Design considerations for carbon steel pipes materials' selection applied in fossil powered plants subjected to wet-steam flowaccelerated- corrosion review paper

Authors: Dobson, P. and Khan, Z.A.

Journal: Journal of Corrosion Science and Engineering

Volume: 16

Pages: 1-13

ISSN: 1466-8858

Abstract:

FAC has only been recognized in the past three to four decades as a corrosion mechanism and has not been greatly understood until recently. There are a wide range of factors that affect the rate of FAC including chemistry, geometry and physical conditions inside the pipe. It is interesting to comprehend all of the factors of FAC within a steam pipe with two-phase flow to see how the temperature makes a difference to the corrosion rates. There are certain unique aspects of steam piping for fossil plants due to its fluid dynamics and control. The analysis of FAC will bring together different aspects using calculated examples and describe how they occur in detail, it gives awareness of the factors and how to calculate their effects. Safety and the integrity of the pipe have been carefully considered and methodologies of reducing FAC have been defined. © 2013 University of Manchester and the authors.

Source: Scopus