Heat exchanger life extension via in-situ reconditioning

Holcomb, David E.; Muralidharan, Govindarajan

Title: Heat exchanger life extension via in-situ reconditioning

Abstract

A method of in-situ reconditioning a heat exchanger includes the steps of: providing an in-service heat exchanger comprising a precipitate-strengthened alloy wherein at least one mechanical property of the heat exchanger is degraded by coarsening of the precipitate, the in-service heat exchanger containing a molten salt working heat exchange fluid; deactivating the heat exchanger from service in-situ; in a solution-annealing step, in-situ heating the heat exchanger and molten salt working heat exchange fluid contained therein to a temperature and for a time period sufficient to dissolve the coarsened precipitate; in a quenching step, flowing the molten salt working heat-exchange fluid through the heat exchanger in-situ to cool the alloy and retain a supersaturated solid solution while preventing formation of large precipitates; and in an aging step, further varying the temperature of the flowing molten salt working heat-exchange fluid to re-precipitate the dissolved precipitate.

Inventors:: Holcomb, David E.; Muralidharan, Govindarajan

Issue Date:: 2016-06-28

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1259496

Patent Number(s):: 9377245

Application Number:: 13/833,357

Assignee:: UT-Battelle, LLC (Oak Ridge, TN)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28F - DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28F - DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
F28F2265/00 - Safety or protection arrangements

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28D - HEAT-EXCHANGE APPARATUS, NOT PROVIDED FOR IN ANOTHER SUBCLASS, IN WHICH THE HEAT-EXCHANGE MEDIA DO NOT COME INTO DIRECT CONTACT
F28D7/06 - the conduits having a single U-bend

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28F - DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
F28F2245/00 - Coatings

C - CHEMISTRY C22 - METALLURGY C22F - CHANGING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF NON-FERROUS METALS AND NON-FERROUS ALLOYS
C22F1/10 - of nickel or cobalt or alloys based thereon
C22F1/00 - Changing the physical structure of non-ferrous metals or alloys by heat treatment or by hot or cold working

F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F28 - HEAT EXCHANGE IN GENERAL F28F - DETAILS OF HEAT-EXCHANGE AND HEAT-TRANSFER APPARATUS, OF GENERAL APPLICATION
F28F2225/02 - for casings

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DOE Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2013 Mar 15

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE

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  title        = {Heat exchanger life extension via in-situ reconditioning},

  author       = {Holcomb, David E. and Muralidharan, Govindarajan},

  abstractNote = {A method of in-situ reconditioning a heat exchanger includes the steps of: providing an in-service heat exchanger comprising a precipitate-strengthened alloy wherein at least one mechanical property of the heat exchanger is degraded by coarsening of the precipitate, the in-service heat exchanger containing a molten salt working heat exchange fluid; deactivating the heat exchanger from service in-situ; in a solution-annealing step, in-situ heating the heat exchanger and molten salt working heat exchange fluid contained therein to a temperature and for a time period sufficient to dissolve the coarsened precipitate; in a quenching step, flowing the molten salt working heat-exchange fluid through the heat exchanger in-situ to cool the alloy and retain a supersaturated solid solution while preventing formation of large precipitates; and in an aging step, further varying the temperature of the flowing molten salt working heat-exchange fluid to re-precipitate the dissolved precipitate.},

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  year         = {2016},

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Microstructural and microchemical mechanisms controlling intergranular stress corrosion cracking in light-water-reactor systems journal, October 1994

Steam Generator for Advanced Ultra Supercritical Power Plants 700C to 760C conference, January 2011

Nickel-base heat resistant and wear resistant alloy patent, November 1975

Process for the improvement of refractory composite materials comprising a matrix consisting of a superalloy and reinforcing fibers consisting of a metal carbide patent, October 1976

Forgeable nickel-base super alloy patent, March 1980

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Precipitation-hardening nickel-base alloy and method of producing same patent, March 1987

Nickel-base alloys for high-temperature forging dies usable in atmosphere patent, April 1988

Nickel-chromium alloy of improved fatigue strength patent, August 1988

Process for thermally stress-relieving a tube patent, April 1989

Heat resistant alloys patent, December 1991

Nickel aluminide base single crystal alloys patent, December 1992

Heat treatment of Alloy 718 for improved stress corrosion cracking resistance patent, September 1993

High temperature creep and oxidation resistant chromium silicide matrix alloy containing molybdenum patent, July 1994

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Microstructural and microchemical mechanisms controlling intergranular stress corrosion cracking in light-water-reactor systems
journal, October 1994

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Nickel-chromium alloy of improved fatigue strength
patent, August 1988

Process for thermally stress-relieving a tube
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Heat resistant alloys
patent, December 1991

Nickel aluminide base single crystal alloys
patent, December 1992

Heat treatment of Alloy 718 for improved stress corrosion cracking resistance
patent, September 1993

High temperature creep and oxidation resistant chromium silicide matrix alloy containing molybdenum
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Alloy based on a silicide containing at least chromium and molybdenum
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