Sectional replacement of high pressure feedwater heater tubing
- TransAlta Utilities Corp., Duffield, Alberta (Canada). Plant Engineering Services
TransAlta Utilities is a Canadian Corporation which owns and operates the coal fired Sundance Generating Station located in central Alberta. Sundance is fitted with vertical channel down, carbon steel tubed, high pressure feedwater heaters. The primary mode of failure of these HP feedwater heaters on the six generating units is steam inlet area tube erosion and vibration damage. This damage is initiated with the deterioration of the desuperheating inlet shroud and backing plate, primarily due to thermal fatigue, thus allowing direct impingement of high velocity steam and entrained condensate upon the tubing. Topics discussed are: review of the design and conditions of the heater which allowed re-conditioning; cutting, lifting and supporting of the shell at an elevation sufficient to allow free access of the entire desuperheating zone; damage observed within the desuperheating and drains cooler zones; bundle reconditioning through damage tube section replacement and support plate repair techniques; design/installation of the desuperheating, drains-cooling zone shrouds and backing plates; benefits that this type of approach may offer; conclusions.
- OSTI ID:
- 78284
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941007--; ISBN 0-7918-1381-9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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