Failure analysis on a primary superheater tube of a power plant

• Main Authors: Purbolaksono J., Ahmad J., Beng L.C., Rashid A.Z., Khinani A., Ali A.A.
• Other Authors: 8621252500
• Format: Article
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Clinker; Failure analysis; Hardness; Primary superheater tube; Short-term overheating; Flue gases; Measurements; Safety factor; Superheater tubes; Tubes (components); Visual communication; Failure mechanism; Finite element analysis; Flow path; Hardness measurement; In-situ; In-situ measurement; Root cause; Visual inspection; Quality assurance

In this paper failure analysis on the SA213-T12 superheater tube by visual inspection, in situ measurements of hardness and finite element analyses is presented. A primary superheater tube has failed with a wide open burst after running at around 28,194 h. Heavy clinkers were found to almost entirel...