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Life optimization for fossil fuel power plants

Article · November 1990 with 10 Reads
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Warren Mcnaughton
14.39 · Cornice Engineering Inc.

R.H. Richman

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M. Farber

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During 1985 and 1986, EPRI funded several major studies of aging fossil-fuel power plants. These were aimed both at evaluation and planning on the
plant level (life optimization), and condition assessment of individual components (life assessment). The experience gained during the execution of these
projects, along with available international experience on the optimized use of existing power plants, was integrated in Generic Guidelines for the Life
Extension of Fossil Fuel Power Plants,'' issued in November 1986 (CS-4778). These guidelines advocated the assessment of residual component life in
increasingly detailed stages, the phased evaluation and refurbishment of equipment, the importance of integrated planning, and the requirement for
application of data management techniques. To extend the procedures and methods presented in those generic guidelines, and to demonstrate the
potential benefits of a formalized approach to the consideration of fossil fuel power plant evaluation, the Electric Power Research Institute initiated a
technology transfer demonstration project, RP2596-10. This report provides a summary of the activities in that demonstration project. One of the tools
that was developed during the project was a compilation of the condition assessment of 25 critical and major components. This report includes an
overview of the Component Condition Assessment Guidelines, as well as other tools and analysis methods that were developed during the project. The
project also served as a review of the application of the methods and procedures presented in the basic guidelines document; therefore, this report also
includes an evaluation and suggested refinements of the generic guidelines.

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... The contribution of several factors appears to be responsible for failures, culminating in the partial or
complete shutdown of the plant. A survey of the literature[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]pertaining to the
performance of steam boilers during the last 30 years shows that abundant cases have been referred to,
concerned with the failure of boilers due to fuel ash corrosion, overheating, hydrogen attack,
carburization and decarburization, corrosion fatigue cracking, stress corrosion cracking, caustic
embrittlement, erosion, etc. Erosion and vibration caused by ash laden flue gas can result in boiler tube
failures if operating conditions are different from design conditions. High gas flow velocities can cause
tubes to vibrate at high frequencies and result in fatigue cracking failures[9]. ...

Failure investigation of a secondary super heater tube in a 140 MW thermal power plant ...
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Failure Investigation of a Final Super Heater Tube in a 140 MW Thermal Power Plant ...
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