Failure of austenitic stainless steels and superalloys at high temperatures

• Main Author: Seow, Siow Liang.
• Other Authors: Zhou, Wei
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Metallic materials::Alloys; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Mechanical strength of materials
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/13399
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Steam reformer tubes in service are exposed to high temperatures in the range of 800°C to 1200°C. Premature failures of the tubes are well known to be a persistent engineering problem in the oil refining industries. Between 1975 and 1989, Singapore Refining Company suffered frequent failures of the...