Failure analysis of stainless steel tubes in a recuperator due to elevated temperature sulphur corrosion

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 711-722

  Bhattacharyya, Sandip ^a   Das, M B ^a   Sarkar, Sudipto ^a  

^a TATA STEEL LTD   (India)

Author keywords

Corrosion; Hydrogen sulphide; Recuperator; Sulphidation; Sulphur dioxide

Indexed keywords

CORROSIVE EFFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; RECUPERATORS; STAINLESS STEEL; SULFUR DIOXIDE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; PREMATURE FAILURE; SULPHIDATION;

TUBES (COMPONENTS);

CORROSIVE EFFECTS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; RECUPERATORS; STAINLESS STEEL; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TUBES (COMPONENTS);

EID: 40849140900     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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