Status of EPRI's waterside corrosion activities

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990 · Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States)

OSTI ID:6122612

Chexal, V K; Torok, R C ^[1]; Shevde, V C; Randall, G A ^[2]; Horowitz, J S ^[3]

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1. Electric Power Research Inst., Palo Alto, CA (United States)
2. Altos Engineering Applications, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US)
3. DuPage Computer Applications Inc., Woodridge, IL (US)

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has instituted a program in the area of waterside corrosion. This program is designed to develop methodologies to: identify the specific corrosion problem, and then analyze the situation to help utility personnel develop a cost- effective inspection and remedial action program. To do this, there is an overview program - CHEXPERT - which identifies the types of corrosion which are likely to occur in a given situation. CHEXPERT is an expert system providing advisory and diagnostic services in this area. A number of analytical modules under CHEXPERT have been and are continuing to be developed. These modules are designed to enable utility personnel to perform the quantitative evaluations necessary in order to develop an optimum inspection program. CHEC, CHECMATE, and CHEC-CAV are inspection planning tools for single phase erosion corrosion, two-phase erosion, and cavitation, respectively. CHEC-NDE and CHEC-THK facilitate management of inspection data and assessment of worn component adequacy. CHEC and CHECMATE are currently complete and in wide use; the other modules are at various stages of development. The status, technical basis and use of all the analytical models are presented.

• OSTI ID: 6122612
• Report Number(s): CONF-9004133-; CODEN: PAPWA
• Journal Information: Proceedings of the American Power Conference; (United States), Vol. 52; Conference: 52. American power conference, Chicago, IL (United States), 23-25 Apr 1990; ISSN 0097-2126
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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