Uncertainties, decision criteria and resilience to damage and failure of a heat exchanger

Pertti Auerkari, Rami Pohja (Corresponding author), Satu Tuurna, Antti Tuhti, Leila Laaksonen, Ulla McNiven

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    Abstract

    Tubular heat exchangers (HE) are common and often physically large in power and process industries, e.g. in steam generators, boilers, preheaters, furnaces and many other essential applications to transfer heat of process fluids. HE performance is important for managing the overall efficiency, economy, life and predictable maintainability of the process & plant: typical investment cycle ~ 20-60 years, opportunity for planned inspections and maintenance once every ~ 1-6 years. Intervening damage or failures will reduce equipment life and increase the risk of unplanned shutdown/maintenance, business interruptions and high cost recovery. Systematic countermeasures include risk-based methods, such as risk-based inspections (RBI).
    Original languageEnglish
    Publication statusPublished - 2017
    Event26th SRA-E annual conference 2017, New Challenges, New Threats: Resilience and Adaptation in a Risky World - Lisbon, Portugal
    Duration: 19 Jun 201721 Jun 2017

    Conference

    Conference26th SRA-E annual conference 2017, New Challenges, New Threats: Resilience and Adaptation in a Risky World
    Abbreviated titleSRA-E
    Country/TerritoryPortugal
    CityLisbon
    Period19/06/1721/06/17

    Keywords

    • risk-based inspection
    • tubular heat exhanger
    • life assessment

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