Non-Destructive Diagnostic Methods for Fire-Side Corrosion Risk Assessment of Industrial Scale Boilers, Burning Low Quality Solid Biofuels—A Mini Review

Tomasz Hardy, Amit Arora, Halina Pawlak-Kruczek, Wojciech Rafajłowicz, Jerzy Wietrzych, Łukasz Niedźwiecki, Vishwajeet and Krzysztof Mościcki
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Tomasz Hardy: Department of Energy Conversion Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Amit Arora: Department of Chemical Engineering, Shaheed Bhagat Singh State University, Ferozepur 152004, India
Halina Pawlak-Kruczek: Department of Energy Conversion Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Wojciech Rafajłowicz: Department of Automation, Mechatronics and Control Systems, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Jerzy Wietrzych: Department of Automation, Mechatronics and Control Systems, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Łukasz Niedźwiecki: Department of Energy Conversion Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Vishwajeet: Department of Energy Conversion Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland
Krzysztof Mościcki: Department of Energy Conversion Engineering, Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Wybrzeże Wyspiańskiego 27, 50-370 Wrocław, Poland

Energies, 2021, vol. 14, issue 21, 1-15

Abstract: The use of low-emission combustion technologies in power boilers has contributed to a significant increase in the rate of high-temperature corrosion in boilers and increased risk of failure. The use of low quality biomass and waste, caused by the current policies pressing on the decarbonization of the energy generation sector, might exacerbate this problem. Additionally, all of the effects of the valorization techniques on the inorganic fraction of the solid fuel have become an additional uncertainty. As a result, fast and reliable corrosion diagnostic techniques are slowly becoming a necessity to maintain the security of the energy supply for the power grid. Non-destructive testing methods (NDT) are helpful in detecting these threats. The most important NDT methods, which can be used to assess the degree of corrosion of boiler tubes, detection of the tubes’ surface roughness and the internal structural defects, have been presented in the paper. The idea of the use of optical techniques in the initial diagnosis of boiler evaporators’ surface conditions has also been presented.

Keywords: fire-side corrosion; boiler tube wastage; diagnostics; industrial-scale boilers; non-destructive inspection; pipe inspection; wall thickness measurement (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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