Fretting Wear of Heat Exchanger Tubes—Part I: Experiments

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 625-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Blevins

The results of a series of measurements made on the fretting wear of heat exchanger tubes and support plates at room temperature in a nitrogen/air atmosphere are presented. The fretting wear is shown to be a function of the amplitude and frequency of tube vibration as well as the gap between the tube and the support plate and the mean load supported by the tube. An empirical model is developed in Part II for predicting the fretting wear.

1979 ◽  
Vol 101 (4) ◽  
pp. 630-633 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. D. Blevins

Conceptual and empirical models are developed for the fretting wear of heat exchanger tubes. The models based on the experimental data of Part I of this series and on the concept that fretting wear is the result of relative motion between the tube and the support plate.


1987 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 265-274 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. H. Cha ◽  
M. W. Wambsganss ◽  
J. A. Jendrzejczyk

The objective of this study is to provide qualitative impact/fretting wear information for heat exchanger tubes through the performance of a series of tests involving the pertinent parameters: force between the tube and its support; tube to support plate hole clearance; tube support plate thickness; preload; and tube vibration frequency. The characteristics of impact/fretting wear relative to material combinations and fluid environment were also investigated. The test apparatus consists of a cantilevered tube with a simulated tube support plate at the “free end.” Tube vibration is induced by an electromagnetic exciter to simulate the flow-induced tube motion occurring in a real heat exchanger at the tube/tube support plate interface. Tests are conducted in air, water, and oil, all at room temperature. Removable wear rings are attached to the tube free end and simulated support fixture. Wear ring materials include carbon steel, 304 stainless steel, Inconel 600 and brass. Wear is measured by a weight loss technique and wear rates are calculated and reported as functions of the various pertinent parameters. Based on the test results, general conclusions are drawn.


1989 ◽  
Vol 111 (4) ◽  
pp. 378-384 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. J. Fisher ◽  
M. J. Olesen ◽  
R. J. Rogers ◽  
P. L. Ko

Tubes within tube and shell heat exchange components are supported at intermediate points by support plates. Flow-induced vibration of a tube can cause it to impact or rub against a support plate or against adjacent tubes and can result in tube fretting-wear. The tube-to-support dynamic interaction is used to relate experimental wear data from test rigs to real multi-span heat exchanger configurations. Analytical techniques are required to estimate this interaction in real heat exchangers. Simulation results from the VIBIC code are in good agreement with three examples from the open literature and are in reasonable agreement with measurements from the CRNL single-span room temperature fretting-wear rigs. Therefore, the VIBIC code is a good analytical tool for estimating tube-to-support dynamic interaction in real heat exchangers.


Author(s):  
J. A. Burgess ◽  
M. K. Au-Yang ◽  
C. K. Chandler

Fretting-wear of nuclear heat exchanger equipment is addressed at the design stage to demonstrate that the tube and tube support plate components will meet their design life. AREVA has developed a method to predict the progression of fretting-wear using a combination of the predicted work-rates determined from the non-linear interaction of the tube and tube support plates caused by turbulence-induced vibration and the forces associated with fluid-elastic instability. The wear rate is then computed based upon the work-rate and the experimentally determined wear coefficient of the material pair. This solution is performed with a time domain analysis using a time history modal superposition method. Time history forcing functions are first obtained by the inverse Fourier transform of the power spectral density function used in classical turbulence-induced vibration analysis. The fluid-structure coupling force, which is dependent on the cross-flow velocity, is linearly superimposed onto the turbulence forcing function. The tube responses are then computed by direct integration in the time domain. The results of the analysis show that the highest work-rates occur at the design tube-to-tube support plate clearance configuration and become progressively lower over the life of the heat exchanger. The work-rates and the turbulence-induced vibration response of the tube are computed at several mid-life time steps based upon the increased tube-to-tube support plate clearances resulting from the tube wear.


Synlett ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ao Li ◽  
Bin Pan ◽  
Mu Chao ◽  
Na Wang ◽  
Yu-Long Li ◽  
...  

A visible-light-induced direct α-oxygenation of N-substituted tetrahydroisoquinoline derivatives has been successfully developed. Metalloporphyrin (ZnTPP) has been identified as an effective and inexpensive photocatalyst for this transformation with a wide range of substrates. This protocol provides a convenient route to afford the desired products in moderate to good yields at room temperature under air atmosphere.


