POWER PLANT EQUIPMENT PROTECTION WITH NITROGEN INERT GAS
Posted on : 22/Dec/2023 | By
PSA Nitrogen Generator, Nitrogen Plant, Nitrogen
Gaztron Engineering is a leading designing, manufacturing and supplying PSA Nitrogen gas generator. Corrosion, as we all know, shortens the life of power plant process equipment. The internal protection from corrosion of boiler tubes, condensers, and wetted parts within small industrial boilers, HRSG combined cycle power plants, and large gas, oil, and coal fired power plants is extremely important during short term layups, right on to the long term plant outages. Without a form of protection, during the shutdown, corrosion can occur on these wetted parts at an alarming rate.
Harmful to the Environment
One solution, if the water is able to be circulated within these power plant parts during shut down, is to inject chemical inhibitors into the water stream. But introducing such chemicals into the system has become less desirable as the disposal of such presents environmental issues. If the water is drained from the wetted parts, residual water remains within, and along with oxygen (air) introduced during the draining process, corrosion begins.
Nitrogen has been used for years to protect against corrosion in power plant equipment and similar applications. Nitrogen, which makes up 79% of the air we breathe, is the perfect “green” solution for corrosion protection in power plant equipment. Nitrogen is inert and, by displacing the oxygen within the wetted parts with a low pressure slow flow nitrogen purge, you ultimately inhibit the oxidation/corrosion process.
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