Failure analysis on a primary superheater tube of a power plant

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 158-167

  Purbolaksono, J ^a   Ahmad, J ^b   Beng, L C ^b   Rashid, A Z ^a   Khinani, A ^a   Ali, A A ^a  

^a Universiti Tenaga Nasional   (Malaysia)

^b Kapar Energy Ventures Sdn Bhd   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Clinker; Failure analysis; Hardness; Primary superheater tube; Short term overheating

Indexed keywords

CLINKER; FAILURE MECHANISM; FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS; FLOW PATH; HARDNESS MEASUREMENT; IN-SITU; IN-SITU MEASUREMENT; PRIMARY SUPERHEATER TUBE; ROOT CAUSE; SHORT-TERM OVERHEATING; VISUAL INSPECTION;

FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUE GASES; HARDNESS; MEASUREMENTS; SAFETY FACTOR; SUPERHEATER TUBES; TUBES (COMPONENTS); VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

QUALITY ASSURANCE;

EID: 70449518434     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2009.04.017     Document Type: Article

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