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Studying water-wedging as a cause for short term overheating in the boiler of a coal-fired power plant

A common failure occurrence on fossil fuel power plant boiler systems is referred to as short term overheating (STO). This phenomenon occurs when the tube is heated to higher than its design temperature in a short period of time, causing a ductile failure of the tube material. The superheaters are p...

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Main Author: Basson, Nicol
Other Authors: Fuls, Wim
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Department of Mechanical Engineering 2019
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