The small bore 316L piping 2”- 14” operates intermittently and is stagnant depending on the section of pipe from 50% of time to only being in-service a few minutes a day depending on the section of pipe. The large bore 96” 2205 is under constant flow 200,000 GPM per pipe (2 loops) and is only...
Thank you for the responses. It is disappointing to hear 2205 is also likely to have problems in the future. Originally the system was specified to be all 2507 then was re-specified to save costs. We do have sodium hypochlorite injection but do to issues it doesn't run constantly.
I have a question about 316 welding.A condenser ball cleaning system was installed at our facility in April 2019, the large bore circulating water piping (96”) was replaced with 2205 and doing well so far but the small bore (2”-14”) was specified by our engineers to be 316L. The welds of the 316...
