrading option.
-
-wet H2S environment
-extreanl SWUT UT .
blistering, HIC, SOHIC, SSC
-AET crack growth
damage refinery .
.
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-AET crack growth
growing cracks locating .
, predominate .
Spheroidization . 1025(552) , spheroidized .
ement(4.2.6 )
vy wall equipment .
0 )
pingement erosion, fretting and .
iling) .
b) graphitic corrosion cast iron further 4.3.12 .
position confused (4.2.1 )
.
ubes circumferential cracking corrosive environment aggravated thermal fatigue .(Fig. 4-73)
.
HF hydrogen stress corrosion cracking([Link]) hydrogen embrittlement .
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N/A
N/A
N/A
corrosion fatigue,
dissimilar metal
weld cracking
creep/stress
rupture
thermal fatigue,
corrosion fatigue
N/A
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liquid impingement
or eorsion
vibration
induced
fatigue
mechanical
fatigue,
refractory
degradation
oxidation,
sulfidation,
flue gas dew
point corroxion
soil corrosion
corrosion under
insulation
atmospheric
corrosion,
oxidation,
chloride SCC
CO2 corrosion,
corrosion fatigue,
eorsion/eorsion-
corrosion
boiler
water
condensate
corrosion,
carbonate
cracking
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cooling water
corrosion
galvanic
corrosion
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HTHA
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caustic SCC,
polythionic SCC
mechanical
fatigue,
vibration
induced
fatigue
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N/A
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aime stress
corrosion
cracking
erosion/erosion
corrosion
HCI corrosion
ammonium
chloride
corrosion,
chloride SCC,
localized
corrosion
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N/A
N/A
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N/A
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