Analysis of failed reformer tubes

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 351-362

  Ray, Ashok Kumar ^a   Sinha, Samarendra Kumar ^a   Tiwari, Yogendra Nath ^a   Swaminathan, Jagannathan ^a   Das, Gautam ^a   Chaudhuri, Satyabrata ^a   Singh, Raghubir ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Creep; Dimensional conformance; Microstructures; Overheating; Reformer tubes

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CRACK PROPAGATION; CREEP TESTING; DEGRADATION; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FERTILIZERS; HARDNESS; TENSILE TESTING;

FERTILIZER PLANTS;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CATALYST; CREEP; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HEATING; MICROSTRUCTURE; STEEL; TENSILE CRACK;

EID: 0037409683     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1350-6307(02)00029-8     Document Type: Article

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