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http://dx.doi.org/10.18770/KEPCO.2019.05.04.323

Failure Analysis on High Pressure Steam Piping of 500 MW Thermal Power Plant  

Kim, Jeongmyun (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation)
Jeong, Namgeun (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation)
Yang, Kyeonghyun (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation)
Park, Mingyu (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation)
Lee, Jaehong (KEPCO Research Institute, Korea Electric Power Corporation)
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KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy / v.5, no.4, 2019 , pp. 323-330 More about this Journal
Abstract
The 500 MW Korean standard coal-fired power plant is the largest standardized power plant in Korea and has played a pivotal role in domestic power generation for over 20 years. In addition to the aging degradation due to long term operation, the probability of failure of power generation facilities is increasing due to frequent startup and stop caused by the lower utilization rate due to air pollution problem caused by coal-fired power plants. Among them, steam piping plays an important role in transferring high-temperature & pressure steam produced in a boiler to turbine for power generation. In recent years, failure of steam piping of large coal-fired power plant has frequently occurred. Therefore, in this study, failure analysis of high pressure piping weld was conducted. We identify the damage caused by high stress due to abnormal supporting structure of the piping and suggest improved supporting structure to eliminate high stress through microstructure analysis and piping stress analysis to prevent the occurrence of the similar failure of other power plant in the case of repetitive damage to the main steam piping system of the 500 MW Korean standard coal-fired power plant.
Keywords
Thermal Power Plant; Steam Piping; Crack; Piping Stress Analysis; Failure Analysis;
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