Thanks metengr for your assistance. After some more research I have come across similar failures associated with SIPH.
After we perform the metallurgical analysis, I will get back with the results and the suggestions provided by lab for any input from eng-tips.
Thanks again.
Aleem
Hi Guys,
I work at a coal fired power plant as a maintenance engineer and lately we have been facing the issue of boiler reheater tubes cracking at bends. I have attached couple of pictures of last two events. One tube had the crack on the side of bent surface, while other on the outside of...