scholarly journals Metallurgical Examination and Life Time Assesment of High Pressure Steam Pipes of a Palm Oil Processing Plant [Penelitian Metalurgi dan Analisa Umur Layan Pipa Uap Bertekanan Tinggi pada Sebuah Pabrik Pengolahan Minyak Kelapa Sawit]

Metalurgi ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
D.N. Adnyana

Steel pipes are commonly used for transporting high pressure steam from a steam generating unit or boiler to a steam turbine or other processing unit. This paper presents a metallurgical examination performed on HP steam pipes of a newly constructed plant for transporting high pressure steam from a boiler to a palm oil processing plant. The aim was to assure that the material integrity of the steam pipes meet the intended specification and reliability. In addition, the aim was also to determine the estimated service life of the steam pipes. The metallurgical examination was conducted by preparing a number of specimens from the as-received three pieces of HP steam pipes. Various laboratory examinations were performed including chemical analysis, metallographic examination, hardness testing and tensile testing at 300 °C. In addition, a life-time analysis was also made using an equation based on the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (BPVC) and data obtained from the API Standard 530. Results of the metallurgical examination obtained showed that the HP steam pipes which were made of ASTM A-106 Gr. B were all in good condition, either in microstructure or mechanical property. There were no any significant defect observed, and all the three HP steam pipes were assumed being ready to place in service. Under the intended operating pressure and temperature of 70 bar(g) and 300 °C (max), respectively it can be estimated that the HP steam pipes may likely reach some design life up to 25 years or more with the corrosion rate approximately 0.2 - 0.3 mm/year. AbstrakPipa baja sering digunakan untuk menyalurkan uap bertekanan tinggi dari sebuah ketel uap menuju ke unit turbin uap atau ke unit produksi lainnya. Tulisan ini menyajikan penelitian metalurgi yang dilakukan pada sejumlah pipa uap bertekanan tinggi pada sebuah pabrik yang baru dibangun untuk menyalurkan uap bertekanan tinggi dari sebuah ketel uap menuju ke pabrik pengolahan minyak ke-lapa sawit. Tujuannya adalah untuk memastikan bahwa keterpaduan material pipa uap memiliki kesesuaian dengan spesifikasi dan kehandalan yang diinginkan. Disamping itu, tujuannya juga ada-lah untuk memperkirakan umur layan pipa uap tersebut. Pengujian metalurgi dilakukan dengan mempersiapkan sejumlah benda uji yang diambil dari tiga potongan pipa uap yang diterima, yaitu meliputi : analisa kimia, uji metalografi dan uji kekerasan serta uji tarik pada suhu 300 °C. Disamping itu, analisa umur juga dibuat menggunakan persamaan yang diambil dari ASME Boiler dan BPVC (pressure vessel code) dan dari data standar API 530. Hasil pengujian metalurgi yang diperoleh menun-jukkan bahwa pipa uap bertekanan tinggi yang dibuat dari material ASTM A-106 Gr. B seluruhnya dalam kondisi baik, baik dari segi struktur mikro maupun dari segi sifat mekanis. Hasil pengujian juga menunjukkan bahwa pada struktur mikro tidak diketemukan adanya cacat yang berarti, dan seluruh (ke tiga) pipa uap yang di uji tersebut diperkirakan dalam keadaan siap untuk dioperasikan. Pada tekanan operasi 70 bar(g) dan temperatur operasi maksimum 300 °C yang direncanakan, diperkirakan bahwa pipa uap tersebut dapat memberikan umur desain hingga 25 tahun atau lebih dengan laju korosi 0,2 - 0,3mm/tahun.

This paper work discusses about the effect of bimetallic layer on pressure vessel with different heads. The main objective of this paper work is to design and analysis of bimetallic layered pressure vessels using analysis software. In this work analyses about stress concentration factor on bimetallic layer of pressure vessels wall. The pressure vessels are widely used in thermal, chemical industry, nuclear power plant. In thermal power plant or thermal related industry produces the high pressure steam in the pressure vessel, that high pressure steam is induced a stress on the vessel’s wall. So that, the pressure vessel wall is deformed due to high pressure. That deformation is analysis by ANSYS and Theoretical calculation. In this paper two different types of head are used, two different head shape are flat and hemispherical head. The stresses developed in the solid wall pressure vessel and the head of pressure vessel is also analyzed by ANSYS. The theoretical displacement value and ANSYS displacements value of bimetallic layers are compared. Based on the ANSYS analysis the better bimetallic layer is selected for pressure vessels fabrication.


Author(s):  
Juri Bellucci ◽  
Federica Sazzini ◽  
Filippo Rubechini ◽  
Andrea Arnone ◽  
Lorenzo Arcangeli ◽  
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This paper focuses on the use of the CFD for improving a steam turbine preliminary design tool. Three-dimensional RANS analyses were carried out in order to independently investigate the effects of profile, secondary flow and tip clearance losses, on the efficiency of two high-pressure steam turbine stages. The parametric study included geometrical features such as stagger angle, aspect ratio and radius ratio, and was conducted for a wide range of flow coefficients to cover the whole operating envelope. The results are reported in terms of stage performance curves, enthalpy loss coefficients and span-wise distribution of the blade-to-blade exit angles. A detailed discussion of these results is provided in order to highlight the different aerodynamic behavior of the two geometries. Once the analysis was concluded, the tuning of a preliminary steam turbine design tool was carried out, based on a correlative approach. Due to the lack of a large set of experimental data, the information obtained from the post-processing of the CFD computations were applied to update the current correlations, in order to improve the accuracy of the efficiency evaluation for both stages. Finally, the predictions of the tuned preliminary design tool were compared with the results of the CFD computations, in terms of stage efficiency, in a broad range of flow coefficients and in different real machine layouts.


2001 ◽  
Vol 71 (12) ◽  
pp. 1063-1067 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jui-Chin Chen ◽  
Wei-Hua Yao ◽  
Chien-Hsin Chen ◽  
Cheng-Chi Chen

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