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http://dx.doi.org/10.14773/cst.2010.9.5.216

A Study on Evalution of Corrosion Properties in cooling tube of water cooling transformers  

Jeong, Nyeon-Ho (KEPCO Research Institute, Engineering Center, E&C Team)
Min, Byung-Yeon (KEPCO Research Institute, Engineering Center, E&C Team)
Park, Hyun-Joo (KEPCO Research Institute, Engineering Center, E&C Team)
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Corrosion Science and Technology / v.9, no.5, 2010 , pp. 216-222 More about this Journal
Abstract
Most of the thirteen substations in operation in the metropolitan area were installed around the year 2000, and since water cooling methods are used to directly withdraw heat from transformer oils, a stable supply of electric power is required through optimal maintenance of facilities. The water cooling tower installed outdoors, which uses the water supply as sprinkler water, experiences the most problems. Since more than 90% of the cooling water is reused, the dissolved composition in the water becomes concentrated due to long operating hours, and impurities dissolve in the water due to air flowing in from the outside, forming hard scales on the outer surface of the cooling tube, and in extreme cases, reacting with the tube material composition, leading to corrosion. As a result, not only is cooling efficiency lowered, but in extreme cases the cooling tube must be replaced. In this study, the characteristics and composition of the scales formed on the cooling tube were analyzed and corrosion characteristics of material types were identified in order to find an efficient maintenance method for cooling tubes. In addition, the degree of dissolution of various chemicals were investigated during the removal of scales that have been formed.
Keywords
cooling water; scales; tube; dissolution; composition;
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