Chlroine Pipe Tichkness
Chlroine Pipe Tichkness
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We use chlorine to filter out impurities from aluminum and recently we were audited on our system. The auditor stated we need to adopt a program to monitor wall thickness for the pipe. I know chlorine will wear pipe walls at high velocity and with water. Can anyone suggest where to measure at? I am looking at 3x dia and 4 points along the circumference. Is this too much?
Thanks...
rdeno
Thanks...
rdeno





RE: Chlroine Pipe Tichkness
If this is erosive/corrosive service, I suggest determining which elbows of the system have the highest velocity and monitoring those.
I would only inspect (UT) the "downstream half" of the elbows for metal thickness.
EPRI, some years back, developed a piping inspection program for feedwater piping systems. Within that program were guidelines about selection of points for piping wall thickness verification.
Is this a stainless steel system ?
If so, is this 5S or 10S stainless piping ?
MJC
RE: Chlroine Pipe Tichkness
How do you mean "down stream?"
Also, I am looking at a StressTel T-Mike EL datalogging as my ultrasonic thickness gauge. Have you a personal experience with them or do you recommend another product?