Early failure of cupro-nickel condenser tubes in thermal desalination plant

Desalination

Volumn 116, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 135-143

  Asrar, Nausha ^a   Malik, Anees U ^a   Ahmad, Shahreer ^a   Al Sheikh, Abdul Hadi H ^b   Al Ghamdi, Farhan ^b   Al Thobiety, Mohammad A ^b  

^a SALINE WATER CONVERSION CORPORATION   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Power and Desalination Plant   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Condenser tubes; MSF plant; Non condensable gases; Seawater

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CONDENSER TUBES; COPPER ALLOYS; CORROSION; DISSOLUTION; EVAPORATORS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; GASES; INSPECTION; SEAWATER; VAPORS; WATER;

MULTISTAGE FLASH DESALINATION PLANTS; NON CONDENSABLE GASES; THERMAL DESALINATION PLANTS;

DESALINATION;

CONDENSER; COPPER-NICKEL ALLOY; CORROSION; DESALINATION PLANT;

EID: 0032544828     PISSN: 00119164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0011-9164(98)00190-8     Document Type: Article

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