Loading…
10
My old foreman in Gary said a boiler tube only takes 1,400 degrees before it starts to sag, and I didn't believe him until last Thursday
Spent 6 hours pulling a sagging tube out of unit 3 that had run hot for who knows how long, and the whole thing bowed like a wet noodle. Anyone else got a temp number they use as a hard rule, or do you just eyeball it like I did?
1 comments
Log in to join the discussion
Log In1 Comment
jake_martin20d ago
1400 is about right for carbon steel, I've always gone by 1450 as my red line before I start planning a shutdown. Once it sags past a few inches you're just fighting it the whole way out, sounds like you earned that one.
0