Investigation of pin-hole leaks in stainless steel water pipes

被引：2
作者：
Gupta P. [1 ]
Gupta S. [2 ]
机构：
[1] Inter-University Accelerator Centre, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi
[2] Department of Mathematics and Department of Manufacturing Engineering, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani
来源：
International Journal of System Assurance Engineering and Management | 2015年 / 6卷 / 3期
关键词：
Austenitic stainless steel pipe; Galvanic cells; Metallographic analysis; Passivation; Pitting corrosion;
D O I：
10.1007/s13198-014-0272-z
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摘要：
Fluids are transported, using austenitic stainless steel (SS) pipes of 3XX series to prevent corrosion products from contaminating them. Sudden failure of these pipes during operation may lead to high downtime costs and disastrous consequences. Repeated and similar leakage failure on SS pipes of 304 grade has been reported from many installations. The paper discusses and analyzes the many reasons for such failures and presents the investigations that were carried out on one such incident of the failure of pipes, which were used for circulating water. It also recommends the corrective actions to avoid recurrence of pipe leaks. © 2014, The Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM), India and The Division of Operation and Maintenance, Lulea University of Technology, Sweden.
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页数：7
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