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Fauji Fertilizer company Limited

TITANIUM EROSION IN UREA


STRIPPERS & EMERGING
TECHNOLOGIES
Ali Abrar
Unit Manager Inspection
Areas of expertise reliability, Integrity, Inspection
Titanium Urea Stripper
Urea Stripper Function Vapors out

The urea stripper Solution in


strips out vapors
(In the form of PRC-13V

Ammonia and STRIPPER

Carbon dioxide) MS

from the urea Steam in


solution. MC

Solution out
Construction

Pressure Retaining shell Carbon steel


Corrosion resistant material Titanium
Tubes and inside clad material is Titanium
Internals 25CR-22Ni-2Mo
Vapors stripping

TANGENTIAL HOLES

FERRULE

TUBE SHEET
TUBE
Solution film formation
inside tube
Erosion in Titanium Strippers

Erosion of
cladding

Groove formation at
Solution inlet liner
ferrule end
erosion

Tube thickness
reduction below
top tube sheet
Cladding thickness loss

Repaired pits

More area
erodes against
solution inlet
nozzle
Maximum erosion rate Mock up
expected =0.25 mm/yr
Erosion of tubes at top tube sheet

• Tube
GM
Edge
Year Erosion
2003
min
3.07
max (A)
3.97
Avg
3.56
min max
A-
Avg
- -
• Old Groove
Donagani 2006 (B)
2.95 3.90 3.53 0 0.19
B0.01
Year min max Avg min max Avg

•B New
Force
Groove
2005
formation
2.51 3.38
(C)
2.89 0.05 0.63 C0.33
•C Thickness
Donagani 2006
below
2.10
new
3.95
groove
2.95
(D)
0 1.17 D0.51
•D Thickness
Donagani 2006
below
2.75
top
3.75
tube
3.17
sheet
0
(E)0.24 0.13

Donagani 2003 2.42 3.96 3.40 0 0.33 0.10


Force 2005 2.17 3.69 2.87 0 - 0.26
Donagani 2006 2.15 3.95
A 2.91 0 0.45 0.16
D
B
a Avg 0.163
C b Max Value >2XAvg 0.327

E
c Compensation 0.06/EC
Max Expected value (b+c)
0.120
0.447

a Avg 0.163
b Max Value >2XAvg 0.327
c Compensation 0.06/EC 0.120
Max Expected value (b+c) 0.447
Erosion of tubes at top tube sheet

Erosion of the tube is visible Grooves are visible inside


at the top edge and inside due the tubes
to solution by passing
Erosion of tubes at top tube sheet
B
C

R21T8 R21T7 R21T6

Cutaway section of a tube, EC signals of grooves.


groove is visible.
EC thickness profile of a tube
EC data of tubes thickness
1
2
3
Count FROM TO
4
5
6
9 0 2.45
7
8
9
29 2.46 2.5
103 2.51 2.6
10
11
12

370 2.61 2.7


13
14
15
16
17
18
676 2.71 2.8
19
20
21
1589 2.81 3.97
22
23
24
2776
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
Tubes thickness reduction trends
Urea stripper refurbishment procedure
Urea stripper refurbishment activities
Urea stripper refurbishment activities

Installation of
rehabilitated stripper
Experience of refurbished stripper

New groove

Old groove

Advancement of
adaptor to cover
eroded part of the
High rate of erosion at the end of
tubes
ferrule adaptors in the tubes.
New Technology Development

Extrusion
bonded
Titanium
tube with
Zirconium

Pure Zr and Ti-Zr tubes being


installed in TA-2005 Extrusion
bonded
Inertia
welded tube
Condition of Zr & Ti-Zr and friction welded Tubes
(after one year of operational testing)

Ti-Zr Coaxial tube Pure Zr tube


Two sample tubes were installed in TA- Zr tube joined with
2005; Pure Zr and the other Co-axial Ti- Coaxial (Ti-Zr) tube with
Zr tube. The results were found friction weld. The mockup
satisfactory in TA-2006. However there was installed at the bottom
are reservations on quality of welds for of stripper.
pure Zr tubes in Titanium strippers for
new equipment.

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