Structural analysis and lifetime assessment of steam drums

Otso Cronvall, Satu Tuurna, Heli Talja, Liisa Heikinheimo, Pertti Auerkari

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    Abstract

    Structural analysis and lifetime assessment of steam drums in conventional power plants are discussed in this article. The analyses involve damage and structural mechanics, heat transfer analyses and fracture mechanics, and are connected to fluid mechanics. The used input data was from two steam drums in a Finnish fossil fuel power plant. Structural mechanics analyses were performed with FEM code ABAQUS. The lifetime analyses were performed using fracture mechanics analysis code VTTBESIT1.0. The primary considered damage mechanism was crack growth by corrosion-fatigue. Conclusions of the analysis results are summarised
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationBALTICA VI - Life management and maintenance for power plants. Vol. 1
    Place of PublicationEspoo
    PublisherVTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
    Pages245-259
    ISBN (Electronic)951-38-6292-5
    ISBN (Print)951-38-6291-7
    Publication statusPublished - 2004
    MoE publication typeB3 Non-refereed article in conference proceedings
    EventBALTICA VI - Life Management and Maintenance for Power Plants - Helsinki-Stockholm, Finland
    Duration: 8 Jun 200410 Jun 2004

    Publication series

    SeriesVTT Symposium
    Number233
    ISSN0357-9387

    Conference

    ConferenceBALTICA VI - Life Management and Maintenance for Power Plants
    Country/TerritoryFinland
    CityHelsinki-Stockholm
    Period8/06/0410/06/04

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