Nalco Guide to Boiler Failure Analysis
Author: Daniel Flynn (Nalco Company)
ISBN: 9780071743006 / 0071743006
©2011 | 2nd Edition | 624 pages | Hardback
Pub Date: JUL-11
Price: US$ 125.00
Learn More
A comprehensive, up-to-date guide to boiler failure from Nalco, the world’s leading water treatment and process improvement company
Nalco Guide to Boiler Failure Analysis, Second Edition offers complete coverage of the improved methods to identify and eliminate boiler failure that have emerged since the first edition was published. Investigations into why equipment fails in the steam processes and how to prevent the failures continue to increase. Utilizing the knowledge obtained from failure analysis in the initial engineering of the systems and processes can reduce the potential risks involved with the commissioning of new equipment. Improvements in operating practices can minimize the risk of failure when the mechanisms are understood. This in-depth guide expands the discussion around the known mechanisms of failure and in turn helps in prevention going forward. This will yield to increased asset protection and the longevity of equipment, resulting in a more favorable return on capital.
Nalco Guide to Boiler Failure Analysis, Second Edition
- Contains approximately 200 color illustrations
- Includes case studies in each chapter
- Features new coverage of flow accelerated corrosion and fireside failure
- Covers microstructure and macrostructure failures
- Includes U.S. customary and SI units throughout
- Offers an understanding of why equipment fails with engineering solutions, operational changes, and different chemistries to prevent future failures
- Helps you to avoid equipment or system failure, lost production, and downtime expense, and to improve safety
About Nalco Company (Naperville, Illinois)
During the past century, Nalco has grown from a fledgling water treatment business to a leading provider of integrated water treatment and process improvement services, chemicals and equipment programs for industrial and institutional applications. Nalco’s more than 10,000 employees work with more than 70,000 customers in 130 countries in industry, government and institutions to solve and prevent problems, protect the environment, decrease costs, increase productivity, improve profitability by reducing customer total costs of operation, and maintain asset reliability.
The group of scientists assembled to author the various sections of this edition, work in our Metallurgy group that specializes in metallographic failure analysis investigations. They have conducted thousands of detailed metallographic failure analyses on boiler system components that focus on root cause determination. They are accomplished authors, and as a group, regularly publish in various trade journals, symposiums, and chemical and engineering publications sponsored by organizations such as NACE, ASM, AISI, Power Plant Chemistry, and Power. They also have represented Nalco Co. on various committees and as symposia chairs for organizations such as NACE and ASM. In addition, they have provided numerous presentations on failure analysis to international audiences at water treatment seminars for the pulp and paper, steel, and utility, refining, and chemical process industries.
