Thermal fatigue is a serious problem in todays power plants. A large amount of damages around the world circles around that subject. The damage can come from the mechanism of two flows mixing with different temperatures in a T-junction. It is a fundamental prerequisite that these T-junctions are frequently tested for damages. An amount of criterias steers the rate of testings. This guide/document will provide the process of rating the T-junctions resistance with valid information and ease the course. If a T-junction is stated as very sensetive for thermal fatigue, it will be graded with a low damage index. This value is reliant of the temperature difference between the two flows and can be changed with different actions, for example by adding a mixer to the T-junction. The mixer will blend the two flows so the thermal fatigue reduces or doesn’t occour at all. The T-junction can be tested with several methods, ultra sonic testing or eddy-current testing. The ultra sonic testing method is the most used method and can test the inside of the T-junction pipe without access of the inside.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-227433 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Lidholm, Oskar, Lundgren, Daniel |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för fysik och astronomi, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för fysik och astronomi |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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