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Determining the resistance of high-Cr Ni-base Alloy 690 to environmental degradation during long-term pressurized water reactor (PWR) exposure is needed to confirm its viability as the replacement material for Alloy 600 and help establish a quantitative factor of improvement for stress corrosion crack (SCC) initiation. SCC initiation testing on cold-worked (CW) Alloy 600 materials in PWR primary water has demonstrated that intergranular (IG) attack is the precursor to SCC initiation in this material. In comparison, an equivalent degradation and cracking process does not exist in CW Alloy 690.
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Irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking (IASCC) is a term used to describe cracking of austenitic materials in components subjected to a relatively high fast neutron flux. Like intergranular stress corrosion Paper No.18360 cracking (IGSCC), IASCC appears as intergranular cracks, but thermal sensitization of the grain boundaries is not required for the material to become susceptible to cracking. Service failures caused by IASCC have occurred in components such as core shrouds and top guides in boiling water reactors (BWRs) and baffle bolts in pressurized water reactors (PWRs).
Measuring the severity of corrosion on a specific alloy is often accomplished via mass loss using ASTM G-1. These processes work well and provide high fidelity data for many materials, especially steels. However, recent internal findings and disclosures from other research groups have highlighted a potential issue with using mass loss techniques to measure the damage on some aluminum alloy surfaces.
The Wafra Joint Operation (WJO) Oilfield is located in the central-west part of the Kuwait-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone. The Wafra oilfield reserves were first discovered and wells drilled in 1954. This field produces two types of crude oil, Ratawi (light oil) and Eocene (heavy oil), with average water cut of 8085%. During operation, the production wells produce the oil emulsion through mostly coated flowlines to sub-centres (SC) where the sour oil, water and gas are separated. The facility has two gathering fields; Eocene and Ratawi. Eocene has 2 phase separation, whilst Ratawi has 3 phase separation. The sour gas is either flared or flows to the Main Power Generation Plant, whilst the oil is processed to the Main Gathering Center (MGC). The produced waters (PW) are routed to the Pressure Maintenance Plant (PMP).
The Wafra Joint Operation (WJO) Oilfield is located in the central-west part of the Kuwait-Saudi Arabia Neutral Zone. The Wafra oilfield reserves were first discovered and wells drilled in 1953 and production in commercial quantities began in 1954. This field produces two types of crude oil, Ratawi (light oil) and Eocene (heavy oil), with average water cut of 80-85%. During operation, the production wells produce the oil emulsion through mostly coated flowlines to sub-centres (SC) where the sour oil, water and gas are separated. The facility has two gathering fields: Eocene and Ratawi. Eocene has 2 phase separation, whilst Ratawi has 3 phase separation.
Organic corrosion inhibitors (CI) have widespread use in the crude oil refining industry for corrosion protection and mitigation.1 An effective corrosion inhibitor is a chemical substance that is applied in low concentration into a stream which suppresses or mitigates a corrosion mechanism.,2,3,4 Inhibitors can be classified into two classes: adsorption or film-forming with organic inhibitors falling under the adsorption class. In this type of inhibitor a self-assembled structure is formed, where an array of hydrocarbon tails extend away from the metal surface and the polar groups (e.g., N in amines) chemisorb onto the metal surface.2 Over the years, certain classes of inhibitors have been established as industry standards to confront specific corrosion mechanisms encountered throughout the refinery process. Examples include, filming and neutralizing amines used in crude units to combat aqueous corrosion; polysulfides used in FCCU to combat hydrogen blistering, cracking and embrittlement; P-based chemistries to combat naphthenic acid corrosion.5
The production of hydrocarbons from a reservoir involves the drilling and interaction of a well with a reservoir, which initiates the natural flow of the hydrocarbons from the virgin reservoir to the surface. However, as production continues, the reservoir pressure is depleted, which results in a reduction of the hydrocarbon production rate due to reservoir maturity. This is usually accompanied by increased water-cut levels and a corresponding decrease in gas production, which may not only reduce but completely stop the flow of fluids from a well.
The crude oil produced by fracking or hydraulic fracturing method are high in sulfur content (0.5%)1. The vast majority of vessels that are used in the petrochemical industry to store and transport materials are constructed using Carbon steel. Coating linings used for corrosion protection inside of vessels and tanks must perform under severe conditions such as an exposure to corrosive gasses ( H2S) and carbon dioxide as well as high temperatures, high pressures and often must withstand the cold wall effect and rapid decompression.
Different refiners have a variety of procedures in place for hydroprocessing reactor and reactor system shutdowns, depending on the scope of the work to be performed during the downtime. If activities are to be performed inside the reactor (e.g. inspection, maintenance, catalyst changeout, etc.) such that the reactor must be opened to air, shutdowns must include steps to address the various hazards. These same steps must also be applied to associated process equipment related to the reactor system susceptible to similar hazards and damage mechanisms.
Since 1960s, CRUD induced problems become an issue in PWR power plant. To enhance economic efficiency of PWR, the burn-ups of nuclear fuel have been increased. In the reactor core, some unexpected power shifts, which shows negative axial offset from prediction, have been observed. This phenomenon is called by AOA (Axial offset Anomaly) and it seems to be caused by deposits on the upper side of fuel cladding surface which is called CRUD.
Steel rebar in concrete is in a passive state due to the high pH of concrete. The hydroxyl (OH-) ions in highly alkaline concrete pore solution act as inhibitors and promote passive film stability, while chloride ions lead to passive film breakdown. Leckie and Uhlig1 first explained the counter effect of inhibitor action with chloride concentration. They proposed a competition between the inhibitor and chloride anions for adsorption on the passive surface.
External corrosion on buried pipelines can result in gradual and usually localized metal loss on the exterior surface of failure coating, resulting in reduction of the wall thickness of the metallic structure. Indirect technologies, such as DC basis (i.e. DCVG, CIPS) have been able to detect and pinpoint two conditions in the pipeline, intact and holiday (active surface or coating anomaly) with good confidence. Classic DC methodologies monitor and characterize the state of the coating and effectiveness of cathodic protection by using transfer function principle (i.e. resistance). The formation of an electrochemical cell, such as buried coated pipeline with cathodic protection (steel in electrolyte) is formed at macro scale conditions [1-2]. The expected damage evolution of the coated pipeline includes the electrolyte (soil+water) uptake within the coating