• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제20권5호
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• pp.242-248
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• 2021

Unforeseen failures of boilers in power plants may affect the continuation of electricity generation. Main failures in boilers are influenced by the tube material, tube position, boiler service temperature and pressure, and chemical composition of the feed water and coal. This investigation was intended to find answers on the causes and mechanism of failure of the fire-side boiler water-wall tubes, due to perforation and corrosion. The tube conformed to the material requirements in terms of its chemical composition and hardness. Microscopic examination showed ferrite and pearlite indicating no changes in its microstructure due to the temperature variation. SEM test showed a single layer and homogenous film density particularly on the area far from perforation. However, layers of corrosion product were formed on the nearby perforation area. EDX showed that there were Na, Ca, S, and O elements on the failed surface. XRD indicated the presence of Fe₂O₃ oxide. The failure mechanism was identified as a result of significant localized wall thinning of the boiler water wall-tube due to oxidation.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.20-24
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• 2003

Boiler is one of the most important utilities providing steam to turbine in order to supply mechanical energy in thermal power plant. It is composed of thousands of tubes for high efficient heat transfer. Water is converted to steam inside the waterwall tubes. Many chemical components dissolved in boiler water come out of itself, deposit to the tube wall surface, prohibit heat transer, raise tube metal temperature, eventually fail the boiler tubes. Several tasks such as fracture surface study, tensile test, hardness test, metallurgical test, composition analysis of sticking elements were conducted to identify the root cause of tube failure.

• 대한기계학회논문집B
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• 제36권6호
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• pp.663-668
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• 2012

비산회에 의한 보일러 튜브 마모 문제는 석탄화력 보일러 튜브 파손에 주요한 요인이 된다. 때문에 튜브 보호막이나 다공판 등이 마모 문제 완화를 위하여 사용되고 있다. 그러나 비산회에 의한 튜브마모 문제는 이런 방법을 통하여 완전히 해결될 수 없는데 이는 보일러 마다 유동 조건이 다를 뿐만아니라 예상치 못한 위치에서 국부적으로 마모가 심화될 수 있기 때문이다. 문제는 보일러 내부 비대칭 유동과 국부적 유속 증가에서 기인함으로 튜브 마모 문제의 해결에 있어서 보일러 내부 유동을 명확히 파악하는 것이 무엇 보다 중요하다 하겠다. 본 연구에서는 튜브 마모 문제에 해결을 위해 사용되는 Cold Air Velocity Technique(CAVT)에 대하여 고찰하고 하동화력 2호기 보일러에 대하여 CAVT를 실제 적용함으로써 석탄화력 보일러에 있어서 CAVT 적용 가능성을 검증하였다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제20권7호
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• pp.478-485
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• 2008

The extreme steam temperature deviation experienced in the superheater of a tangentially fired boiler can seriously affect its economic and safe operation. This temperature deviation is one of the main causes of boiler tube failures. The steam temperature deviation is mainly due to the thermal load deviation in the lateral direction of the superheater. The thermal load deviation consists of several causes. One of the causes is the non-uniform heat flow distribution of burnt gas on the superheater tube system. This distribution is very difficult to measure in situ using direct experimental techniques. So, we need thermal load model to estimate the tube temperature. In this paper, we propose a thermal load distribution model by using CFD analysis and plant data. We successfully predict the tube temperature and the steam flow rate in a final superheater system from the thermal load model and one dimensional heat-flow system analysis. The proposed model and analysis method would be valuable in preventing the frequent tube failure of the final superheater tubes.

• 플랜트 저널
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• 제15권2호
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• pp.56-61
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• 2019

본 연구에서는 500 MW급 초임계압 석탄 화력발전소의 발전보일러용 고압 급수가열기에서 발생한 내부 튜브의 파손 사례 분석을 통해 운전 기록 모니터링에 의한 발전보일러용 고압 급수가열기 내부 튜브의 파손 예측 방안을 모색하고자 하였다. 이 연구를 통해 고압 급수가열기 내부 튜브 파손 시 쉘 측 수위 조절 밸브 개도와 보일러 급수펌프 흡입 유량의 변화로 내부 튜브 파손을 진단할 수 있는 예측 모형을 제안하였고, 제안된 예측 모형은 급수 계통의 불균형이 일어난 추가 사례를 통해 실증하였다. 이에 따라 본 연구와 유사한 특성의 발전보일러용 고압 급수가열기의 경우에도 쉘 측 수위 조절 밸브 개도와 보일러 급수펌프의 흡입 유량의 정상 운전 상태 값 대비 현재 운전 값 비교는 고압 급수가열기 내부 튜브의 파손에 대한 유력한 예측 진단 방안이 될 수 있다고 판단된다.

