REPAIRING THICK-WALLED HIGH-PRESSURE VESSELS BY ELECTRIC ARC WELDING,

Abstract

A welding technique is described for weld build-up of damaged areas in thick-walled vessels and to restore reaction columns and heat exchangers. Three columns and a heat-exchanger were kept under observation during one operating year. The equipment worked at a pressure of 280-300 atmospheres and a temperature of 350-390C inside the reaction columns and 200-350C in the heatexchangers. According to the readings of surface thermocouples the temperature of the outer walls of the apparatus fluctuated within the limits 160-220C. Only in some units was there observed a local overheating to temperatures 250-300C. Visual examinations showed that no visible defects whatever had developed in the repaired areas on the vessel walls.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0621911

Entities

People

  • D. G. Nikitin
  • G. Kh. Farber

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arc Welding
  • Atmospheres
  • Electric Arcs
  • Heat Exchangers
  • High Pressure
  • Observation
  • Pressure Vessels
  • Thermocouples
  • Welding
  • Welds

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Structural Dynamics.