Failure in a high pressure feeding line of an oil refinery due to hydrogen effect

Engineering Failure Analysis

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 873-881

  Hadianfard, M J ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Brittle fracture; Carbon steel; Hydrogen damage; Hydrogen embrittlement; Pipeline

Indexed keywords

BAKING TREATMENT; DAMAGE NUCLEATION; DYE PENETRATION; ELONGATION TO FAILURE; EMERGENCY SHUTDOWN; FEEDING LINES; FRACTURE TOUGHNESS TESTS; HIGH PRESSURE; HYDROGEN EFFECT; HYDROGENATION TREATMENT; IMAGE ANALYZERS; LOW-ALLOY; MANGANESE STEEL; OIL REFINERIES; PIPE MATERIAL; PIPING MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SLOW COOLING; STRESS CALCULATIONS; TENSILE TESTS; VISUAL INSPECTION; XRD; YIELD STRENGTH;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; BRITTLENESS; CARBON STEEL; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEEDING; FRACTOGRAPHY; FRACTURE MECHANICS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN EMBRITTLEMENT; HYDROGENATION; MANGANESE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PETROLEUM REFINERIES; PIPE; PIPELINES; PRESSURE EFFECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; REFINING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRESS CONCENTRATION; TENSILE TESTING; VISUAL COMMUNICATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FRACTURE TOUGHNESS;

EID: 77950025345     PISSN: 13506307     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.engfailanal.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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