The purpose of this investigation was to conduct the failure analysis of 501 AISI furnace tubes places before distillation column in fractional distillation unit. The investigated furnace tubes were planned to work for ten years however after just two years of exploitation <30% of the material left. The observed corrosion process had the intense and complex character. The well-adhered shiny black deposits and deep, round pits were...

Artykuł stanowi przegląd skutków wpływu związków siarki, znajdujących się w mediach procesowych instalacji rafineryjnych, na elementy konstrukcji ze stali węglowych i stopowych. Wyróżniono dwa aspekty wysokotemperaturowej korozji siarkowej: związany z tworzeniem się zgorzeliny siarczkowej i ubytkami masy oraz dotyczący wewnętrznej degradacji elementu w wyniku zmian mikrostruktury stali. Przedstawiono tzw. zmodyfikowane krzywe McConomy...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a case study of unexpected sensitization to intergranular corrosion of highly resistant AISI 321 steel in petrochemical conditions, where it was subjected to the simultaneous influence of elevated temperature of 250°C and vapors from the asphalt production process. Design/methodology/approach – Corrosion coupons were exposed in an installation carrying asphalt vapors. To identify...

To reduce costs and improve high-temperature performance in Advanced Ultra Super Critical (AUSC) boilers, it is necessary to weld austenitic steel to Inconel alloy. In this study, the autogenous tungsten inert gas (TIG) welding process was used to join Alloy 617 and an austenitic AISI 304H steel plate of thickness 5 mm. Microstructural analysis showed that the microstructure formation was uneven along the weldments, with columnar...