Does any one have an example of piping failures from FAC other than Surry and Mihama?
Flow Accellerated Corrosion
I'm no scientist, so please forgive the naivite of this post, but it seems like Flow Accelerated Corrosion is just going to be caused by cavitation, isn't it?
You probably wouldn't have to look further for an example of flow accelerated corrosion than the propeller of your neighbor's nautique or the impeller of the skidoo in your garage.
But this post is so brief... am I missing the point entirely?
Can you expound on what FAC is, and what kind of an example you're looking for?
Your mileage will vary, but I found the following wikipedia articles very interesting:
cavitation
supercavitation
sonoluminescence
check it out!
Say hi to your mom for me,
Love,
Uwe
You probably wouldn't have to look further for an example of flow accelerated corrosion than the propeller of your neighbor's nautique or the impeller of the skidoo in your garage.
But this post is so brief... am I missing the point entirely?
Can you expound on what FAC is, and what kind of an example you're looking for?
Your mileage will vary, but I found the following wikipedia articles very interesting:
cavitation
supercavitation
sonoluminescence
check it out!
Say hi to your mom for me,
Love,
Uwe
FAC is different then errosion corrosion.
FAC is caused by a chemical reaction that softens the oxide layer inside a high temp carbon steel pipe. Then the flow just carries away the oxide layer particles which takes steel particles with it causing pipe wall thinning.
FAC is caused by a chemical reaction that softens the oxide layer inside a high temp carbon steel pipe. Then the flow just carries away the oxide layer particles which takes steel particles with it causing pipe wall thinning.
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