This article presents a proposal to be considered, to move from a routine of periodic regulatory inspections and a traditional operational control focused on the assurance of the required steam production, based on the Condition Assessment methodology.
Boilers are closed vessels with gas or electric burners to generate steam from liquid water. They are normally equipped with a pressure relief valve, if the boiler cannot withstand the pressure, the energy contained in the steam is instantly released causing extremely dangerous damage.
Corrosion works 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, and does not require a quote to do its job, do you?
Have you established how much you have to invest annually to replace parts and structures due to corrosion damage?
This article considers the convenience of identifying the variables, operating limits, which must be established to permanently monitor and control the operational conditions, efficiency and integrity – reliability of process equipment, which in this case will focus on boilers. . Managing this under the methodology of Operational Integrity Windows (IOW) according to the Recommended Practice of API 584.
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