1923 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 123-155 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Graham Forbes

1. The bacterial content of the air of the Underground Railways, when the average of all results of the bacteriological investigations is taken, does not numerically compare unfavourably with the outside air of London.2. The ratio of the number of organisms growing at room temperature appears to be about 14 for railway air to 10 outside air. For those growing at body temperature the ratio is considerably higher, namely 2 to 1 respectively. The mean per litre, for room temperature organisms, is about 9 in railway air, 6·3 in the outside air; for body temperature organisms 4·6 for railway air, 2·2 for outside air.3. The bacterial content of platform air, except on the City and South London Railway, would appear to be higher than that of carriage air; the total mean for platform air being 52 and for carriage air 42·8 organisms per 5 litres, or a ratio of 16·4 and 13·5 respectively to 10 of the open air. The higher proportion in platform air is generally speaking to be accounted for by the greater amount of draught and dust disturbance.4. The ratios of the total bacterial content of railway carriage air and carriage and platform air on the six lines to open air are estimated in the following proportions:


1989 ◽  
Vol 157 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Johnson ◽  
L. Gråbaek ◽  
J. Bohr ◽  
A. Johansen ◽  
L. Sarholt-Kristensen ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTIon implantation at room temperature of lead into aluminium leads to spontaneous phase separation and formation of lead precipitates growing topotactically with the matrix. Unlike the highly pressurised (∼ 1–5 GPa) solid inclusions formed after noble gas implantations, the pressure in the lead precipitates is found to be less than 0.12 GPa.Recently we have observed the intriguing result that the lead inclusions in aluminium exhibit both superheating and supercooling [1]. In this paper we review and elaborate on these results. Small implantation-induced lead precipitates embedded in an aluminium matrix were studied by X-ray diffraction. The (111) Bragg peak originating from the lead crystals was followed during several temperature cycles, from room temperature to 678 K. The melting temperature for bulk lead is 601 K. In the first heating cycle we found a superheating of the lead precipitates of 67 K before melting occurred. During subsequent cooling a supercooling of 21 K below the solidification point of bulk lead was observed. In the subsequent heating cycles this hysteresis at the melting transition was reproducible. The full width of the hysteresis loop slowly decreased to 62 K, while the mean size of the inclusions gradually increased from 14.5 nm to 27 nm. The phenomena of superheating and supercooling are thus most pronounced for the small crystallites. The persistence of the hysteresis loop over successive heating cycles demonstrate that its cause is intrinsic in nature, and it is believed that the superheating originates from the lack of free surfaces of the lead inclusions.


Synlett ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 28 (16) ◽  
pp. 2153-2156 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wen-Ting Wei ◽  
Hongze Liang ◽  
Wen-Ming Zhu ◽  
Weida Liang ◽  
Yi Wu ◽  
...  

A radical–radical cross-coupling reaction of phenols with tert-butyl nitrite has been developed with the use of water as an additive. This method allows the construction of C–N bonds under an air atmosphere at room temperature, providing the ortho-nitrated phenol derivative in moderate to good yields.


Metals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (8) ◽  
pp. 1162
Author(s):  
Seulbi Lee ◽  
Hanjong Kim ◽  
Seonghun Park ◽  
Yoon Suk Choi

As an advanced heat exchanger for aero-turbine applications, a tubular-type heat exchanger was developed. To ensure the optimum performance of the heat exchanger, it is necessary to assess the structural integrity of the tubes, considering the assembly processes such as brazing. In this study, fatigue tests at room temperature and 1000 K were performed for 0.135 mm-thick alloy 625 tubes (outer diameter of 1.5 mm), which were brazed to the grip of the fatigue specimen. The variability in fatigue life was investigated by analyzing the locations of the fatigue failure, fracture surfaces, and microstructures of the brazed joint and tube. At room temperature, the specimens failed near the brazed joint for high σmax values, while both brazed joint failure and tube side failure were observed for low σmax values. The largest variability in fatigue life under the same test conditions was found when one specimen failed in the brazed joint, while the other specimen failed in the middle of the tube. The specimen with brazed joint failure showed multiple crack initiations circumferentially near the surface of the filler metal layer and growth of cracks in the tube, resulting in a short fatigue life. At 1000 K, all the specimens exhibited failure in the middle of the tube. In this case, the short-life specimen showed crack initiation and growth along the grains with large through thickness in addition to multiple crack initiations at the carbides inside the tube. The results suggest that the variability in the fatigue life of the alloy 625 thin-tube brazed specimen is affected by the presence of the brazed joint, as well as the spatial distribution of the grain size and carbides.


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