Wall thinning due to corrosion in utility boiler waterwall tubing is a significant operational concern for boiler operators. Historically, conventional ultrasonics has been used for inspection of these tubes. Unfortunately, ultrasonic inspection is very manpower intense and slow. Therefore, thickness measurements are typically taken over a relatively small percentage of the total boiler wall an...

Due to the abundant coal reserves in China, coal is expected to be the most important energy resource in the future. The ash deposition/slagging behavior can obviously affect the heat transfer efficiency of heat transfer tubes in boiler, and cause increasing coal consumption. In order to clarify the effect of ash deposition behavior on heat transfer characteristics of the tube in boiler, a pulv...