New shrink wrap protects all metals
Engines,
accessories, spare parts and other metal equipment on a wind farm or wind
project are susceptible to rust and corrosion even when well-protected. Shrink
wrap supplier Dr Shrink’s new Multimetal ICT Film provides cost effective and
versatile defence against corrosion damage on ferrous and non-ferrous metals in
typical shipping and storage conditions. The Multimetal ICT Film is an easy-to-use protective covering
containing corrosion inhibitor.
Wood Group Kenny leads 'Safepark'
joint industry project
Prevention
of corrosion in a pipeline during the wet park lay-up stage, where the pipeline
remains flooded with water from the hydro test to ensure the strength of the
pipe until it is dewatered during commissioning, is critical to retention of
its integrity both during wet parking and after start-up. With wet parking
periods of greater length becoming the new norm, preservation of pipeline
integrity is increasingly challenging. With the largest team of corrosion
experts in the region and more than 20 years' experience of delivering JIPs,
Wood Group Kenny is well placed to lead the project, which is due to kick off
in January 2014.
Industrial Nanotech, Inc. Begins Supplying Cruise Line
Industry with Solutions for Insulation, Corrosion and Mould Resistance
Nansulate® is a clean and
effective solution for insulation of pipes and equipment, prevention of
corrosion, and prevention of mould and mildew growth. Areas of use include;
steam pipes for personnel protection and thermal insulation and energy savings,
and areas that get attacked by corrosion, such as engine compartments and other
areas throughout the ships where corrosion risk is prevalent.
Be alert
to flow-accelerated corrosion in your HSRG
The core of any such unit is commonly a combustion turbine,
but additional power and/or process steam is generated via heat recovery steam
generators (HRSGs) to feed steam turbines and process heat exchangers.
Virtually all modern combined-cycle plants do not contain copper alloys, but a
mind-set that seems to be impossible to extinguish is the use of an oxygen
scavenger/metal passivator reducing agent for condensate/feed water treatment.
This is despite the fact that for nearly three decades, this chemistry has been
known to cause flow-accelerated corrosion (FAC), where in some cases such
induced failures have resulted in serious injury or caused even fatalities at
power plants. FAC is of particular concern in HRSGs because of their many
tight-radius elbows.
Plasma applied coating
for corrosion resistance
..by using the MesoCoat cladding on a carbon
steel, you can get a corrosion performance similar to stainless steel or nickel
based alloy, at a cost 75-90% lower than pipes made entirely out of nickel
based alloys. When
it comes to welding, it is nearly as easy to weld coated carbon steel as
non-coated carbon steel - this is an advantage compared to nickel based alloys,
which can be hard to weld, says Andy Sherman, CEO of MesoCoat.
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