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SEA-CURE: The Solution for the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve
Making the Grade with Stainless Steel Tubing
Condenser Tube Life Cycle Economics
The challenge for plant operations staff is to understand the possible material failure mechanisms and keep an eye on those exchangers beginning to show signs of tube failure.
Laboratory Evaluation of Corrosion Mitigation Strategies for Large, Once-Through Heat Exchangers
Laboratory Evaluation of Corrosion Mitigation Strategies for Large, Once-Through Heat Exchangers D.G. ENOS, B.L. LEVIN, AND T.E. HINKEBEIN, Sandia National Laboratories Corrosion in large oil coolers at U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve sites led to fouling and perforation of carbon steel cooling water tubes. Two mitigation strategies were studied in a laboratory simulation—the use of corrosion-resistant …
