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- Title
Failure Avoidance Brief: Estimating Heater Tube Life.
- Authors
Benac, Daniel
- Abstract
The article presents a study on failure analysis and estimation of heater tube life in the U.S. The primary goal of the study is to provide fundamental lessons from materials, structure and equipment so that failure can be avoided through effective design, maintenance and equipment reliability. The study discovers that overheating is one common cause of failure on heater tubes. The study presents some effective tips in performing stress rupture testing to estimate the remaining life of heater tube such as verifying the tube material, knowing the time in service and using life fraction rule to estimate remaining life. The study concludes that heater tube remaining life based on stress rupture testing is from 2.4 to 3.6 years.
- Subjects
UNITED States; FAILURE analysis; TUBE-still heaters; STATISTICAL reliability; ESTIMATION theory; STRAINS &; stresses (Mechanics); MAINTENANCE equipment; GUIDELINES; SCIENTIFIC method
- Publication
Journal of Failure Analysis & Prevention, 2009, Vol 9, Issue 1, p5
- ISSN
1547-7029
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11668-008-9190-1