• Title of article

    AriskapproachtothemanagementofboilertubethinningOriginalResearchArticle

  • Author/Authors

    SoudabehA.Noori، نويسنده , , JohnW.H.Price، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
  • Pages
    10
  • From page
    405
  • To page
    414
  • Abstract
    Alargesetofindustrialthicknessinspectiondatacoveringfourboilerunitsofapowerstationoveraperiodoffiveyearswasmadeavailabletotheauthors.Themeasurementsweremadeinregionsoftheboilerwherecorrosion/erosionwasthemajorcauseoffailureoftheboilertubes.Therewereover40,000separatelymeasureddatapointsinthedataandallwerecollectedwithsomecareandexpense. Inthedevelopmentofmaintenancestrategiesforequipment,thistypeofdataistypicalofthedatathatmustbecollectedandassessed.Thisdatathusrepresentsanopportunitytoevaluatetheabilitytogenerateausefulriskapproachtothemanagementofthetubing. Animportantexampleofarisk-basedapproachistheAmericanPetroleumInstitute(API)RiskBasedInspection(“RBI”),API581.Avarietyofproblemswereencounteredapplyingthistoboilertubes.TheproblemsincludeirrelevantAPI581corrosionratetables,lackofinformationonhowtoanalyseinspectiondata,difficultyofdealingwithmultipleinspectioncategoriesandlackofsuitabledirectionforprogramminginspectionintervals.
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Serial Year
    2006
  • Journal title
    Nuclear Engineering and Design Eslah
  • Record number

    896002