[Download] "Breathing Added Life Into Failing Heat Exchangers" by Worldwide Energy # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Breathing Added Life Into Failing Heat Exchangers
- Author : Worldwide Energy
- Release Date : January 01, 2010
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 52 KB
Description
AEP Tanner's Creek power station found that using the latest technological advancements can add years to heat exchanger units. By more accurately and quickly replacing tubes, costs are slashed and service is life extended. When heat exchanger tubes - sometimes numbering a thousand or more per unit - begin to crack or wear, the effects can lead to a cascade of subsequent failures in adjacent tubes. If too many tubes are plugged, heat exchanger effectiveness is compromised, and power generation may be curtailed by a substantial percentage. If conventional mechanical plugs are used, they can break loose, leak and fail. At that point the replacement of a very costly heat exchanger may be imminent.