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The HRSG Tube Failure Diagnostic Guide is a practical guide to identification and rapid diagnosis of boiler tube failures in combined cycle power plants with Heat Recovery Steam Generators. Price This item is no longer available as it has been replaced by the 2nd Edition (English version) of this guide. ISBN 0-9719616-0-3 Pages: 193 (Color) A German version of the First Edition Guide is also available.

A practical reference developed from many years experience, this guide is a useful aid to operations, maintenance management and plant engineers. In it you will find a comprehensive list of the damage mechanisms that affect HRSG tubes including the following:

• Erosion Corrosion/Flow-Assisted Corrosion
• Pitting
• High Speed Erosion
• Stress Corrosion Cracking
• Deposition and Under Deposit Corrosion
• Corrosion Fatigue
• Creep and Creep-Fatigue
• Weld Defects
• Mechanical Wear
• Vibration Fatigue/Flow-Induced Vibration
• Gas-Side Corrosion
• Dew-Point Corrosion

A concise description is provided to assist the maintenance, operations or plant engineer with the identification of these important failure mechanisms. Guidance is included to enhance diagnosis, including recommended visual and nondestructive inspection techniques applicable to the specific mechanism and steps to establish the root cause of failure. Further guidance specifies when outside laboratory evaluations are warranted and the minimum information needed to confirm the failure mechanism. Large high quality images from HRSG Failure Analyses performed by Tetra Engineering are included providing typical examples of these significant damage mechanisms.

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