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The use of crude oil as alternative to fuel steam power stations was justifi ed by economic reasons. Thischange of fuel required to modify the operational procedures, due fundamentally to its lower heating valueand its high density and viscosity. Nevertheless the changes made, the use of the crude oil caused aquick deterioration of the thermal exchange surfaces causing not planned forced outages. The statisticalanalysis of the steam generator forced outages went to reheater number two. Therefore the scope of thiswork is the study of the happened failures in reheater number two, of 433,536 kg/hr, 13,4 MPa, and 525 Ctemperature of superheated and reheated steam generator used to move 125 MW turbines. In the carriedout failure analysis, based on nondestructive evaluation methods, towered with metallographic test, waspossible to clarify the root cause, as well as establish the worsening growth rate that allowed establishingthe sequence of tests to avoid a possible not planned outage. In turn it was possible to choose the kind ofsteel should be used in that reheater to give the defi nitive solution of the problem. While steel substitutionis not carried out it sho uld stay the régime of tests and proposed assays. This experience can serve frombase to the design of a maintenance system based on the condition. |