• 설비공학논문집
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• 제20권6호
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• pp.416-426
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• 2008

The boiler tube failure often experienced in the superheater of a utility boiler can seriously affect the economic and safe operation of the power plant. It has been known that this failure is mainly caused by the thermal load deviation in the superheater tube system, and deeply intensified by the non-uniform distribution of steam flow rates. The nonuniform steam flow is distinctively prominent at low power load rather than at full power load. In this paper, we analyze the steam flow distribution in the superheater tube system by using one dimensional flow network model. At 30% power load, the deviation of steam flow rate is predicted to be within 0.8% of the averaged flow rate. This deviation can be reduced to 0.1% and 0.07% by assuming two cases, that is, the removal of 13th tube at each tube rows and the installation of intermediate header, respectively. The assumed two cases would be effective for the uniform steam flow distribution across 85 superheater tube rows.

• KEPCO Journal on Electric Power and Energy
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• 제8권2호
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• pp.93-96
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• 2022

The boiler tubes of thermal power plants are exposed to harsh environment of high temperature and high pressure, and the deterioration state of materials rapidly increases. In particular, parent material and welds of the materials used are subjected to a temperature change and various constraints, resulting in deformation and its growth, resulting in frequent leakage accidents caused by tube failure. The power plant checks the integrity of boiler tubes through non-destructive testing as it may act as huge costs loss and limitation of power supply during power station shutdown period due to boiler tube leakage. However, the current non-destructive testing is extremely limited in the field to detect micro cracks. In this study, the ability of metal magnetic memory technique to detect flaws of size that are difficult to inspect by the visual or general non-destructive methods was verified in the early stage of their occurrence.

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제13권5호
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• pp.95-102
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• 2009

A steam generator (boiler) in thermal power plants, consisting of more than 30,000 parts and components, can lead to the plant shutdown with damage to even the small part of the components; esp., like weld failures on boiler tubes. Consequently it is greatly demanded to improve the quality of the weld on the boiler tube for the stable operation of the power plants. Because of the feature of the welding, which is done past by melting the work pieces and adding a filler material that cools to become a strong coalescence, there is a great possibility that weld failures take place. As a result, it is regulated to make a non-destructive testing, like radiography test, to detect defects and flaws in the weld. The current film radiography test provides a lower image quality exceeding 2.0% of a basic quality level for a penetrameter, it is very likely to fail to detect micro defect. As a result, the prevention for the boiler tube failure has not been made effectively. In this study, computed radiography technology has been applied as a digital radiography test to the boiler tube weld, and Se-75 radiation source was used to improve the image quality, instead of Ir-192 source. As a result of this study, it is proven to save the time and cost for test and to enhance the quality level of penetrameter penetrating image, which enables to upgrade the quality of radiography test to the boiler tube weld.

• 연구논문집
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• 통권30호
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• pp.121-128
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• 2000

The failed tube received for this study has been used for approximately 10 year at $330^{\circ}C$ in a steam production boiler tube was fractured in the transversed direction to tube length, and fracture mode was typically intergranulas type without the plastic deformation. The fracture surface was covered by the oxide scale formed from the intermal high pressure steam at high temperature. The microstructure was not nearly thermal-degraded during the service. From this result, we can conclude that the oxide film was proferentialy formed into the grainboundary and this grainboundary oxide film was brittle-fractured by the thermal stress in the longitudinal direction to the tube brittle intergranular fracture mode.

• Corrosion Science and Technology
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.55-60
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• 2019

Corrosion failure in the convection part of peak load boiler (PLB) of the district heating system led to water leakage. Herein, Internal Rotary Inspection System (IRIS) inspection was employed to examine wall thinning and the cause of leakage in the flue tube. The corrosive products of the turbulator and tube were investigated using scanning electron microscope combined with energy dispersive spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, and inductively coupled plasma (ICP). Majority of the serious corrosion damage was observed near the turbulator located in the upper flue tube. ICP analysis of the boiler water revealed oxide formation of sodium chloride in the lower end part of the flue tube. A cross-sectional view of the turbulator revealed the presence of double-layers of the oxide film, indicating environmental change during operation associated with water leakage. The outer surface of the turbulator consisted of the acid oxides such as $NO_x$ and $SO_x$ along with sodium and chloride ions. Dew-point corrosion is hypothesized as the main cause for the formation of acid oxides in the region of contact of the flue tube and the turbulator.