Corrosion on Air-Cooler tube plugs
Corrosion on Air-Cooler tube plugs
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Dear Fellows,
At our plant we're experiencing corrosion on ID air-coolers CS tubes, the solution we've found is to plug those tubes with plugs made of the same material of the tubes. My question: Does those plugs will not corrode just like the tubes, as the corrosion cause wasn't still found? Could use SS plugs?
Thanks and very Happy New Year
Luiz Souza
Wood Group Brazil
www.woorgroup.com
At our plant we're experiencing corrosion on ID air-coolers CS tubes, the solution we've found is to plug those tubes with plugs made of the same material of the tubes. My question: Does those plugs will not corrode just like the tubes, as the corrosion cause wasn't still found? Could use SS plugs?
Thanks and very Happy New Year
Luiz Souza
Wood Group Brazil
www.woorgroup.com





RE: Corrosion on Air-Cooler tube plugs
Are all of the tubes corroding? No, only some. This may be due to minor variations in material or flow. How do the tubesheets look? If they look pretty good then using plugs of that same material should work fine.
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Corrosion never sleeps, but it can be managed.
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RE: Corrosion on Air-Cooler tube plugs
You're pretty sure, only some tubes corroded. Tubesheet looks fine. I'll follow your recommendation.
Regards
Luiz Souza
Wood Group Brazil
www.woodgroup.com
RE: Corrosion on Air-Cooler tube plugs
RE: Corrosion on Air-Cooler tube plugs
But, what kind of non-metallic plugs? It's easier to have on hand CS to produce the plugs, concern to non-metallic, we should keep it as parts.
RE: Corrosion on Air-Cooler tube plugs
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RE: Corrosion on Air-Cooler tube plugs
RE: Corrosion on Air-Cooler tube plugs
RE: Corrosion on Air-Cooler tube plugs
How many tubes were plugged?
What is the service tube and shell side?
What is the service stream of the tube?