MAHAN , WAIDHAN SINGRAULI

(M.P)

BTL Report , 03/08/19 to

10/08/19
 Boiler tube leakage is the major cause of
outage of units and generation loss in thermal
power plants. Detection of boiler tube
leakage is a very important factor for power
plant functioning as approximately 60% of
boiler outages are due to tube leaks. Power
plant engineers must remain vigilant about
boiler tube leaks so that secondary damage to
pressure parts such as water wall tubes and
headers, super heater tubes, reheater tubes,
and furnace refractory may be avoided.
 Location

Cause
Sr Tube No. of Manpower
Coil Attended date
No. No. joints engaged

1 C-23 4 2
2 C-24 3&4 4 1
05/08/19
(F)+1(W)+1(
3 C-25 1,2,3,5 10 to
R)+2(IBR)+3(

Over heating
08/08/19
Pent house

&6 H)
4 C-26 4 2
5 C-32 1,2 4 1
C-34 1,2 4 (F)+1(W)+1( 08/08/19
R)+2(IBR)+3( to
C-46 3,4 4 H) 10/08/19
C-28 2 2
Total 8 16 32 16 03/08/19 to 10/08/19
 As is widely known, there are many different
types of boiler tube failure mechanisms,
which can be divided into six categories
 1.Erosion (fly ash, soot blower etc.)
 2.Water-side corrosion (caustic corrosion,
hydrogen damage, pitting, stress corrosion
cracking)
 3.Lack of quality control (poor water
chemistry control, material defects, welding
defects)

Cont-
 4.Fire-side corrosion (low temperature, water
wall, ash)
 5.Stress rupture (short-term overheating, high
temperature creep, dissimilar metal welds)
 6.Fatigue (vibration, thermal expansion)