In today’s power production environment, thermal cycling is more common which stresses process equipment causing higher tube leak rates. The forced outage rate in 2019 for power plants was 6.97%. Forced outages for combined cycle plants typically cost a plant $110,000 in fines, repairs and lost income. Other causes of tube leaks include acidic / dew point corrosion from process gas and flow accelerated corrosion (FAC). We will review the diagnostic techniqu... Read More
